Topic > AP Book Report on Farenheit 451 - 1081

AP Book Report Farenheit 4511. Title of work: Farenheit 4512. Author and date of writing: Ray Bradbury, 19503. Author's country: America4. Characters: Montag (Major) – Montag is a determined but confused firefighter who doesn't know his purpose in life. After several conversations with Clarisse, he begins to realize the void in his life. He not only tries to find the meaning of his life, but also of the books he is burning. Mildred (older) – Mildred has low self-esteem and is stupid. She attempts to commit suicide and also cheats on Guy towards the end of the story. She likes to look at the living room walls and always listens to SeaShell. Even though Mildred and Guy have been married for 10 years, they have a distant relationship. She is Guy Montag's wife. Clarisse (elder) - Clarisse is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives next door to Guy Montag. His conversations with Guy Montag are always unusual and peculiar. She doesn't go to school because it is not considered "social". Beatty- (Minor) – Beatty is a cultured and contradictory fire captain. Even if he doesn't like books, he can quote them. Faber- (major) – Faber was a professor before book censorship. Faber is an intellectual who helps explain the meaning of the books to Guy. Granger (minor) – Granger is the leader of the hobo intellectuals. Try to help people through books. Stoneman and Black (minor) - The usual boring firefighters who work in the same firehouse as Guy.Ms. Phelps (minor) – Mrs. Phelps is one of Mildred's friends. She says she will carry on without her husband because he is at war. But when Guy reads a poem, she immediately starts crying. This demonstrates his emotional instability.5. Main Settings Montag's House - Montag's house is described in the book as a coffin. This depicts the emptiness of his home. Once Montag enters his house, the atmosphere suddenly changes to sad and depressing. His house depicting a coffin is perfect because everything in the house is emotionally “dead”. «For example, Montag's wife behaves like a “dead” human being.6. Plot Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books in his company. In his society, owning a book is considered a crime. The firemen's job is to burn down the house of the individual who keeps the books. But one day Guy meets a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse, and questions him about the strangest things.