When Clarisse asks Montag the simple question, "Are you happy?", Montag is forced to look at his life. He isn't happy, and he is searching for meaning, so this simple question forces him to face how he really feels and look at things...
The Question and Answer section for Fahrenheit 451 is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
When Clarisse asks Montag the simple question, "Are you happy?", Montag is forced to look at his life. He isn't happy, and he is searching for meaning, so this simple question forces him to face how he really feels and look at things...
According to Faber, society needs quality of information, the leisure to digest it and the right to act on what they have processed from the first two. In this society books are burned, especially books with authentic and real information. People...
The jet planes fly overhead and drop bombs on the city. The men are knocked flat by the shock wave. Montag grabs earth in his hand and lies prone on the ground. He imagines Mildred's death and thinks about when he first met her in Chicago.
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