Friday, November 23, 2018

F451 Summary Part 1

In Fahrenheit 451, the main character, Guy Montag works as a firefighter in a dystopian society. As he works, his main job to to burn books and track down who has them. Montag loves to fire things as its been a part of his entire life. He was heading back home alone walking in the streets. His new neighbor, Clarisse, makes a move and talks to Montag. She tells him facts about the society they live in. She doesn't know anything about Montag but has an idea of what he might be living through. By the way that Montag stutters in answering the questions, she knows more about Montag. As he headed home, he was looking for his wife, Mildred, as she was seen on the floor overdosed by a bottle of sleeping pills. Montag calls immediate medical help to only find out that Mildred was going to be treated by two complete strangers. The cases was so often that anyone could do it. After they left, Montag stayed up thinking how long did all of what had happened to Montag actually happened? He noticed Clarisse's family. Her family would be considered "abnormal" since they all talk together instead of watching the television screen. The next day, Mildred seem like a new person from the new blood that was inserted from the operators. Montag noticed as she had made breakfast. Later in the evening, Montag and Clarisse were walking in the rain. She questioned Montag to try to get him but he was having a conflict within himself not knowing how to feel anymore.
Montag goes off to work with the other firefighters. He has his own reasons in why he thinks the Mechanical Hound doesn't like him. Montag thinks its because of his conscience that the Hound knows something. He had been talking to Clarisse everyday and he feels like he has known her for many years. He had a routine with Clarisse and splitting their ways afterwards. He woke up as usual and was waiting for Clarisse, but she hadn't appear for anywhere. They were called-in to a case of a woman whom house was full with books. Beatty, the leader of the firefighters, asks the woman to leave the house as they are going to burn it. She refuses and she gets hit by Beatty. Montag tries talking to her in leaving but doesn't want to go. Kerosene was poured on the floor and she had a kitchen match and lit the house. She died with the burning books. Montag is in disbelief and he thinks in why she did what she did.

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