Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books. People in this society do not read books.
Montag has a daughter named Clarisse McClellan. She was killed by a speeding car. Also, his wife, Mildred, attempts suicide by swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills. There was an old woman that had stash of hidden hidden books. The woman told him she would rather be burned alive along with her books. With everything going on Montag begins to search for a solution in books. He had stolen from his own fires. He hid inside an air-conditioning vent and read the books. The next day Montag doesn’t show up for work. his fire chief goes to his house, and explains that it’s normal for a fireman to wonder what books have to offer. Montag remembered an English professor that he once met. He visits …show more content…
They come up with a plan together. Faber will contact a printer and begin reproducing books, and Montag will plant books in the homes of firemen. Faber gives him a two-way radio earpiece, so that he can hear what Montag hears and talk to him secretly. When Montag arrives home he sees his wife and two of her friends watching television. They’re discussing their families and the war, and that angers him. He takes out a book of poetry and reads it to them. Faber tries to tell him to be quiet, but the women are mad about the poem and leave to go tell about Montag. Montag goes to the fire station and hands over one of his books to Beatty. They hear an alarm sound, and it turns out it’s at Montag’s own house. Beatty forces Montag to burn his house; when he is done he is to be put under arrest. Instead Montag knocks the other firemen out and runs off. Montag goes to Faber’s house, and he is told that Hound has been put on his trail, along with helicopters and a television crew. Montag then takes some of Faber’s old clothes and runs off toward the river trying to cover up his scent. Montag finds a group of book lovers. They drop bombs on