Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 - 2041 Words

Books have played an important role in society for thousands of years. Books give people the foundations of being able to set opinions, the foundations of education and the foundation of preferences and perspectives on historical events. But, books also create opinion and require thought which can lead to disagreements and an unpleasant society. In the book, â€Å"Fahrenheit 451†, the author, Ray Bradbury, explains a futuristic society where books have become such a burden and the government strives so much for a world without fault that they banned all books from society. They view books as a problem because they promote thought and higher level thinking skills which can lead to controversy between minority groups that have differentiating†¦show more content†¦When he came home from this first unplanned meeting he found his wife laying on her bed, unconscious, because of she overdosed on sleeping pills. But, emergency responders come to their house and performed an operation to bring Montag’s wife, Mildred back to perfect health. They get her back to perfect health by pumping new blood into her system, but this new blood makes Mildred forget everything that happened the night before. After this event he has more and more meetings with Clarisse and she starts to influence his personality by making him more and more dissatisfied with how society is run. Clarisse makes him realize that books are not a real problem in society and the government portrays this problem for a reason unknown by Montag. This belief becomes so influenced upon him by Clarisse that he even starts stealing books from houses he helps burn down. Clarisse suddenly disappears making the reader infer she died. This combined with his very little knowledge and curiosity of books caused him to have psychological illnesses that refrained him from going to work and let him stay home and read the books that have been banned for the entirety of his life. But, Montag’s cha nge of behavior and his constant missing of work causes his boss, captain beatty, to become