Fahrenheit 451 #1

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is about a man named Guy Montag and his career as a firefighter. There is something strange about his job being a fireman. It is because instead of putting out fires, he sets them. In this time period, it is illegal to read books so it is the firemans job to get rid of all the books. The first part is called "The Hearth and the Salamander". A hearh is a fireplace and the Salamander is a symbol to the firemen and it is what their truck is called. In the begining of the book, Guy is talking about his pleasure he recieves from burning books and ot see fires. On his way home, he meets his new neighbor, Clairsse McClellan . She is a very different character and she talks about random things. She tells him he smells like kerosene and asks if at one point in time firefighters did put out fires rather than start them. He denies that ever happened. She questions Guy Montags happiness. Guy says that he is happy, but he knows that he is not. Then, he goes into his house. His house is very dark. He sees his wife Mildred. She is sitting on the bed listening to a radio. He kicks a empty bottle of medicine on the ground and realizes that Mildred has overdosed on her pills to try to commit suicide and calls the doctors. She has her stomach pumped. The next day, Guy asks her why she toke all her pills and she denies that she does. The next day he goes to work at the fire station. They have a dog. The dog was grawling at Guy and he told the cheif, Beatty, and the cheif said he wouldl get the dog checked. This was the second time the dog did this Montag. During the next couple weeks, Guy Montag sees Clairsse outside and he talks to her everyday. One day he does not see her though.