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Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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Film-Novel Analysis Essay of “Fahrenheit 451” “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is a story about a fireman named Guy Montag, who lived in a world where reading books was illegal. Guy’s job was to burn any book that was found. On the way home from work, Montag met Clarisse, his neighbor, and he started a conversation with him. Suddenly, a few days later, Montag found his wife unconscious on the floor because she took too many pills. As the story progressed, Clarisse helped Montag realize that books were not as bad as the government said, and so Montag started reading books. One day, while on the job, Montag and the other firemen came to this house full of books. The woman who lived there loved her books so much that she decided to burn her house and die with them. Not long after that incident, Linda (Mildred in the book), Montag’s wife turned Montag in for reading books. This led to a struggle at Montag’s house between Beatty and him. Montag got away while his house burned. Montag then escaped down the river where he met the book people. There, he was safe and Clarisse was there too. He then stayed there and the book “Tales of Mystery & Imagination” by Edgar Allen Poe came out. …show more content…

A second possible theme could be “don’t judge a person by their outer appearance.” At first, Captain Beatty believed Montag was loyal enough for a promotion. As the story went on, Montag was actually doing something illegal. Montag also asked to resign from being a fireman and in the end, Captain Beatty found out about his secret

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