The more I read Fahrenheit the more I seem to enjoy it. Brave New World was interesting but at times it got a little too strange with all the sex and soma. The character of Guy Montag in Fahrenheit can be related to people in our society because he is questioning some of the norms of society. Montag begins to realize that he is just like all of the other firemen and wonders why he is burning books in the first place and even decides to occasionally take them instead. He is also starting to feel guilty about burning people's houses and feels responsible when the woman burns herself. I think it will be interesting to see how this change works out for him.
Paul Martel
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I concur thoroughly with what Paul says here. Although at first I was kind of skeptical about what I thought of Fahrenheit 451, after only a night or so of reading, I decided that this book was going to be interesting and I wanted to continue reading. Paul is right about Montag deciding to take the books instead of burn them, and I want to know what he thinks when he finds out what really happens.
To me I believe that Montag finally realizes that he's not like the other firemen, because of Clarisse he realizes that their society isn't right. Laz pointed out today that in Fahrenheit 451 instead of giving the individuals in the society the right to say "yes or no" they just set the answer. For example the idea of books, Beatty explains to Montag that books just aren't allowed whether people like it or not, its like a law to them since if they are found with books they are punished (burning of their entire homes and all they're personal belongings. To me Fahrenheit has much more meaning behind it then we have realized thus far.
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