Fahrenheit 451 By: Mitchell Story

Title of Book: Fahrenheit 451  Author: Ray Bradbury 256 Pages Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Why This Book has Value: This book has value because it makes us understand how lucky we are to be as free as we are.

Summary: Fahrenheit 451 is a story of firefighters who set books on fire in order to remove harmful ideas and unclear ideas. Guy Montag, a fireman who questions the book-burning policy and suffers extreme pain and change as a result, is the protagonist of the story.

Theme: The struggle between freedom of thought and censorship is the basic theme of Fahrenheit 451. Ray  Bradbury's community has gladly given up books and reading, and the people, for the most part, do not feel offended or silenced.

Plot: Guy Montag's transformation from a book-burning fireman to a book-reader is shown in Fahrenheit 451. Montag lives in a dictatorship society that strives to remove all sources of difficulty, conflict, and uncertainty in order that gives simple happiness to all of its people.

Setting: Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unknown city in the United States at an unknown point in the future. The events of Fahrenheit 451 could  take place anywhere, but the cities Bradbury names in the book indicate Montag lives somewhere in the center of the world.

Character Development: Guy Montag grows in Fahrenheit 451 from a mindless individual, who ignores his heart, to a man who recognizes his personal needs as a human being.