Fahrenheit 451
The war. It began and ended in a few seconds. The war was the death for thousands all over the world, and while Montag describes the last few seconds of Mildred's life, he may as well have been describing the death of almost all of the inhabitants of their city. Mildred and Montag had an interesting relationship, one that parallels that of the relationship between the people of the city, and those such as Clarisse, Faber, and the hobos in the country. In the beginning of the novel, most readers would not be able to distinguish any kind of dividing line between Mildred and Guy Montag, yet as the story continues, the line becomes more clear. Such as was the story of many of the hobos; Montag at first has no idea of what is in a book. He never pauses to think about what would make books such a threat as to need to burn them. Once he has discovered
Montag felt uncomfortable at the fact that he would not miss Mildred, and Granger said that he did not miss his grandfather, he missed the beautiful things he did, and how he will be remembered because he left something behind. This is possibly what the city inhabitants realized when they looked at those empty faces. They will not be missed, because they did no beautiful things, and they will not be remembered, for they left nothing behind. The war was when the distinction between Montag and Millie, or the city inhabitants and hobos, became the most clear. The hobos knew that it was coming. Montag thought of how many other cities were destroyed at that same moment. They had thought about the possibility of a change afterward, and Montag remembered things that he had thought were forgotten. The city inhabitants however, saw this day as any ot
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Approximate Word count = 573
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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