Summary Of Inside Fahrenheit 451

Faber and Clarisse attempted to distract him, by reading books they had brought along, but even they seemed to fidget as the moment dawned. Finally, noise blasted from a far distance. The voices of hundreds of people chatting aimlessly as they walked diligently towards any transportation that would take them out of the bubble he once called home. From the other direction, the faint rumble of jets stuck to the back of his mind. It’s time, Montag thought, for a new era to

Bradbury’s development of Montag reflects a motif of inevitable change. One way that you can notice a change in

Ray Bradbury, the author for FAHRENHEIT 451 has a unique style for writing books. The tone he uses throughout the book is “possessiveness”, and it never seems to fade. Another unique characteristic of his writing, is his vocabulary across the board, he uses a lot of words with direct meaning playing along with the tone of his book. The structure for his sentences, seem to carry out a lot about how he acts as a writer, his sentences seem to be a bit short but sure do give a blow. All and all Bradbury seems to have a light leading to dark mood, which is provided throughout the book.

This idea is explored when Montag begins to question his dystopian society when he sees an old woman die by the side of her books. Bradbury uses the literary device of Truncated Sentence is used when Montag states “There

Part One of the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, describes a man, Guy Montag, living in a dystopian world where books are burned because there are just other, better, things to do such as imaginary “families” in walls made of TVs. As a result, in the novel, firemen actually start fires to burn the books rather than put them out. Before the novel even begins you get a sense that it is going to include fire of some sort from the title, for example, like the burning of things. In addition, according to a review from The New York Times, it seems that Fahrenheit 451 is, “Brilliant… Startling and ingenious… Mr. Bradbury’s account of this insane world, which bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating.” Also, from The Washington Post the author, Ray Bradbury, is, “One of this country’s most beloved writers...

Burrough investigate about the use of censorship by the government and the their power over citizens which restricts individual’s freedom of thought. He states that the power the government gained through censoring certain materials is questionable and censorship is merely making people more sensitive towards censored materials. Burrough’s journal discusses censorship used by authorities relates to Fahrenheit 451 because the novel is based on a society where anything that might provoke one to question is censored: books are burned and the peculiar individuals are removed from the community. William Burrough studied English literature in Harvard University and he is famous as an essayist and novelist with famous work such as Naked Lunch. This

It was coming on for a long time” (Bradbury 125). Bradbury makes a point to show the length Montag will go to show how Montag feels about being knowledgeable. Bradbury hints at proving that being knowledgeable is better than being ignorant through use of describing Montag’s character. Through the use of character and culture, Bradbury is able to portray two important themes in the

Annotated Works Cited Eller, Edward E. " An overview of Fahrenheit 451. " Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014.

In this book, Bradbury uses the character of Faber to expand Montag’s intellectual capabilities to understand reality, demonstrate the paramount desire to change the structure of their society. This is shown in numerous ways, the first when Faber tells Montag an interesting quote, this is when Montag first sees Faber at his house to ask him to teach him. Then Faber says this to Montag. "Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward.

During the time that Montag is staying home Bradbury uses the sentences “What doing?" "The parlour." "What was on?" "Programmes." "What programmes?"

“It 's impossible for men to direct the winds, all we can do is adjust the sail. Now fetch me more ale.” - Captain Lightfang Their hoarse cries reverberated through his frail frame, the stench of alcohol permeated his senses, and the dagger in his foot? Well it just penetrated his foot. This would mark the first of Jag’s memories, which were not of a faithful family or a fair father, but rather of pain and awe.

The author chose to open the novel with a tone of menace about the streets after midnight. This helps the reader know that the society present in the story has significantly changed compared to “modern day” (The modern day I am referring to is when Bradbury wrote this book). Due to this, Montag’s thoughts consists of the uncertainty of the society, whether life is as he knows it as, or in simpler words, normal or weird. For example, page two of the novel states that “The last few nights he had had the most uncertain feelings about the sidewalk just around the corner here, moving in the starlight toward his house”

In “Fahrenheit 451 Part One”, Ray Bradbury use of diction dramatically impacts the dark and depressed tone of the novel To begin, the description of Mildred’s attempted suicide highlights the dark tone of the novel. Bradbury uses diction such as, “terrible whisper”, “inner suffocation” and, “suction snake” demonstrates the tone of the novel. “The woman on the bed was no more than hard stratum of marble they had reached.” In the novel, Montag notices how grim Mildred looks and realizes that it was an attempted suicide in the description that Bradbury states. Bradbury’s use of diction about Mildred’s attempted suicide impacts the dark and depressed tone throughout the novel.

Montag came across a river which represented as a new start for Montag. “The river was very real, it held him comfortably and gave him the time at last, the leisure, to consider this month, this year, and a lifetime of years (Bradbury 134). When he finally thought about his happiness for the first time in a while, Montag had dreamt of a life where he was genuinely happy, and did not have to fake

(Bradbury 8). Montag is faced, for the first time, with having to examine his life and if he is actually happy. It destroys his “mask”, allowing him to see the problems of his life, and, more importantly, society. The new perspective “kills” a part of him, the part that was content with his perfect life (having a good,