Fahrenheit 451

             Four hundred fifty one degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper books burn. In the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the firemen don't put out fires, but on the contrary, they start fires. Their job is to destroy all the books in the world. In their futuristic time, people watch excessive amounts of television and don't enjoy pleasures like nature. I chose this book to read because I like futuristic books and I think Ray Bradbury is a good author with interesting ideas.
             The book starts out describing the pleasures of the protagonist, Guy Montag, that come from his job of burning books one night. In the first scene he talks to this young girl Clarisse amd finds her and her questions very interesting. It is apparent that Guy has taken a profound interest in the girl. Later that night, Guy goes home to his house to find his wife, Mildred, watching television as she does everyday. However, this time it seemed a little different and Guy realizes that she had attempted suicide by swallowing sleeping pills. Guy calls the hospital and they come in time to pump out her stomach with a snake. The next morning, Mildred denies she ever tried to kill herself.
             Later that night, Guy sees Clarisse walking in the rain. He talks to her for a little and she asks some personal questions and then explains that Guy is not like the other firemen. Soon Montag starts talking to Clarisse everyday.
             On one of the burning expeditions one day, the lady whose house the firemen are burning down kills herself in the name of the books. This disturbs Guy quite a bit and he gets thinking. Later that night, Montag has learned from his wife that a car had hit and killed Clarisse. The next morning he calls in sick and his boss, Captain Beatty, comes to visit him. Montag explains that he is questioning why they are burning books and that he has been interested in what books are like. Beatty explains that this is normal thinking
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