Fahrenheit 451

This book is very interesting i think. The whole society seems to me that they dont like nature and animals yet there is a salamander on the firemens' sleeve, there is a robot dog called a hound, and the machine that pumped Mildred's blood was called a snake. I found that to be alittle interesting. Also, with the hound, the snake, and Mildred, Bradbury says that they are all dead but alive at the same time. He uses it alot so far in the book. I think it describes everything in society including the people because they are all technically alive, but there are so many rules and regulations that the people are dead like zombies just going throught the day. That is why they have so many suicides in one night like the snake operator said. It is a theme that I think will come up alot more in the book.

Mildred also is a very interesting character. She tries to OD on sleeping pills but denies it in the morning and almost becomes aggressive about it towards Guy. Also, she seems to be more obsessed with her work than with her own husband. It almost seems like she can't wait till he is out of the house and going to work. I wonder why she wants him out so badly. What could she be up to?

Guy Montag is a fireman, and he notices that he acted and looked exactly like the other firemen did too. But all of the sudden he is questioning his actions as a firemen and isnt participating as one in all of the "fun" things that they do. He is questioning things that someone in his position should not be. He should be doing his job and burning books like the authorities want him to. But every since he met Clarisse, she has got him thinking more and more about how the social structure is wrong and how society is drone like in following standards. I think that he will eventually stand up for change, but I am not sure how well that will work out for him.


-- RJ Murray