Alternate Ending For Fahrenheit 451

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Guy Montag rested on the floor while dust covering and closed eyes. All around him was silence, and not the silence that you would hear in your bedroom at night. It was a strange and eerie silence that was surrounding Montag. It was disturbing just how silent it really was. It was a suspenseful silence that always follows the main character of a scary movie. It was the silence of death. Montag rested there, with his eyes closed; and he began to think, or more precisely, he began to reminisce. He recalled a part of a story in a book that he recited. He kept on repeating over and repeatedly in his head, as if he were frightened that he would overlook it if he didn't. He sustained to lay there even after he caught the others get up. He couldn't quite clarify it, but for some reason he found himself feeling a ache in his torso when he thought of his spouse, Mildred, and what just happened to her. …show more content…

It was a feeling that didn't cause physical pain, but emotional pain. It didn't cause him pain in his arms, legs, knees, or head. No. This pain was a different kind of pain. It was a pain that was unlike anything he had ever experienced before. This pain attacked him on the inside. It went to the heart. His heart felt like it was splitting. It felt like his whole world was ending. It was as if he was being ripped in pieces. As he thought of his wife's death, he began to feel something wet build up in his eyes. This substance seemed to be coming for his eyes. This confused him very much. As this had never happened to him before, he felt it go down his

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