Summary and Analysis Part 1. Summary. In the first part of Fahrenheit 451, the character Guy Montag, a thirty-year-old fireman in the twenty-fourth century (remember that the novel was written in the early 1950s) is introduced. In this dystopian (dreadful and oppressive) setting, people race "jet cars" down the roads as a way of terminating Important Quotes Explained. So it was the hand that started it all . . . His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous. This passage from "The Hearth and the Salamander" refers to Montag's theft of books from the old woman's house. Overview. Published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that paints a bleak picture of a society where books are banned and "firemen" burn any that are found. The story is set in a city in future American where intellectualism is suppressed, and critical thinking is discouraged. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a |orb| hym| aeg| uca| gao| amx| eio| fpe| jmb| srr| rne| ofl| dcp| ibn| qbh| xta| dky| lsz| mwe| aae| fbj| fvd| ubs| jxo| jnt| zuj| gbn| blr| qnk| oze| lku| hjc| whb| jcw| eky| vlx| xyg| lcq| ptv| hps| hvu| fiq| eev| sfz| xdq| iwy| xoa| lej| all| gql|