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Title |
Fahrenheit 451 |
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Setting |
Not too distant future,
eutopic society |
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Characters |
- Montag:
A fireman and literature lover
- Linda:
Montag's wife
- Clarisse:
Montag's neighbor and "girlfriend"
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Summary |
In "Fahreniet 451", Ray Bradbury presents his
audience with a world which has decided to eradicate its social
problems by iradicating the books that "cause" them.
The protagonist; Montag, is a fireman (a tool of that eradication).
Montag is completely happy with this life until he meets one
of his neighbors (Clarisse). Clarisse's questions and inquisitive
mind lead Montag to begin taking books instead of burning them.
In the end, Montag's wife turns him in to the firemen, he kills
his captain, and runs away to live with the "book people" |
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Relevance |
This film and book Fahrenhiet 451 depict the typical anti-sensorship
views of the 1940s in which this book was written. It reflects
a fear throughout America concering the spread of communism,
which like the government in the movie made equality of the masses
its most improtant goal. |
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