A Burning Intelligence in Fahrenheit 451In the 1950 novel Fahrenheit 451, AUTHOR Ray Bradbury presents the now-familiar images of mind-controlling worlds. People now live in a world where they are blinded by the truth of the present and the past. The novel takes place in a future, perhaps near, where the world is at war and firefighters start the fire instead of putting it out. Books and written knowledge ARE forbidden to the people, and it is the job of firefighters to burn the books. Firefighters are the police officers of the FUTURE. Some people rebelled by hiding books, but without much success. Most people have conformed to the FUTURE world. Guy Montag, a firefighter, was among the majority who complied. BUT throughout the novel, Montag undergoes a transformation, where he goes from conformist to revolutionary. Guy Montag never questioned his work until the day he met Clarisse McClellan. FOR ONCE, Montag is confronted with the idea that he does NOT understand the whole truth about the books. Montag meets Clarisse one day while walking home from work, and they BEGIN A conversation. During their conversation, Montag questions why books are illegal and why firefighters burn books. CLARISSE also asks him if he has ever read one of the books he burned. His response was that it was against the law. Clarisse even asks: "...a long time ago, firefighters put out fires instead of starting them?" ,..."(Fahrenheit 451, page 38) Here you can see how the truth is brainwashed and blinded to the people. Clarisse says good evening to Montag, and just before leaving, she asks him: " Are you happy? » (Fahrenheit 451, page 39) Before Montag can answer, Clarisse leaves and she leaves Montag to think about his question While he thinks that his question was absurd, he begins to realize that. he is not satisfied with his life. Someone else who changed Montag's thinking, changed him by his actions and not by telling him anything. One day the fire department received a call. with the address of a person who was hiding books The firefighters, doing their job as always, went to the house to search for the books and burn them...