Society Exposed In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Everyone would like to live in the perfect society. A society without all the confusion or the inferiority. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a book based on that society and what it would be like to live in it. In Fahrenheit 451, these people have given up books to all be equal in the mind. This, however, comes with a price. These people don’t stop to think about anything. Books have now become illegal to have in your possession and if you do, your books will burn and you will be jailed for several years. Guy Montag, the story’s protagonist, is an ordinary fireman who enjoys his job burning books. He believes his life is good and he is happy, he doesn’t believe that people have any reason to read and he doesn’t believe that anyone cares about

He has a fun job and a “good” wife. In the beginning of the book, we see him walking home from a job well done when he runs into his new seventeen-year-old neighbor named Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse is an odd duck to this society’s standards. She enjoys nature, she isn’t into violence or TV, and she’s not a big socializer. She’s interested in all the odd things, which draws her to Montag - he’s a fireman without the usual fireman-like qualities. After the walk home, when she leaves Montag, she comes back for one more question, “Are you happy?” (Fahrenheit 451, 7). Before he could respond, she ran off into the darkness. Over the next couple of weeks, Montag talks more with Clarisse about her views on different topics. Montag and Clarisse form a bond of comprehension with each other so strong that Montag is inclined to say, “You make me feel very old and very much like a father.” (Fahrenheit 451, 26). When Clarisse dies, Montag is heartbroken and devastated. She made a huge impact on Montag’s point-of-view on so many things. She changed his

After he learns that Clarisse died, there was a call in the firehouse for a house that had books in it. When the firemen arrived at the house, it was going up in smoke. They went in the house to find any civilians to make sure that the house was safe to turn to ash. In the house, Montag secretly slips a book into his jacket. He tries to read it, but doesn’t understand anything about it. This is where he calls his acquaintance, Professor Faber, whom he met in the park. Faber doesn’t trust Montag when he first comes to his door, but he then realizes that Montag doesn’t want to hurt him. He just wants to learn. Faber was a professor and is old enough to account the intellectual downfall in the country. He considers himself a coward because he didn’t speak up for the burning of books and regrets that he didn’t. He teaches Montag that “the public stopped reading of its own accord.” (Fahrenheit 451, 83) just because the media was more comforting. “They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless.” (Fahrenheit 451, 79). He also teaches Montag that the books themselves are not important. It’s the information that they contain. He teaches him to preserve the books. After his visit with Faber, Montag goes home and begins his own tiny stash of various titles of books. When the stash is found, Montag’s house is burnt to the ground and is a fugitive. He