Fahrenheit 451 The Temperature At Which Book Paper...

Title: Fahrenheit 451 Significance of title: 451 degrees is the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns. This is significant because the â€Å"fireman s† job in the book is to burn and incinerate and forbidden books and the houses they were found in. Author and Origin : Ray Bradbury; Illinois, USA Date of Publication: 1953 Major Characters: Guy Montag: Montag is the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451, but by no means is he a â€Å"good† one. Montag is a third generation fireman, who all of a sudden finds out how meaningless and empty his existence really is. When faced with the complexity of the forbidden books that he is supposed to be burning, he realizes what state their world is in and he tries to fix it. Montag often acts rashly or rather inarticulately and sometimes finds himself not knowing what he’s is doing; almost as if his hands were acting by themselves. Unfortunately in doing so, he sometimes acts without any conscious realization of what he is doing and that turns sour for him after murdering the fire-chief in an attempt to overthrow the â€Å"firemen†. Even though he can blindly and lucidly take extreme and even dark actions, he also attempts to reclaim his own humanity and can converse and live compassionately (such is the case with Clarisse). Often times his approaches are clumsy or chao tic, but nonetheless, at least he tries. Montag’s character is the most dynamic in the novel but he also is somewhat of a static one also. His role in the book is veryShow MoreRelatedFahrenheit 451801 Words   |  4 PagesMr. Owens English 9 14 April 2013 Rough Draft #1 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which book-paper catches fire, and burns (Lenhoff). In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is trying to teach the reader about the dangers of books and history as seen in characters, symbols, and events. 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