Fahrenheit 451 Video Summary
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2019
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Set in the near future of America, in a Midwestern town, Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of fireman Guy Montag, who proudly burns illegal books and the homes of the books’ owners. However, as threat of atomic destruction looms over his town, he begins to question the value of his profession. Throughout the novel Montag struggles with his existence and his place in an oppressive society in which censorship is the norm.
Montag’s resistance grows stronger after developing a friendship with his 17-year-old neighbor, Clarisse McClellan. She is both curious about the world and rejects the technology on which it now depends, including the frequency of gun violence and speeding cars. Soon, Montag realizes he is unhappy and no longer loves his wife, Mildred, who refuses to face reality; the antithesis of Clarisse, Mildred immerses herself in interactive television and seashell radio, and is addicted to tranquilizers.
One night, Montag comes home to find that Mildred has overdosed on sleeping pills. The paramedics arrive to pump Mildred's stomach and give her a complete transfusion with various technological instruments. The medics explain nonchalantly that they perform these same procedures many times each night, and that overdoses are frequent. The next morning, Mildred robotically goes about her daily routine, not recalling the previous night's episode and refusing to discuss it.
Frustrated with a society that seems unconcerned about an impending atomic war, Montag wonders why books are perceived to be so dangerous and why some people are so loyal to them. What power lies in books? Driven by increasing unease and curiosity, Montag steals a book from a collection he is sent to destroy. At the scene of the burning, he is shaken when the owner of the books, an older woman, refuses to leave her home. Instead, she sets fire to her kerosene-soaked house and is herself destroyed by the flames. Witnessing the woman's dedication to her ideals, Montag wonders if happiness can be found in the forbidden literature he is required to burn.
Montag returns home, feeling ill as he relives the woman's horrific death in his mind. Over the past ten years he had thought he was serving society as a fireman, but now he realizes he is an instrument of destruction. That night, in a discussion with Mildred, Montag learns that his friend Clarisse was killed by a speeding car more than a week earlier. He falls asleep feeling sicker, with his stolen book hidden beneath his pillow.
The next day, Montag refuses to attend work, claiming illness. His boss, Captain Beatty, visits him and appears to be aware of Montag’s internal struggle. He suspects that Montag may be hiding books. Beatty lectures him about the offensiveness of books and the superiority of their current society-where homogeneity is mandated, stories are diluted and political narratives are reduced to a simple sound bite distributed by mass media. He dismisses their former society, which encouraged free thought and differing opinions. Meanwhile, Mildred organizes the bedroom and tries to pull away Montag's pillow. When he won't let her, she reaches beneath it and finds the hidden book. Mildred is astonished, but keeps silent.
When Beatty departs, Montag retrieves some 20 books that he has stolen over the years and begins to read. Unsure as to what to do next, he recalls meeting a retired professor, Faber, a year earlier and discussing with him the value of ideas. He visits Faber, who at first fears that he will be the fireman's next victim. However, as the two men grow to trust one another, Faber becomes a mentor to Montag, sharing insights and conspiring with him to make copies of Montag’s books. Faber gives Montag a small two-way radio of his own invention to insert into his ear, so that the two men will always be in communication.
At home, Montag becomes disgusted with his wife and her friends as they sit idly, watching television and gossiping. They lack any awareness of the impending atomic war. As Faber's objections stream through the secret radio in Montag’s ear, Montag engages the women in a debate about family and politics. Next, he reads to them from a book of poetry. Mildred's friends react emotionally to the reading, not understanding the source of their sadness.
The firemen are called to an alarm, and Montag is dismayed to discover that it is his own house that is to be burned. His wife Mildred reported him. He then burns his home and possessions by himself, room by room, as ordered by Beatty.
Beatty chides Montag and as the two men scuffle, Faber's radio is knocked from his ear. When Beatty remarks that both Montag and his "friend" will be dealt with severely, Montag threatens Beatty with the flamethrower.
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Who else is here because they don’t understand the book so they came here to see what the plot was
The movie helped me understand
I read the 1st page and was like yep... I don’t understand a word I just read
it makes sense to me but i got bored
Yea
Love the book but struggling to understand
Beatty low key knew what was up
J85 that’s what’s up dawg
Beatty was a martyr. I think he also objected his society so therthere for he committed suicide to show his society how much people were beginning to reject their society
Yea. Beatty knew about the books and was knowledgeable about them. I also think he doubted the current society and it's structure. But he could not do anything about it. This made him depressed and eventually, suicidal. This resulted in him goading Montag to kill him. Which Montag does.
No, he 'commited suicide' due to the fact that he loved books secretly. He always quoted them and loved them but his superiors were not fond of the idea. Therefore, Beatty lived a false life and he wanted to die.
And the crime that he was apprehending Montag for, he did that in presence of others (in form of quotes). He knew Montag was impressionable and furthered his very idea of getting out of this regime.
after having read this book I was actually really surprised at how cool it ended up being. Most books you're required to read for school don't end up being all that interesting, but this one was pretty great.
And surprisingly dark and violent, in high school I was always into history and fantasy, so at first a book set in the future all about books didn't interest me, but I was quickly hooked and soon bought it as one of my first personal books
To date, the best book I’ve been required to read was Animal Farm. I loved that book. It was amazing
This and the outsiders for sure
When you’re forced to read a book it’s never as good when you decide to read it on your own time
Yah it's just this book is so confusing
who else has a test tomorrow and don't want to do the audio book?
Update: i got an 82% lol ive never read a book in my english class all year
Yuh😂😂
Me and i'm from chile lol
howd your test go? mines tm lmao
@@KingCrabGaming1 mine got moved to tomorrow and i still havent read it lol
@@YaboiJenkins tomorrow too
My teacher told me that most people are confused while reading the book because thats what the author wants you to feel. Bradbury wanted his audience to connect with the character’s sense of confusion instead of focusing on the plot
That is a crazy trivia😮. I thought I was the only person who did not understand the flow of the story.
Your teacher doesn’t sound like they should be teaching.
@@vigneshrb1626real me too
Not as confusing as death of a salesman.
I read this book for the first time when I was like 12 maybe I was very confused because at the time I had taken the book very literally
I pictured the robot hounds to be much more crude and evil, like those live action transformers
MrMrannoying bruh same
i saw them more of spiders with long needles attached to them
@@sebastiansimpson8713 They have the same amount of legs as a spider, and have a needle that is portrayed as a bee stinger.
I pictured them as much larger
@@victoriat8922 They are. I think the book says they are as big as cars. That Hound was a little too small.
this book left me empty and speechless. Great novel but i need time to repair. Clarrise's death always bothered me. She deserved better.
I agree
She lives in the 1966 movie. Bradbury says he preferred that ending.
the closer i got to the end of the book, the more i just wanted there to be some paragraph that started with "He saw a familiar face", or "He heard a familiar voice", or even "The air seemed charged with a special calm as if someone had waited there" again. I feel like bradbury purposely wrote some stuff to instill hope into readers that Clarisse suffered a fake death like Montag.
No, like i thought she was alive and that he would find her later. Especially when he was on the run in the country and saw a girls face in the window and said it looked like her
i’m obsessed with the with story, the symbolism, and the number 451.
Nice
I’ve got the number of the back window of my truck. It’s a test to see who gets it
@@matthewcaughey8898 anyone did???
As a kid I pictured the Robot Hounds as the creepiest things my mind could ever imagine.
i was thinking of the metal hounds from metal gear rising revengence😭
Clarisse McClellan was my first book-crush i ever got. She was described so wunderful and lovely. She wasnt the stereo-rebel-type who hates anything what is eletrical and the heavy though girl with no friend or parents and so on. She was alive in this world, she got friends and they enjoyed what the world showed them. But also wanted more, wanted to know the true meaning. She uses her sense, she found leaks out of this massmedia-world, leaks where everything is quiet. Leaks where the world dont got attached to modern standards. She was very loveable and for me it was horrifying how the book killed her in a second. As the reader you werent there when she died, but to read that this wunderful girl who gives other a break from the world just got wiped out and you only hear about it days later, thats kinda disturbing in a emotional way.
The ending was literally the best I've seen in any book I've read. I had to read this for English and thought it was going to be another boring book at first, but it really speaks volumes. Realizing that it took Mildred dying and the town being destroyed to remember where they even first met because it's the first time he truly takes time to think about her is perfect.
The most touching part of the book, in my opinion, is when Montag remembers where he met his wife for the first time.
Plus like every sentence that Granger said. He wise af.
His grandfather too
How I viewed the characters:
Montag- Mel Gibson
Mildred- Demi Moore
Clarisse- Young Winona Ryder
Beatty- Tim Roth
Faber- Bruce Dern
i love how all the comments are the same 😂
I DIDNT DO MY SUMMER READING AND WE HAVE A QUIZ ON THE FIRST DAY BYE
hoealrightx yo
fax
update: i failed LMAOOOO
@@mycahpanes2323 THIS ISNT GIVING ME HOPE im literally in the same situation fuck
Dena Aryeh bruh same what do i do
School strats tomorrow. I listened to a 5 hour audio book but forgot the ending. This helped.
I first saw the movie Fahrenheit 451, about 48 yrs ago during the Shah's regime in Iran.
The Shah was a contradictory personality, being good and evil at the same time.
He did not know that by allowing this movie he is asking for trouble, since he was doing the same thing himself.
He, I mean, the Shah, had put many people in jail, just for having a "leftist book" in their possession, sometimes for years.
Now he had allowed this movie about the same issue, to be shown in the theaters of Tehran.
Less than a decade later, there was no Shah anymore. He was overthrown and he fled the country.
The new regime of Mullas started their conquest by literally burning all "anti Isalmic" books, in the streets, which were any books the Mullas did not understand.
I , as a young man then, enjoyed the movie a lot at that time, and still remember the feelings that I had during the watching of the movie. It was a great feeling.
It made me mad at the Shah.
I never read the book though, until now, 48 yrs later.
In was surprised when I went through the first few pages of the book.
The style of Ray Bradbury is amazing.
It was not just a simple science fiction, but a poetic work of art.
That maybe why, many readers find it ambiguous and diificukt to understand at first.
Ray is a great author.
Read the main book and...
Enjoy it
I hope you're doing well and keep reading safely.
When that one girl died people in my class were no joke crying.
Irony: Anyone who consumes content like this in lieu of reading the book is doing exactly what Beaty talks about in his speech.
Exactly lol, the irony
Aren't you doing it right now as well, lol, "the irony"
Except I actually read the book in its entirety, just recently.
@@thedarkenigma3834same
What speech
the book is indeed confusing, and most of the time i had to pause and re-read a few lines three times just to fully understand what the author is trying to convey. nevertheless, i love the book soooo much and i highly highly recommend it. it's one of my favorites. 💖
I'm pretty sure Bradbury wrote it in a manner that it felt like Guy Montag himself wrote it. Short and confusing sentences that eventually evolve to proper wording as he realized the errors of society
Ready to take the English final
KazB same
wait what the reading this book was summer homework
Same I have English test to take bout this
😂😂😂
Read the book to understand it. It took me 2 full read through to get a good understanding and a third time to appreciate it in full, but it’s worth it and changed my mind on many of the world’s things. I know it sucks for a school assignment and half assing it is so much easier at the time but make an effort to come back to it in the future when you can, I promise it’s worth it.
Currently half assing it
Beatty knows the power of books, even when saying "Books have nothing to say".
So who was Beatty, a writer, a failed writer or maybe a teacher, in a previous life.
The book is a masterpiece in style and imagination.
Ray's words are not just telling a story, but poetic reincarnation of the subconscious.
Thanks for this.
I just finished reading this but I wanted to see how others depict the Hound because I pictured it to resemble the robot dog type things from that black and white episode of Black Mirror...
The way the narrator says ‘Beatty’ is cracking me up though.
"Batey" lmfao
That’s exactly how I imagined it and I never even watched black mirror
Lol I didn't read the book and have projects due next week that's why I'm here haha
Tytogryph what was the project about
My project is due today lmao
@@akariovo7505 how did it go?
@@corbinneal6705 not good. The essay didn't have to be long, but I only knew enough to write a paragraph lol.
@@akariovo7505 I have like. 30 page packet in front of me rn. I'm dying
I read this book years ago in high school, I now admire this much more than before.
Am I the only one here because I’m obsessed with this book and try to consume every bit of content that’s related to it?
Watching summaries of the books I have read this year(working on getting to 100 before my birthday on March 1st 2021) and even though I am liking these summaries cause they also provide somethings I have missed, absolutely no summary/podcast/interview I have watched to or listened to regarding these books comes even close to how amazing these books are wheb one reads them and engages with them on an emotional level... THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OF YOU THOUGH FOR MAKING THESE!
Test in honors English tomorrow wish me luck guys
How’d it go?
Manny DeFelice ha ha same !!!!!
How are you?
There’s a week left on until winter break and I need this. Thank you
I found it hard to read because I'm so picky with the way books are written but I think it's an interesting and collectively ghastly idea. What are we without knowledge? Where would we be without the objective? Every time I'm reminding of the ancients orally passing down stories I can't imagine what they would've been when they were first made. Like Socrates he didn't want his teachings to be written down which I find sad considering his great mind that we only know of through Plato (that I know).
really needed this video because i had no idea what was happening half of the time in the book
i remember reading the book back when i ws in highschool and writing almost ten pages of summary for my cousin's bf college assignment. i just remembered the book out of nowhere and searched it up. maybe ill read it again.
i didnt understand the book and this helped a lot! Thank you! Did good on my essay and test.
To anyone who hasn't read the book: Read it. Its bound to be confusing and you're going to stop every once in a while to digest what you just read, but it is worth it
It’s so brilliant
Thanks for this!! I couldn't read this book to save my life. I used this instead of reading. Very helpful 💕
I read this book for summer reading going into my sophomore year of high school, and I was surprised by how much I actually followed it. I know that Ray Bradbury’s particular writing style is very confusing and difficult to understand at times but I actually followed along really well. It wasn’t my favorite piece of literature (I had to read it for school so that knocks it down a peg) but I enjoyed it more than I expected to
This is awesome, thank you, the book had some confusing parts and somehow, you covered them all.
Who else is here because you didn’t know about the summer reading and you didn’t read it all so you listen to this.
Literally!!! School starts tomorrow and I have only read 30 pages of the book let's hope this helped enough ahahah
sanincorp 123 INC. lmao me
Perfect animation and interpretation. I just love it :D
Thank you so much whoever you are, this really helped me!
Best sum of the book I've seen so far thx!
This is so helpful for studying before the AP test!! Thank you
Marissa K omg I have to do a summer project on this book for freshman year:((
Ali’s Life good luck! You can do it!
this art is actually really good!
2:37 I like how Guy and his wife have separate beds
VERY IMPORTANT SPOILERS: he never smashes :(
Realistically it makes sense. They don't love each other lol
I didn't do summer reading so now I'm listening to this
We were supposed to get this for summer reading last year, but they never gave us the book.
Now, my current teacher told is it was for extra credit, but a week later she was like "IT IS A QUIZ GRADE"
...i'm currently looking up tons of stuff for this, i'm so pissed man...
This book isn't even as good as people say, I've heard it, I've read it...
I'm boutta head out 🚶
EXACTLY IM IN THE SAME EXACT SITUATION
Shit man same thing, but like my school's shitty with contacting the students with what's going on in school like bruh 🤼♂️
The school must have burnt all its copies...
One of the best books I’ve ever read
Thank you so much, helped me before my English finals~
thank you I wasn’t paying attention hand way trying to finish my other work 👍🏻
thank you, you saved my grade
This actually helped me a lot! Ty :3 💜
Thank you so much!
Watching this because I have a dialectal journal to do based on this novel, so I decided to see this before actually reading it
school starts literally in two days and i havnt read my book this was a life saver omg
Great work
THANK YOU!!!!!
Really hope this gives me a good grade.
my project is due tomorrow. lol
How I imagined the characters :
Montag - Dolph Lundgren
Mildred - Sharon Stone
Clarisse - Hayley Williams
Beatty - Sir Patrick Stewart
Faber - John Zerzan
that's so accurste
used this to study for my English quiz on it. never read a page and got an A. thank you
Whenever Faber or the book worms (the ones sitting near the bonfire after Montag escaped the Hounds) went on their long rants about the books, it awoke the inner child in me who was passionate about reading.
Thanks I was supposed to finish this book a week ago but only made it to page 100 🙏🙏
Thank you for the summary. I legit didn't understand Clarisse was dead:( like I read it but I didn't understand it
There are 2 types of people in this comment section: one who loves these books, and one who has a test tomorrow and either didn't read it or understand it and I somehow fit both categories
I remember watching this 2 years ago the day before the unit test not reading a single page. Somehow walked out with a 98 on the test. Ty recommendations
Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume. I exaggerate, of course. The dictionaries were for reference. But many were those whose sole knowledge of Hamlet . . . was a one-page digest in a book that
claimed: "now at least you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbours." Fahrenheit 451.
Moment when you have an English final and are the only class expected to read it all in 1 and a half weeks
20/45 minutes of reading a day doesn't sound too bad.
This story is crazy good. Yes, it's diabolic, but very interesting and futuristic as a concept for a book (and a movie) considering the times it was written. Hopefully, the burning of all books will never happen, although this reminds me somewhat of the Cultural revolution of Mao's China, when the Red Book was replacing most of other books back then.
THANK. YOU.
I had this book for summer reading this upcoming school year (2023-2024) and I read it in less than 12 hours. I had all summer to read it, but I read it the same day I bought it. Definitely a book worth reading.
Art and design?
I haven't finished reading the book, but I have a project related to it due in 2 days, so I'm here, this channels name is accurate
Good video!
I read up to the part about a secret radio. Apparently I missed montag burn his own house, kill his boss, escape a killing dog robot, join a secret society, "die" on a news report, and an all out nuclear war.
i liked this book i had to read it in school 12th grade its got some really cool ideas
thank you for saving my grades
That's my job!
Do Huckleberry Finn, do the long version because that’s the one people should know about
This channel diserves more suns
huh sounds interesting maybe I’ll actually try reading it
so all of us got a test tomorrow? mines next period 😍😍
I have a test on this tomorrow- wish me luck
SQUAW gl lmfaoo
How it went?
how’d it go😏
I’m just here after reading the book and yes I do understand what’s going on in the novel
hey can you help me with with something with the book
I actually took it as Montag's boss wanted to die...
The book did state that beatty just stood there, not fighting back or not even having such a motion
thank god you made a vide I needed a summery and I was successfully able to make a summery
Ok Mildred
Haven't read the book yet but now I'm like 👀👀👀👀
having a test tomorrow on this book and didn’t read it😂😭😭😭
I have a five paragraph essay due in two days and I haven’t even read the book (I read the first few pages before giving up because it was too boring and I’m trying to listen to the audiobook but it’s difficult) and I think this will help me get what’s going on so thank you 🙏
I came here because my teacher told the class to read it, I forgot to read the book so here I am watching this video with hope I will pass my test on the book
I read like 4 pages then read this let's hope it works on my test
I had to read this for school and I was confused but this helped
thanks needed this for a school assignment cuz i didnt read the book
i'm passed this class, thanks for your video!
hey can you help me with something with the book
thank god this video exists because i have school tmrw and i STILL havent read this book 😭
I got 100% on a novel study for this book, and it was the hardest English assignment of the year!
I am here because so many people on ALTernative, NON-mainstream, UNcensored info sites, mention this, along with 1984.... as being the times we are in NOW.
Read a lot of books when younger but not this.
I know I'm late, but I had to read this for school (and quite frankly I didn't want to) so I watched this video. Thank you so much you helped me get an A!
I read the book and in some parts it was confused but i understood
thnks bro
Does the word firetruck appear in the text as opposed to the vehicles being referred to as the beast or the hound. Thanks.
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