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Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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“Fahrenheit 451,” written by Ray Bradbury, is a futuristic, dystopian novel based upon a society secluded by technology and ignorance. In this future society, books are outlawed and firemen are presented with the task of burning books that are found in people’s homes. Montag, a fireman, finds himself intrigued with the books, and begins to take them home and read them. As the story progresses, Montag learns the truth behind why books are outlawed and flees his city to join the last remnants of age-old scholars. To progress the story and help the reader easily understand the events, Bradbury uses certain steps to write his book. The novel “Fahrenheit 451” possesses all of the steps of narrative structure, which includes the exposition, …show more content…

One of the last events in the rising action is a new hound is pursuing the fleeing Montague, which leads to the climax of the novel. Bradbury’s use of the narrative structure keeps the reader interested in the events of the novel by providing twists and turns that are unexpected and exciting. The climax is the point of greatest tension in a novel. This scene determines the path that the story will follow until the end. In “Fahrenheit 451,” the climax is when the new hound is very close to catching Montag; however, he is able to escape by going into the river. This scene is the climax because the story can either continue here, or it can end. Montag can either escape from the hound and leave the city, or he can be caught by the hound and killed. Bradbury uses the climax in the narrative structure to show the readers the full circle of events in the novel. He brings all of the events in the story to one scene, showing the readers the moment in time where they all converge and reveal the fate of the protagonist. After the climax, the story continues with the falling action. The falling action includes the events directly following the climax and preceding the resolution. The author uses the falling action to answer previous questions in the story, while also presenting an unexpected scenario that continues to

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