The Fireman

When George’s conversation with the fireman ended, he received a supportive pat on the back. He walked away broken and went to join Becca and Miranda. His complexion was paste. He held so still it seemed he might shatter if he moved a muscle. Eventually, Matt had to be dragged away from the hole. Becca took a deep breath. “I can’t see Caleb,” she said. “Something’s wrong.” Matt could barely stand as the fireman led him across the walkway. Behind them, Ashley was being carried out on a stretcher.

I think Ray Bradbury is trying to point across of the problems we have in our society. People these days aren’t really sees anything with meaning. All the people in society is encouraged to live life that is at a fast and unthinkable pace that they can not see life clearly. The society is not paying attention to the detail and small things in life. People believe that they are living a fun and fulfilling life, but in reality their perception is truly blurred. They are restricted to how much they

A Different Shot My chosen text is “In Creve Coeur, Missouri” by Rosanna Warren. Only in Creve Coeur would an expert photographer firebug snap a shot so eloquent: fireman bent low over the rag of body held like impossible laundry pulled too soon from the line, too pale, too sodden with smoke to flail in his huge, dark, crumpled embrace. He leans to the tiny face. her hair stands out like flame. She is naked, she has no name. No longer a baby, almost a child, not yet a ghost

normal to society. In fact mildred didn't put in the alarm. “Mildred you didn't put in the alarm!”(114). As a result Mildred is trying to set up montag and Mildred is showing she is conforming to society by rejecting books and turning montag into the fireman. Another key point is when mary ends up killing partick with a frozen lamb leg from the freezer that she was planning to cook from Patrick. “Mary simply went up to him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb”(382). Patrick was

The son of a fireman and the brother of a hero, Michael Burke, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, exposed his feelings about the firemen and first responders that were not invited to the ten year anniversary of the September 11 disaster in his persuasive article: “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?” To assist him in persuading his audience, Burke used various techniques to prove that Mayor Bloomberg was unjust for not allowing the firemen and first responders to participate in honoring their

The Hearth and the Salamander Guy Montag is the first character that is introduced in this grim story. He is the fireman who is in charge of burning books and he is very set in his ways, as are many of the other characters throughout the book. The story begins with Montag meeting a seventeen-year-old named Clarisse McClellan while on his way home from the fire station. She explains to him that the original purpose of firemen was to extinguish fires, not to light them. This fascinates Montag as she

Clarisse. Clarisse is a very peculiar girl who at a very beginning is the complete opposite to Guy and here is where the phrase “opposites attract” is shown. Clarisse thinks outside the box and Guy is basically manipulated by the government being a fireman and thinking that books are something bad and that people should not read them or even have them at home. It all started with a simple question, “are you happy?” (Bradbury 10). It’s the first time someone asks him that and it’s the first time he

furniture. The staircases were wooden and well worn, complementing the intricacies of the shade around the house. Two men walk into the house. One of the men was Guy Montag, who nearly a year ago was a fugitive. He had the ironic occupation of being a fireman that led to his demise. A mixture of guilt, grief, and disgust led him to become a "rebel", and under the forcible guiding of his conscience and Granger,

When You Start To Blubber, Take Their Phones My name is Peter Callicord. I am 17 years old. I was holding my little brother, James’s hand as we crossed the street. It was the last day of school. We were so excited. As soon as we got home we planned on throwing open all the windows. We were going to be relaxing for the rest of the week, then we got to go to Disney World for an entire month! We raced home, not being able to wait any longer to start vacation. About a block away from the house however

Montag’s Inspiration Montag starts off as a trigger happy fireman. He is content with his life and job, he enjoys burning thing to a burnt crisp; “it was a pleasure to burn.” (1). But Montag does not stay that way. Fahrenheit 451 lets you have a front row seat of Montag’s journey from a mindless fireman to a rebel. He transforms into a knowledgeable martyr, fighting for what he believes in. Before the change, he was an insecure, quiet man, what changed him? Montag encounters many influential factors