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Andrew Nordquist
October 5, 2006
English 1 Honors
Character Analysis
Montag ~ Life in the Future

Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, takes place some time in the future, in a small town, somewhere in Europe. Montag, the main character, is a fireman, whose job it is to start fires to burn books. Not the most normal of jobs, but in the future, who knows what will become of this world today. Montag's wife, Millie, and Clarisse, a 17 year old girl who Montag meets, and the fireman staff are all other vital characters in Fahrenheit 451. Montag's job, character and world, and secret about books are dire points in the content of this book.
In the future, jobs might be very much different than they are today. Montag's job is being a fireman. It sounds ordinary to us, but what he really does is beyond our understanding. His job is to burn books. Why? Books are known to give people bad advice, and words they didn't want to hear. They were banned, and the way to get rid of them......

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