Burning Books
Burning Books Fahrenheit 451 In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, it is evident that the protagonist, Guy Montag, changes his opinion towards the censorship and burning of books. In this novel “Guy Montag a fireman in the 24th century who burns books and the homes of the people that own them. ... com) He starts these fires at houses that have broken the censorship of books law and the penalty is the burning of there home. ... This is the time when Montag did not understand about books so his opinion toward them was to remove them from anyone who had them this was his job. As Guy works he starts to wonder about why people risk having books and he would like to know more about them. “After a neighbor tells the firemen about an old woman’s library, Montag’s company of firemen come to burn her books. She chooses to die with her books, and her self-sacrifice makes Montag wonder what power books could contain that is worth dying for. ... 39) The lady continues to light the match and burn herself to death with the books. This is when Montag began to think more about having some books of his own and disobeying the censorship law. This is where Montag has starts to change his opinion on the censorship of books and is now trying to read and bring back books from being censored. ... com) Mildred was nothing for Montag and was no help to him when he needed advice on reading some books. ... 59) When Beatty was done telling his story Guy asked his boss what would happen a fire fighter ever accidentally took a book from a home where they were burning books. Beatty explained that at least once in their, career every fireman gets curious and wonders what’s in the books. ... Beatty told Guy that he has had to read a book before and it was a waste of time, the books say nothing. ... Now that Montag knows what is going on with the books and needs some advice on what to do.