It is difficult to understand why Montag loves burning so much, and the fact that he receives so much pleasure from destruction seems notably abhorrent. Montag is a singed animal with orange eyes and a fierce grin. As he seems nearly inhuman, he is immediately the target of the reader's dislike. Immediately after the house is burned, Bradbury surprises the reader by showing that the monstrous Montag has an appreciation for that which is beautiful and intellectual. Montag is walking home from work when he meets a young girl, Clarisse, standing on the sidewalk.
There are, however, similarities. First of all, both men show a bias opinion of their surroundings. Dane does so in a subtle way, while Bacon flaunts his ideas, good or bad to everyone within shouting distance. We can see Dane’s biases in a quote from page sixty-two in Johnson: “God hath all along preserved and kept me all my days.” In this passage, it is evident that Dane’s opinion on everything will have a religious spin to it. We can also tell that every experience he goes through is glorified, that everything worked out for the better.
In the beginning of the book Montag is shown to love fire, it made him happy to see things burn. He didn't mean it to be a bad and destructive thing, but in a larger sense he identified fire with warmth and spirit. Another symbol I noticed was books burning. Books and ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury sends his readers a warning, he warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and if we let people take away our books and thoughts.
Fahrenheit 451 part three Burning Bright Characters: * Guy Montag- a fireman that has realized the emptiness in his life and has begun searching for anything that will give him something to live for in books * Captain Beatty- captain of the fire department where Montag works; he is very well read and cunning * Mildred Montag- Guy’s wife. All she does is watch TV and invite her friends over to watch TV. She is against books and finally gives up on getting rid of Montag’s books and leaves. * Professor Faber- a retired English professor Montag met in the park. He is a coward is afraid of what people will do if he speaks about books.
At the beginning of the novel, Montag thinks that their relationship is just fine; in fact, he declares to himself that he is perfectly happy. However, when he gets home that first night, to find Mildred comatose after a suicide attempt, then he starts to wonder if he and Mildred really are happy. Then, when Clarisse pulls the dandelion "you're not in love with anyone" stunt, he is even more startled. He realizes that he can't even remember when he and Mildred first met. He realizes that they don't really have a relationship at all--he goes to work, she watches her television, and they don't talk.
Reevaluation By definition, the antagonist, opposes the protagonist, barring or complicating his or her success. Guy Montag, the protagonist, takes great pride in his work at the fire department. For a living, he burns books and the houses where the books are illegally hidden. At the beginning of the novel, Montag is portrayed as an ideal fireman in his society, enjoying his job and the smell of the kerosene, and believes he is truly happy. However, soon after meeting Clarisse, Montag starts to realize how unhappy he really is.
These are the main subjects in the novel. Voltaire really focuses on what happened to Candide to inspire the readers and also to look at Candide as a real example of bravery. Voltaire describes all the dangers and bad curse with tone, themes and uses humour and ironical quotes. “Nothing could be more beautiful, smarter with a brilliant splendour than the sounds of the trumpets, drums and cannons. Altogether they form the best sound ever heard in hell”.
I quite enjoyed Fahrenheit 451. A 20th-century classic. The language features employed in it result in an interesting, if not slightly difficult read which provokes deep thought from the reader. Published in 1953, it describes a future American society where books are outlawed, and it is the role of ‘firemen’ to destroy any that are found. Montag, the protagonist, is a fireman and is happy however, after a conversation with the girl next door, he discovers he is completely discontented with how he has been living out his life, burning knowledge and encouraging stupefaction.
Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn After reading Huck Finn I have gained so much respect for Mark Twain and what he did for books all over the world. The thing I enjoy most about this book is the subtle humor that is interlaced with the satire. Twain uses generous amounts of satire of the white man’s cruelty to black people, of religious hypocrisy, of Romanticism, and of superstition both to amuse the reader and, more importantly, to make the reader aware of the social problems which Twain saw at the time of his youth. The era and setting in which The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes place is fundamental to the story but the character’s identities themselves could be placed in just about any modern novel or story. I think some of the books most obvious forms of satire result from dehumanizing black people.
The maid with the cat in her hand told the master that she had repeatedly throwing the cat which was sneaking into the kitchen again and again. The master twisted his moustache and told the maid to let the cat in. The cat found that its master was a school teacher, who would shut himself up in his study after coming from school. His family members believed him to be studious as he was acting like one. One day when the cat sneaked up into his study, it found him taking a nap, and sometimes driveling on the book he had been reading before dozing off.