Fahrenheit 451: An Analysis

According to Ray Bradbury, four hundred fifty-one degrees is the temperature at which books burn, thus giving the inspiration for his novel’s title, Fahrenheit 451. In it, fireman Guy Montag, a fireman, wrestles with social norms and his own developing beliefs to uncover truth, emotion, and purpose. Through his endeavor, Montag must face robotic animals, ruthless coworkers, and treachery from his own wife, all with a considerably smaller team on his side. As the journey progresses, readers see new sides to Montag, unveil connections between two supporting characters, and must predict the outcomes of further years. The novel begins and ends with Guy Montag, but he proves to experience vast changes throughout the pages. At first glance, Montag

With the city decimated and Montag in a troupe of ten or so educated men, the company has multiple choices ahead of them. One prediction would be that the men go back to the city after the bomb goes off in an attempt to restore life to how they envision it. Various articles of evidence reinforce this. First of all, any threat to the intellectuals experienced obliteration due to the nuclear weapon dropped on the city. Because of this, Montag and his men can rebuild society as they see fit, promoting books and knowledge. Without those that are blind, they realize the mistakes made by people in the past: “’We know all the damn silly things we’ve done for a thousand years and… some day we’ll stop making the goddam funeral pyres and jumping in the middle of them’” (Bradbury 156). Moreover, they would have difficulty going anywhere else. They do not know if other cities have been bombed with the war, and even if they were not, then they would not be welcome as book lovers. Gates would turn them around, or worse, imprison them. Their only options are to wander in the wilderness or to migrate back to the catastrophic city. However, this demonstrates one example of an infinite number of possible predictions concerning the outcome of the