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Book Report On Fahrenheit 451

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In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag feels like he is living a somber life and he does not know why. His life get’s flipped upside down when a girl named Clarisse asks him if he is really happy. He realizes that his life is not as felicitous as he thought. He believes that he can find at least a modicum of happiness in the books. Guy, a fireman who burns books for a living,(comma to set off an appositive) is finally starting to realize that books are actually good. He is still confused as to what to do with the books and he wants to learn about the books. He knows that books are prohibited so he has to keep his books secret. The people of Guy’s society do not like books. Everyone dwells on technology and that is the only thing that matters to them, but Guy feels otherwise.
Montag’s boss, Captain Beatty tried to convince Montag to stop reading. Montag did not want to. He stopped going to work. He stopped trying to do the the thing that he was doing for years, pleasing the public. As Montag would burn books he became more and more of a hero, but that is not what he wanted to do. That is not how he wanted to live his life. He knew that books had to have something in them and he wanted to know what they had. …show more content…

He never slept(Participle) because he wondered about the books.Determined to understand books, Guy Montag went searching for someone to help(dependant clause).He remembered a man that he met in the park who would soon become meritorious in Montag’s life. The man’s name is Faber. Faber read(transitive verb) a lot of books(object). Changing his newest obsession was not an option for Guy. He was so enticed by the books and no matter what his boss told him or whatever his wife told him he did not change.The books became Montag’s panacea. He found actual happiness in the

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