Fahrenheit 451-Q. 2

The conflict dealt with in this book is the struggle between Montag that wants to read books and Montag that wants to burn books. Towards the end Montag falls in love with the books and is determined to figure out how to understand them. This creates another challenge of finding someone to explain them and finding a way to hide all of the books without people finding out.

When the Hound is released to find Montag, I thought the book would be over soon and the rest of the pages were to summarize what all happened. It was confusing finding out that he would survive since I had the fact that he was going to die glued to my brain. Once Montag was on the run, the story got interesting again. He was finally able to learn in peace though when the nice men he met in the woods helped him out. They gave him a drink that changed his chemical complexity so the Hound wouldn't be able to smell him out. I found it interesting that he had finally found some friends in his life that believed what he said, didn't find him crazy, and understood why he wanted to learn so bad.

The cause of the conflict thought was obviously his wife not understanding what he was doing, him wanting to read books in the first place, and the government being crazy. If we ever live in a world where books are illegal I do not think I could survive. I know that I am not a huge reader, but if I had constant exposure to a screen I am pretty sure I would go blind. I can also understand the fact that he wanted to read more so he could become smarter than everyone else and have more common sense. If his wife had not called the police and ran though, Montag would have never been caught and been in this mess.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1953. Print.