Since Fahrenheit 451 has three parts that are too long to summarize in one blog post, I'm taking the book by the mini sections where there happen to be double spaces separating the parts of the parts of the story.
The first mini section is a mini mini section, but it sets the tone of the rest of the book. In it, the main character, Guy Montag, is introduced as he burns books in a house, smiling evilly all the while.
It was kind of creepy.
The first line clearly states Guy's sentiments right off the bat:
"It was a pleasure to burn."
Yeah, not a very happy statement, and when I narrated it inside my head, the creepiest voice in the history of creepy voices read it. But, like most first sentences of books, id does set the mood for the rest of the book - that is, foreboding, sinister, twisted, and disturbing. Not the happiest book ever written.
This mini section also introduces one of the main and notable things about this book - the fact that books are not only banned, but burned. Montag is a fireman, but he doesn't stop fires. Quite the contrary, he starts them in houses that contain books. And from this beginning section, we can tell that he enjoys his job. Or something. He seems to enjoy it, at least for now.
This beginning also suggests that the fires have somehow branded Montag with this line:
"It never went away, that smile, it never went away, as long as he remembered."
It seems to me like being a fireman has stamped something onto Guy, something that will never go away no matter what he does to try and erase it. He may be able to cover it up, but I think this will always be a part of him. I'm not sure what that something is right now, but if I figure it out, I'll write about it.
Short section, rambling blod, average Kitt Nika work. All is right in the world.
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