F451

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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    F451

  • Reana is born.

  • Montag walks home from work and bumps into Clarisse.

    Montag walks home from work and bumps into Clarisse.
    They begin to walk home together and have a conversation; Montag realizes that she isn't like any other.
  • Montag comes home to find that Mildred, his wife, has taken an unreasonable amount of pills

    Montag comes home to find that Mildred, his wife, has taken an unreasonable amount of pills
    He calls for emergency to get the medicine out of her and is surprised from overhearing their conversation that this happens quite often.
  • Montag at work

    Montag at work
    The hounds at Montag's work, in which men burn books, seem to threaten him. However, Captain Beatty says that that cannot be.
  • Montag realizes that he isn't happy.

    Montag realizes that he isn't happy.
    Clarisse asks Montag if he is truly happy. Unfortunately, he then comes to an epiphany that he isn't.
  • Montag wakes up the next morning.

    Montag wakes up the next morning.
    Mildred is unaware of the fact that she had an overdose; she acts as if nothing happened.
  • Montag goes outside where he sees Clarisse.

    Montag goes outside where he sees Clarisse.
    Both have another conversation and she states that he is not in love.
  • Montag is at war with himself.

    Montag is at war with himself.
    He has come to an identity crisis, he feels as if he had been split in two.
  • Montag and Clarisse continue to meet.

    Montag and Clarisse continue to meet.
    He realizes that Clarisse is more wiser than most people in their society. Even though she is antisocial, she still seems to balance it out with her curiousity.
  • Clarisse is missing.

    Clarisse is missing.
    Montag does not know what to do since Clarisse was a teacher to him.
  • Montag at work

    Montag at work
    Captain Beatty tells Montag to look at a rule book, talkng about how his job goes way back to the american colonies.
  • Montag at work

    Montag at work
    The alarm sounds and the men rush to an old woman's house. The old woman stays and burns with the books and Montag grabs a book before it would get burned. That night, he hides the book under his pillow.
  • Middle of the Night

    Middle of the Night
    Montag starts to wonder when and where he and Mildred met. He asks her, but she has no recollection, considering she was woken up to answer a question.
  • Montag feels sick

    Montag feels sick
    Montag asks Mildred to call in sick for him, but she refuses. Captain Beatty comes over to visit and explains that this scenario happens all the time.
  • Montag's unhappiness

    Montag's unhappiness
    Montag shares that he is unhappy to Mildred, but she seems to be unresponsive as well as not caring. Later, he makes Mildred read the books that he has been hiding.
  • Montag remembers Faber

    Montag remembers Faber
    Montag calls hesitant Faber, later in the conversation they agree to meet and Montag grabs his copy of the Bible to meet Faber.
  • Montag and Faber meet

    Montag and Faber meet
    Faber explains to Montag that the books are not important, but rather the information the books contain. Together, they plot a way to take down the system.
  • Taking Down the System

    Taking Down the System
    Faber and Montag decide to sneak in books in other firemen's houses to eliminate the firemen structure. Faber gives an earpiece to Montag as a guide.
  • Mildred's Friends

    Mildred's Friends
    Montag is stuck with Mildred and her obnoxious friends at his house when he reads them a poem, leading to them leaving angrily/crying.
  • Beatty Taunts Montag

    Beatty Taunts Montag
    Beatty had already known that Montag was hiding books, but decides to play with him the whole time. He taunts Montag, using literary quotes, before setting the alarm to his house.
  • Fireman Montag

    Fireman Montag
    Beatty is forced to burn his house along with the books. He then burns Beatty and the Hound that stabbed him with a needle that had numbed his leg; Montag runs away as fast as possible.
  • Nuclear War

    Nuclear War
    A nuclear war is declared and Montag is now a fugitive. News say to look out for a man walking. Montag, in Faber's smelly clothes then finds the book people, consisiting of Granger and his men
  • New Beginning

    Montag and his new group wake up to everything bombed the next morning. They plan to use their knowldge of the books they've read and start a new, better society.