Reflection on Fahrenheit 451 Part III

The third section of the novel is the most suspenseful and exciting part of the whole story itself. A minute Montag burns down his own house. Then, he burns down Captain Beatty! All of Montag's emotions and feelings toward the society must have built up and caused his outrageous action. Reading the part where he blasts the flames onto Beatty, I cheered happily for Montag.
However, consequences soon arrive...

Montag was chased down by cops, other firemen, and another Mechanical Hound. Everyone in the city was looking for him, and how is he going to manage that!? Luckily, Montag escapes to Faber's house, and he acquires some tips and old clothes from him. He ran toward a railroad track and got the Mechanical Hound sniffing the wrong way. Thankfully, Montag meets a man named Granger. Granger gives Montag a liquid to drink that will alter Montag's chemical index of his perspiration. The police, on the other side, finds a scapegoat and kills that guy and announced him as "Montag."

Next, Montag is introduced to three other men. Granger explains that each one of them have a story memorized in their minds. He describes how he will pass the story down to the next generations if needed, or he will offer the newly reformed society the knowledge of the books.
Montag is the "back-up copy" of the Book of Ecclesiastes. All of a sudden, bombs start dropping down, and the earth starts to shake. After the aftershock, the men have breakfast and set off to the city to help the survivors rebuild their new society/new homes.

Ray Bradbury did a very good job in ending this book. He is a great author who had made the climax of the story very appealing. I believe Montag had did the right thing from the very start, though he had had some regrets in the middle of his journey. Clarisse and Faber had made a huge impact to their society because they were the ones who had influenced and helped Montag in reforming the society. They are the "heroes" of the book.

Reflection on Fahrenheit 451 Part II

The second part of the book was mainly the buildup of the relationship between Montag and Faber. While Montag was trying to figure out what the books were saying, he suddenly remembers an old man he had met a long time ago, and he remembers he had written the man's phone number and address in a file in his wallet. The man's name was Faber, and he was someone whom Montag thinks may help him reform the society and government.

Montag goes on and finds Faber; Montag explains to Faber how he wants people to really listen to him. He tells Faber how he wants to really be happy. After talking for a period of time, Faber finally trusts Montag. They agree to team up together and change the society. Faber gives Montag a seashell radio to put in his ear. Faber can hear what Montag hears, and Montag can hear whatever Faber says.

I think Montag is really smart because he had thought of seeking Faber for help. However, I think Faber is just a nerdy coward. If Montag hadn't gone and find him, he would have spent his whole life quietly criticizing the society by himself. The most shocking thing was when Montag almost walked out of Faber's house without accomplishing anything, and Faber did nothing to stop him and remained a silent coward. It is good that Faber is helping, but perhaps he can be a little more risky because that is the only way to make changes.

I believe what Montag and Faber are doing with the seashell radio is an excellent way to start their reformation "journey." Lots of risks are included, but it will be all worth it in the end. I think they are doing a great job; however, in the second part of the novel, Beatty and the firemen troop is sent to Montag's house for a fire alarm. From the story, we see that Beatty is a complicated and intelligent man. He knows a lot about books and what is inside the books, but he refuses to allow books in the society. In the next section, we will see how Montag deals with the fire alarm that is pointed to his house.

Reflection on Fahrenheit 451 Part I

The point of the first part of the book was mainly to give us a background information of the period of the book in which it is set in. In this case, the book is set in the future, where high technologies take place. It describes to us about the daily life of Montag and his wife Mildred. Montag is a future fireman who burns books and houses, and Mildred sits around at home all day watching the TV parlor. Also, the first part is the most important part of the book.

I believe that it is the "spark" for the rest of the book. Montag goes through his normal, everyday schedule; however, Montag meets a girl named Clarisse, who psychologically changes him completely. Montag finally becomes aware of his life and the society. He realizes his desire for true happiness and a life where people can think in peace. This is how Montag's search for a better life had started, and the first step of his search was reading the books he had gathered illegally.

If our future was similar to the future described in the book, I would be very sad. I would not want to live in a place where people can't sit outside and just talk or think leisurely. In the beginning of the book, I believe Clarisses was the only "sane" girl. I am so glad that Montag was influenced by Clarisse and had changed his way of thinking, and I believe that Mildred is just a pitiful wife of Montag's, who doesn't even care about how Montag feels or thinks and only thinks about her own parlor "family." Their standard of a husband and wife relationship is very different compared to the standard in reality.

I think that the first part of the book did a really good job in giving us information about the characters' time and world. Ray Bradbury is such a talented writer, who had thought of the great idea to write about a world in which firemen are supposed to burn down books and also burn down the houses in which they were found in. This part of the book brings readers to a state of excitement and eagerness to read the rest of the book. It really gives readers a good start to the rest of the plot of the story.