Monday, March 12, 2007

Blog #3- Fahrenheit 451- Prediction

I am at the end of the first chapter, "The Hearth and the Salamader", where Montag is re-evaluating his job as a fireman and starting to read a book.
Prediction: I believe Montag will start to view positive about books and quit his job as a fireman. However, Milllie will not be able to understand Montag and his book. Because she doesn't even know where she met Montag for the first time, tried suicide, and is crazied about the parlor rather than talking with her husband. Thus, for her own benefit, she will cause greater disaster in Montag's life by annoucing that Montag has books. Thus, Montag will be caught for having a book and eventually loses his house and life. Although Montag loses his life, he will somehow impact people to see view good in books..because he is the main character hahaha! (Feb.29)

After finishing the book(March 13): Well! I was right about Millie betraying on Montag. But I did not know that Montag will escape the police and the Hound in such high technologically-developed society. I thought he would immediately get caught and sent to prision. Moreover, I never thought Montag would kill Beatty! (This might sound evil..But it felt so good when Beatty was fried by flamethrower! I actually said "Yeah! You go Montag!" when I was reading that part:P) Furthermore, I did not know that Montag will meet people like Faber and Granger. I was so relieved to find out that Montag was not alone in the story and there were people who helped him. Phew! Well..And I thought the society will win Montag (by taking away Montag's life) but the book ended with society losing (city destroyed by nuclear bomb).
My prediction was somewhat close to the ending of the book because Millie did betrayed Montag and put Montag's life in a risk. I knew from the way she acted in the beginning of the book that she never cared about her husband and always sought for the best of her life. She was already too contaminated by society and the parlor.


Besides, the person who is always close to the main character turns out to be the evil one in most novel!

1 comment:

Bryan Munson said...

I think Beatty wanted to die. . . but that didn't stop me from enjoying his death as well!