Fahrenheit 451 Timeline

  • Meets Clarisse

    Guy Montag is a fireman, and one day walking home from work he comes across a young girl named Clarisse. She causes Montag to have a different view on life
  • Attempted Suicide

    Montags wife attempts to kill herself by overdosing on pills
  • Firemans call

    The firemen get a call to burn down another house
  • burn the lady

    They are forced to burn a lady alive because she would rather die than have her books burned. He starts to question what books are like and if his role as a fireman is justified
  • Roadkill

    Montag soon finds out that Clarisse was killed by getting run over by a car
  • Boss is angry

    Montags boss, Beatty, shows up at Montags house and tells him to return any stolen books he may have taken. Montag begins a frenzy of reading
  • Faber

    Montags wife won't help him, so he goes to someone he met a while ago: Faber. With the help of Faber, they come up with a plan to save books from extinction
  • Scandalized Ladies

    Some friends of Montags wife come by and he reads them some poetry. They become scandalized and run away from the house with complaints
  • betrayal

    Montag goes to Beatty and returns a book, but Beatty says alot of odd contradicting statements. He then goes out to respond to a fire alert and finds that it is his own house. He realizes his wife has betrayed him and now has to burn down his own home.
  • Retreat

    Montag kills Beatty and makes a run for it. The mechanical hound is following him and he goes to Fabers house. He then Runs through the river in Fabers clothes to hide his scent. He manages to escape.
  • Boom

    Montag discovers a group of renegade intellectuals that have the same purpose as him. Just as they are talking, a jet flies over the city and blows it up in a massive explosion. They head back to see if there are any survivors.