Book Report Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is set in a futuristic world where it is illegal to posses books, and if you own them they will be burned by firefighters, which is what the main character, Guy Montag, is. On Montag’s way home from work he meets a girl named Clarisse McClellan who is very different from everyone else because she asks questions and wonders about things that many people don’t think about. After the walk, Montag comes home to find that his wife, Mildred, has overdosed on pills. He calls for help and two strangers come to save her with their snake like machine. The next morning Montag attempted to question Mildred about the other night, but she changes the subjects to her new script for her television. He heads off to work confused, and on his way he meets Clarisse again who again

talks about meaningful things. During his day at work he encountered the mechanical hound who growled at him, which made him believe that it didn’t like him.

A couple days pass till he sees Clarisse again, and they talk about how violent her peers are and how much the world has changed. Some time later the firefighters are called to an old lady's house and burned her and the books, even though Montag tried to convince her to get out of the house. On the same night he finds out that Clarisse has been hit by a car and killed. He called in sick to work the next day, but Beatty came to visit to tell him about how he can only keep the book he took the other night for twenty-four hours. After Beatty leaves, he shows Mildred the stash of books he has, and makes her sit with him and read them, though she does not enjoy it. Montag remembers an old man he talked to at the park, and calls him. He goes to his house to convince Faber to help him learn about books, and Faber then gives Montag a seashell radio so they can communicate. He returns home and causes problems by making Mildred's friends cry by reading poetry from a book. Montag returns to work to give Beatty one of his books, and is called to a house, which ends up being

his. Beatty orders him to burn it, and after he kills Beatty and the mechanical hound with fire. He goes to Faber’s house and Faber tells him to go to the river to escape another mechanical hound. He reaches the river, and meets a group of people that memorize books. As they walk away from the city they watch a nuclear bomb drop on the city, and decide to go back so they can share their knowledge.
his was my second time reading Fahrenheit 451, and I liked it much better than the first time reading it. I could really get into the conflict of the story since I had more of an understanding of what was going on. How accurate the book was about the future  really amazed me, and it was almost like reading basically an exaggerated present. Fahrenheit 451 emphasized  a future where language is not appreciated and seen as a nuisance. I have learned that we can not alow society let go of true literature, such as Fahrenheit 451. Also, I have learned to try to enjoy classics and not want snap ending like the society in Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 discusses many things that have become real issues with people today. In the book the government took away books so everyone will be happy and no one will be offended. Some people believe that this is going on in our own society. An example of this is a WTAE news anchor, Wendy Bell, was fired for speculating that a shooting involved african americans on her facebook page. The statement ended up being true, but that did not matter because people being upset was more important.