Research Paper On Fahrenheit 451

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A society hooked on TV, and police forces that harass and punish independent thinkers, is this really just FICTION?!.The book “Fahrenheit 451” was about a fireman name Montag. It was not normal for people to talk and have meaningful conversations until Montag met Clarisse. Montag does the opposite from what regular fireman do. He starts fires instead of putting them out. Books in Montag's society is forbidden to read and if they were caught reading a book, the book would be set on fire. Instead of reading, the society only watched TV and listened to the radio. Montag was right when he realized that something was happening and decided to do something. Clarisse was a strange girl that opened up Montage’s thoughts. She asked him about …show more content…

Having books was against the law and only technology ruled, people couldn’t have knowledge, so they were living in the darkness, and if there were found any books, they were burned so people could not have knowledge and so they could all remain the same. Society simply decided to burn books rather than reading them, and only Montag was the one that realized what was happening. He wanted to find and make a change, trying to find more help, but only did it by himself. Montag did the right thing when he tried to do something about what was happening. Tells about his boring life as a fireman and how his life and way of thinking changes when he meets Clarisse and her different way of thinking about the society and the books. Meeting her changed his way of thinking and made him do something about the society and get knowledge by reading the books instead of burning them. Clarisse opened his eyes to the destruction around him and changed his outlook. He realizes that he is burning the candle at both ends and that sooner or later he will find himself in the path of the flames He realized that the flames