Fahrenheit essay

In the book Fahrenheit it starts off dramatic, then makes a dramatic change in Montag's life. At first Montag takes advantage of his profession as a firemen. He burns illegaly owned books, And the homes of the people that own the books. Then Montag starts to wonder how valuable books really are. He then meets a strange girl that changed his perspective on books and his life. Montag opened my eyes as well as he predicted the future through out the whole book.
Montag had a hidden book in his house. He never even dared to open it. Because in his society it was against the law to read books. It was better to watch t.v. and get distracted by technology. Which is happening now if you think about it people pay more attention to technology than books. He was against books so much he took advantage of his job and burned books and homes of people that owned them.
On the other hand Clarrise was an odd girl that wasn't into the things that everyone else was into. For example she didn't like violence or T.V. what she liked was nature and thinking. That caught Montag's attention. How she was into the things that nobody else was. Also Clarrise would ask him things he didn't want to answer about him being a firemen. Clarrise never forced Montag to be distant from what others thought was ok but showed him what was better. She showed him that he had the option to think. Clarrise didn't have a big role in the story but her role had a lot of meaning.
Montag always had a smile on his face when he burned books. It was like his hands had a mind of their own because they were burning things without his command. But then Montag started thinking. Montag started questioning why books effect so much. He then slowly started opening up to books. They changed the way he saw things. They changed his life in general. He then noticed Mildred was an ignorant person for following society. Mildred lives for technology she uses earphones and listens to the radio straight into her ear. And watches T.V. all day she's like a remote is how Montag explains her.
In the end Montag realizes books are good. Montag realizes his wife is a remote. Clarrise was not odd but had a mind of her own. Was being a firemen really his happiness? No it wasn't. This book was good in my opinion. This book was written over 50 years ago and they predicted basically our whole future in it. It also changed Montag as it changed my perspective on books.