Lit Analysis #1

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

1. In this book it starts out with him as a fire fighter who would go out and destroy books. At one house where he went and was planning on destroying a house that had books in it, he found a set of books in the attic and decided to keep a few. So he went home and read a few and enjoyed them. His wife found out and got mad at him. The fire chief gets word that he has a few books and sets his house on fire and now are on a man hunt to find him. He finds a group of old scholars and joins them. Montag in the ends and escapes the city and the city gets destroyed. This is a typical fiction story with a good storyline and climax and rising action and everything.
2. I think the theme of the novel is to really appreciate the value of old styles of life. The world now a days is evolving into a world where we rely heavily on technology and have really pushed books and papers to the side. So I think he made this book to remind us that books are important to society and without them the world wouldn't be the same.
3. The authors tone is very serious through out the book. When he finds the book he's very serious about keeping it and hiding the books. When he is being chased by the mechanical hound it is very serious because that thing is trying to kill him. And when he's escaping from the city and watching everything he knew bein burned to the ground, that's very serious.
4. Ray Bradbury is always informative and very descriptive when describing something. When he is talking about the house that he is going to burn you can really just picture it perfectly in your head. That's the main reason why I like this book, because I've read other books and I have a hard time picturing the story in my head but with this book it's easy. You can easily tell the tone of voice of the characters he is talking to. It there mad you know there mad if they're scared you know they're scared. Like when Montag is beig chased by the hound you know he is scared.

1. Some examples of direct characterization is when we can hear his thoughts about Clarisse. We learn a lot about her through the dialog between Montag and her. Some examples of indirect characterization is when we learn more about the characters through the actions they do. Like for Guy Motag we learn more about him when he goes and takes a book. We learn that he is just a normal human and wants to learn just like everyone else. Or like the chief we learn that by their actions they are just doing their job and their viewpoints aren't ever goin to change as the story goes on.
2. No I don't think the authors diction changes at all throughout the story. The only way I think it would change is when he is talking to his wife and the scholars. When he is talking to them he sounds more empathetic than when he is for example talking to the chief or when he is talking to Clarisse.
3. Guy Montag is definitely a dynamic character. In the beginning of the novel he is a regular fireman who hates books and enjoys burning them. By the end of the year he is a totally different person. At the end of the book he loves books and regrets burning books. His thoughts towards the fire fighters changes completely and has a respect for books now.
4. After reading the book I really felt as if I had Met Montag and really got to know him. Ray Bradbury really did an amazing job writing this book. He really did a good job because we really were able to connect with Montag and feel what he was feeling and think what he was thinking. When he first got the book I really could understand why he was interested and why he would risk everything just to read a book. Curiosity got to him and it sure killed the cat.