Fahrenheit 451 Essay

        Option #1- Describe the difference in Ray Bradbury's tone with regard to Clarisse and Beatty. Support your analysis with examples of Bradbury's diction and detail's.

        In the book that we read, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, books were illegal for the people. On the other hand, some people liked reading and having books to read. While firefighters are people that have to put out the fire, in the book they actually start the fire. The main character is Montag, he is a firefighter. Montag meets Clarisse who is always curious about everything and always ask questions to him. Montag isn't the only one in the station where he works at. His boss/captain of the station named Beatty and hates book a lot and doesn't like reading books at it. Beatty is one scary guy and a hater. The author, Ray Bradbury shows us who is a protagonist(Clarisse) and the antagonist(Beatty) which means who is good and bad.

          Clarisse is a girl who teaches Montag that books are enjoyable to read and that all books aren't that boring. She also says that he should change from using technology to reading books and not let technology take over him like it did to the other people. She gave Montag a book and told him to read it. When Montag started reading the book, he found out that inside the book were words that changed him little by little. When she was missing, Montag was the only person who actually cared and worried about her. Montag's wife didn't even noticed about him when he wasn't there with her because technology was controlling her. Now, Clarisse impacted Montag by him not reading books to loving books.

          Beatty is known a good guy to the people, but to Montag, he isn't a good guy anymore. Beatty, as the captain of the firefighter station, he can control everyone in there. Beatty has notice that Montag changed a lot and thinking that he loves reading books. Beatty and Montag have a good relationship at there job and that is how he is seeing Montag changing. If Beatty finds out that Montag is reading book, he can make the entire country hunt him down and kill him for reading. In the end, Beatty ends up dead which makes Montag relief that he isn't chasing him down.

         These two characters are the one that can and did change Montag. Clarisse is the good guy because she actually changed Montag by books are good thing to read and also enjoyable. Beatty is the bad guy because he basically controlled Montag and the whole station to hate and be angry. I think that these two characters are basically important characters because If Clarisse wasn't there to help Montag, he would still be the same and not change. If Beatty wasn't there, the book wouldn't be the same and be that interesting and we won't tell who is the bad guy. So all in all, I think that both character are the one that Montag get to decide who he is going to be. The same person, or be a new person.