Wilkins,+Zeb

Entry #5 9/28/2011 Characters: Guy Monatag was the main character in this book. He was a fireman but in this future setting they didn't put out fires, they burned books. He met a girl and she changed the whole way he looked at life and had a whole different attitude. When she dies he decides he is going to do something to stop the burning of books. He is a protagonist that is trying to fix humanity. Clarisse McClellan: She was a seventeen year old girl who thought of the world differently thanks to her uncle that raised her since she was little. She realized the huge impact of society not having books. She thinks as things asking the question "Why?" in a time that people don't have any patience at all. She made a huge impact on Guy. She was a protagonist. Professor Faber: He is a retired english professor. Guy met him before this book took place. He soon warmed up to Guy and let him know ha has books. He was against the burning of books and realized there importance to the human race. He and Guy come up with a plan. He was a protagonist because he was helping Guy to get books back into society. Mildred Montag: She is Guy's wife and doesn't see things like he does. She attempted suicide and was in denial about it. She was addicted to technology and really didn't have any time for her husband. She didn't understand her husband at all, when she found his books she turned on him and left him. She was an antagonist because she crewated many problems for Guy and he has to find ways to overcome them. Captain Beatty: He is the captain of the fire station that Guy works at. He notices the differences in Guy's thinking and sets his sights on him. He knows that Guy took a book so he gave him a chance to return it. But when Guy's house comes up on the suspected book owners registry Captain Beatty is out to get him. Captain Beatty was an antagonist because he was for the burning of books. Summary: In this book there is a fireman named Montag. He is hired to burn books and prosecute the people who own them. He meets a girl on the street named Clarisse. He steadily becomes friends with her and adopted her way of thinking. He had gained a new perspective and it changed his life. When she dies he has nobody left to understand him so he tries to connect to his wife. She is in denial about her recent suicide attempt and really can't connect with Guy so she pushes him away. When she finds that he has a stash of books she calls the fireman. Montag is forced to clash with his so called friends,or so he thought. He ends going back to a retired english teacher who he new had books because he had met him a year ago. They construct a plan to discredit the entire fire department and get the burning of books ended. Rating: I would rate this book a 3. It is a good book but at some points it goes into to great of detail for my liking and it kind of drags on. It has a good story to it though and was a good book. Wiki reflections: Wikispaces is a good way to talk abot the books. It is nice to be able to acces it at home as well as school. It also lets you follow along on what other classmates are reading.