![]() ![]() ?” “Why are you laughing?” “Are you happy?”-and pointed observations-“You never stop to think. Her gentle questions-“Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out. She takes the time to stop and observe as she observes Montag, he sees himself in her eyes, not the fireman who frightens most people, but “just a man, after all.” Walking along the sidewalk near his house, he meets Clarisse, a young girl who demonstrates an extraordinary characteristic in this totalitarian state: tireless curiosity. Thus it is still dark as he is going home from work. ![]() Firemen burn hooks, along with the interiors of the homes of the people who illegally possess them.įiremen work at night, since the spectacle of burning-intended to be both lesson and entertainment for the citizenry- makes a more impressive show in the dark. The novel opens with “fireman” Guy Montag exulting in his job of burning books: “It was a pleasure to burn.” In his futuristic society, where houses are built to be fireproof and firemen are no longer needed as firefighters, almost all books (with the exception of a few manuals and other material considered necessary) are outlawed. ![]()
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