Fahrenheit 451 Quotes

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about Guy Montag and how he realized that burning books may not be an honorable thing. Fahrenheit 451 is set in a futuristic American city where it is illegal to read or have books. On his way home, from work, he meets Clarisse McClellan, a 17 year old girl who opens his eyes to the emptiness of his life and his marriage. She asks him questions that make him think. When he is called to a house, where books are hidden, and the woman chooses to be burned than to live without her books. This breaks Montag and he steals a book. He doesn’t go to work and Beatty comes to visit and tells him that he has 24 hours to read and incinerate the books. Montag goes to see Faber and he agrees to help Montag. When Montag returns to work the alarm goes off and they go to burn.

He stayed home from work and Beatty came to see him. He is more worried about being caught with the book than the conversation with Beatty. ‘You like bowling, don’t you, Montag?’ ‘Bowling, yes.’ ‘And golf?’ ‘Golf is a fine game.’ ‘Basketball?’ ‘A fine game.’ ‘Billiards, pool? Football?’ ‘Fine games, all of them.’ Both quotes help the reader understand the relationship between Montag and Beatty and Montag and Clarisse. All the elements help the reader understand the book and how it is set up and the relationships between people.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is set in a futuristic American city where reading and having books is illegal. Guy Montag meets Clarisse and starts thinking about his life. He steals a book from a house he burned. A report is sent in and they go to Montag’s house and he is forced, by Beatty, to burn his own house. Montag runs to the river, where he meets some men. The city is bombed and all the men go back to the city to rebuild. Plot, point of view, and dialog all help the book come together and make it an interesting