End of Fahrenheit 451

       Over our early spring break(except colder) I finished the book that was assigned to us back a couple weeks ago. It was called Fahrenheit 451. This book was about a man named Guy Montag. He was a fireman. In this book, firemen don't put out fires... they start them. These men are hired to find books of anyone that has any, and burn them because the books were illegal. Montag slowly becomes more and more curious as the book goes on ands starts taking books from the places he burns. He eventually gets caught, and has to burn his own house down. He runs away and finds sanctuary in a place where there are people like him...book lovers. 

        My overall rating of this book would be a 7/10. It was not bad for a book that was assigned at school. My favorite thing that Ray Bradbury did in this book was his accurate predictions of what would happen in the future. Another fireman says,"everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending." This surprised me because this book was written over 50 years ago, yet Bradbury was able to tell us what is happening in our lives right now. Everything is being shrunk down. Some of my least favorite things would be some of the boring scenes in the book. For example, there is a scene where Montag visits a friend and I don't think that  helped develop the book at all.  There were some scenes that if this wasn't a school book, I would have skipped. Also, this book lost a point because it was a school assignment. That makes everything worse. 

       I would reccomend this book to people that aren't reading for fun, but for a little more meaning, and for people that are patient enough to read boring books. If you are a kid that only reads to enjoy, or for action, don't read this. Overall it is a nice book, but not the kind I like and am used to. 

What happen to Mrs. Phelps

          I stumbled out of the house, still crying from... what? Why was I crying? The poetry was not important. Mr. Montag only had it because he had to show us how funny and useless books were.  Why did the book make me so emotional? Only my family can make me feel as sad as that poem did. Was it because the poem reminded me of Pete?

"Ignorant armies clash by night."

         Was Pete part of the ignorant army? Will he be OK? Mr. Montag seems to know everything. I sure hope he was happy after reading that poem, because I sure wasn't. Firemen shouldn't be able to bring books home. They shouldn't. No... they sure shouldn't. I think I will ask the other firemen to take away that rule. They should only burn the books, like they were made to do. These terrible books were not meant to be shared with the rest of the world. I wonder where the firehouse is. That poem was quite interesting, though. It made me curious... What did the rest of it say? I must ask Mr. Montag. I will go over there now.
          When I reached the front of his house I heard him and Millie arguing. I wonder what they were saying? I leaned a little closer and pressed my ear to the door. I suddenly realize that the door voice would tell them that I was here. I leaped back just in time. Millie opened the door and shrieked.

"What are you doing here!"

"I must speak to your husband." I tell her.

I push past her without another word. Mr. Montag is there  on the floor surrounded by books. It is my turn to shriek now.

"Mr. Montag! You are only allowed to have one book a year!"

He looks like a startled deer in front of headlights. He is stumbling with his words until Millie comes to save him.

"He borrowed books from all of his other firemen buddies. He is getting some kind of unhealthy obsession with books."

I explain to Mr. Montag what I feel about books and he takes a big sigh. He seems to be turning thoughts over in that big head of his.

"I guess we need to have a talk." 

He shows me some strange green device.

"I want to introduce you to a friend of mine: Faber."