Knowledge In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

“Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door.” – Ben Carson. Even as a retired neurosurgeon, he still wants to know more; he is just like Guy Montag from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 is about a dystopian world where books are banned and burned where found. During the book, Guy Montag is just the ordinary citizen who is a fireman, a person who burns books. Soon, he encounters a young quirky girl named Clarisse who triggers Montag’s journey to acquire a new set of lens. Clarisse releases some of her knowledge about the world to Montag. Since having knowledge

This leads to him having the ability to ask questions. When Guy met up with Faber, Faber explains what Guy is trying to find. “It’s not the book you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books” (Faber 78). Faber explains to Montag that he wants the content in the books. People still can't get anything from a book without reading it. Someone can have a whole library of books in their house but wouldn't know a thing from the book until he or she reads it. When Guy reads a book, this lets him acquire the knowledge in the

Guy Montag sees his city get bombed. “I remember. Montag clung to the Earth. I remember. Chicago. Millie and I. That’s where we met! I remember now. Chicago. A long time ago” (Bradbury 153). When Guy Montag saw the bombs pulverizing the city, this event triggers a memory he thinks he had forgotten in his past. When he asks Mildred about when they first meet each other, not only Mildred doesn’t know how they first meet each other, Guy also doesn’t know either. Until he saw the bombs which annihilates the city, he doesn’t just remember how he meet Mildred, he also remembers that the city of Chicago was also annihilated by bombs. This shows that Montag acquired some knowledge of his