Is Fahrenheit 451 a novel worth your time?

The book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is an exceptional novel due to its character development, its clear plot, and wording used. Throughout the book, the main character, Montag, a firefighter who burns houses instead of saving them from fire, learns that the society he lives in is masking him from reality. This society is so focused on keeping everyone happy, however, this comes with a price. It is against the law to read books due to the fact that there is always a minority or majority being harassed. Montag soon learns through the catalyst character, Clarisse, that this is no way to live. Instead of people being happy, they are being ignorant and are more suicidal than ever. They have been ignoring war and other countries. They live in a society where ignorance is bliss. Montag decides that he will attempt to make everyone see how the government is keeping them from seeing the reality they’re faced with. This book is very relatable. People in the society tend to watch tv more than pay attention to their families and tend to be reckless. Everyone tries to be happy, but this society takes it to a whole new level. Throughout his book, Bradbury was able to provide various types of figurative language. Because of this, one truly needs to think in order to read this book. He uses metaphors more often than not. With these metaphors, Bradbury is truly able to describe what he means. Montag is remembering when his wife Mildred commit suicide and he’s wondering what he means to her. Bradbury writes, “He tried to count how many times she swallowed and he thought of the visit from the two zinc-oxide-faced men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mouths and the Electronic-Eyed Snake winding down into the layer upon layer of night and stone and stagnant spring water, and he wanted to call out to her, how many have you taken tonight!” (p.40-41) Montag is recalling when two men extracte the pills Mildred had taken. The “zinc-oxide-faced men” are workers from the hospital who pump the stomach with the “Electronic-Eyed Snake”. You truly need to be able to understand each part of the book to comprehend the next. Students are not often exposed to this level of writing, however, this makes them think harder and able to analyze better. Furthermore, the book also contains flow. Bradbury is an exceptional writer and knows how to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. He is also able to incorporate each part of the story very well. The book is like a completed puzzle piece, which makes it very enjoyable. He was able to incorporate his own personality as well as sharing that of the characters. Bradbury had the ability to express himself and his characters through his words. The words really give us a connection to the characters portrayed in the story. Due to his figurative language, we are able to feel what they feel, hear what they hear, taste what they taste, see what they see, and smell what they smell. We are introduced to deep connections between ourselves and the characters as well as between the characters. The characters are also very relatable which makes it easier to connect with them. This relatability, wording, connections, and personality we are shown throughout the novel has created much development for the characters. Moreover, reading this book will definitely assist you with writing skills, vocabulary, and comprehension skills while still being enjoyable to read.