In the story Fahrenheit 451, a man name Montag who is a fireman lives in a different world and things aren't really how things are in a typical world. The whole society doesn't read books, or enjoy nature, they don't think independently or spend time by themselves. But instead they all watch excessive amount of tv and have a seashell earplug set attached to their ear. Montag at first take pleasure in his profession as a fireman and enjoyed burning illegally owned books and the homes of their owners, but Montag soon begins to question the value of his profession and also his life. Eventually Montag starts to have struggles such as his existence, starts to eventually fleeing his oppressive, censored society and joining some underground network of intellectuals. As he sees more and more of this he starts to meet new people which cause him to investigate more on his city to see if everything really is what it seems. He starts to wonder why books are perceived to be so dangerous and why some people are so loyal to them, driven by his curiosity he steals a book from a collection he was sent to burn. He starts to have a different type of mindset towards books and how fireman are supposed to be. He started to not obey order and would not go to work but spend time with his new friends who told him about what is the power of books. In the very end with Montag newfound friends he witness the atomic destruction of his former city and he dedicates himself to rebuilding a literate and cultural society with all of his other new friends that he meet and was even able to escape the city to a different place with other people who believed in the powers of books
My name is Guy Montag. I am a fireman who burns book and I love my job. Except that one time I burned a book. It felt weird, I don't know how to explain it but it didn't make me feel happy but I just smiled as if it was all okay. I just felt like a Minstrel man, that wasn't my true feelings.. I was just covering my true feelings. A mask, it was terrible. I just I don't know how to explain it. It wasn't me I know it but I had to do it. If I tell the other firefighters about this they won't understand it. I know they won't, but it hurts feeling like this.. But this is right, right? Is it? Why I am even talking about this, I'm not supposed to think. That smile it never went away the feeling I had when I burned that book, even when I went right to bed. IT WAS STILL THERE. Am I going crazy?? Am I supposed to feel this way?! I don't know, I have no idea! I am going crazy, I’m not supposed to feel this way, and it’s okay though because I have nothing to worry about. I think, no wait maybe I am right or wrong.. I feel so uneasy, I never felt this before nor do I know how to deal with everything, my emotions, my co-workers. Should I tell people? Should I just talk to somebody who loves books, maybe they’ll understand. But no I can’t.. I’m crazy for even thinking about telling how I feel to people, they won’t understand, they won’t. I’m going crazy, switching back and forth if this is right or not. But it shouldn’t matter because people won’t know about it, yeah that should help.
Meet Clarisse, isn’t she amazing? She looks so beautiful, but she’s different from other girls I’ve meet. She thinks about little details that nobody would really bother to think about. She was odd, one day we had this conversation and she asked me if I read any books that I have burned. Crazy right?! Well to me it was, I was so shocked for her to even think about reading books. She knows that it is against the rule to read books I don’t think she really understood what the meaning of being a fireman but yet it was odd. She made me feel different I guess you could say that. Then she told me that before that fireman use to out fires out instead of starting them like she must be crazy! Or am I the one who’s crazy, I don’t know. All I know is she just made me think about too much things I am not suppose too worry about. But of course I told her that it would be a crazy thing for fireman to put the fire out instead of starting it because houses has always been fireproof. Unless there is something going on, probably not because of course I would know about it. Then she insulted me! Like it was okay but I showed her my helmet with the number 451 and asked her if it meant anything to her then she changed the subject! This girl is crazy, she went into details about so many things it was starting to get irritating. But I swear I felt something I never knew I felt before. Especially towards Clarisse not the love kind but she made me think about a lot of things I never thought about before, then she died.. and that was the last of her..
This, this women I did not even know who she was. I could not stop thinking about what she has done just for books, I was already uneasy about thinking about books and if fireman are really helping people. I did not know what to do or what to think, it just happened. I was on my way to burn and do my job as usual but seeing this old woman refusing to leave her home and instead burns herself and her books instead. I have never seen anything like it. My mind started to think differently about books, if there is something in books that is really valuable and why do we have to burn them so much? Seeing that woman be so dedicated to her books made me realize something. Maybe the people who believe in books are right, maybe there is something in books that are valuable. But if I talk to other fireman’s about this they would think I’m crazy. But I am not, Meeting Clarisse and seeing her and how she looks at little details and at first I thought she was weird but I think it is reasonable and understandable about what she is talking about, and now this old women? I mean think about it, all these reason why people go crazy for books, I am not the only one thinking about that right? I bet there are other people too. But just after the burning of the old lady made me feel ill I started to think that serving as a fireman was actually purely an instruments of destruction, instead of helping people. Can’t you guys see it too? How much book probably have a lot to say, a lot to explain, why people love books so much, I would. Or am I just crazy
Meet Faber he is the guy behind me, he introduced me to a couple guys when I escaped the Mechanical Hound. But anyways Faber was probably the first guy who have helped me through a lot, one of the things he did was when Faber became my mentor where he shared all of his insight with the fireman and conspiring with me to have copies of his books made. He gave me a two way radio where Faber can hear what is being said and he and I are able to communicate. Faber did that before my captain Beatty and I started to talk, he started to tell me weird things about fireman and our history of burning books and houses and how books are just bad for everything. But he soon starts to go off track and Faber noticed that in my earpiece, he started to tell me things as in what to say or what is really going on. But a fight broke out with my Captain and two other fireman causing my earpiece to fall off, captain started to say that Faber and I was going to be dealt with severely but I could not stand that so I threatened him with a flamethrower. He did not listen to me he still verbally abused me so I had to do it.. I had to, I switched the switch and killed captain but as soon as that happened the Mechanical Hound started to chase me! I was going to die I know it, I did not know what to do, so I ran but the hound stabs me with a procaine needle on my leg. It was terrible. But I had to get my books from Faber and as soon as I did Faber provided me with a refuge where people believed in books just like me