* What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?
-The climax of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ is Montag killing Beatty. Montag's wife, Mildred saw a book Montag has hidden. She betrays her husband and turns him in as criminal. On the other hand, Beatty is very suspicious of Montag; he knew that Montag has books hidden in his house. Therefore, Beatty goes to Montag, pretending as if he came to check Montag’s condition. Montag confronts Beatty. Montag would not easily give up. Instead he imposes that he does not have any books hidden. However, Beatty decides to arrest Montag, and Montag shoots a flame with a fire thrower at Beatty and kills him. Montag fights the Mechanical Hound too, and runs away.
I personally think that the climax makes the story more enthusiastic. There is a small amount of thrill, and the ‘killing’ makes the theme about ‘books’ more important. At first, I thought it was not a good idea of the author to let the protagonist kill the antagonist, because taking risk of several pages of paper does not seem to be a smart idea. But after I finished reading ‘Fahrenheit 451’, I changed my thought. If the author did not write a big event for the climax, I would not have thought about the importance of the value of books carefully again. Also, if there was not a climax such as killing, there would have been a little disappointment and it would not have grabbed my full attention. If I was the author, I would have made the climax more brutal.
-The climax of ‘Fahrenheit 451’ is Montag killing Beatty. Montag's wife, Mildred saw a book Montag has hidden. She betrays her husband and turns him in as criminal. On the other hand, Beatty is very suspicious of Montag; he knew that Montag has books hidden in his house. Therefore, Beatty goes to Montag, pretending as if he came to check Montag’s condition. Montag confronts Beatty. Montag would not easily give up. Instead he imposes that he does not have any books hidden. However, Beatty decides to arrest Montag, and Montag shoots a flame with a fire thrower at Beatty and kills him. Montag fights the Mechanical Hound too, and runs away.
I personally think that the climax makes the story more enthusiastic. There is a small amount of thrill, and the ‘killing’ makes the theme about ‘books’ more important. At first, I thought it was not a good idea of the author to let the protagonist kill the antagonist, because taking risk of several pages of paper does not seem to be a smart idea. But after I finished reading ‘Fahrenheit 451’, I changed my thought. If the author did not write a big event for the climax, I would not have thought about the importance of the value of books carefully again. Also, if there was not a climax such as killing, there would have been a little disappointment and it would not have grabbed my full attention. If I was the author, I would have made the climax more brutal.
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I agree with you ...
The climax in the novel, Fahrenheit 451 was very moving and interesting. It was very suspenseful and when I started reading the scene in which Montag kills Beatty, I couldn't put my book done. I was completely sucked into the events that took place after Montag murders Beatty. What I really had to contemplate about this passage was that Beatty wanted to die. If you think about it, who really wants to die? So, Beatty must have been involved or had superior knowledge of what was the real truth. This truth was what Montag stumbled upon. SInce Beatty had superior control and power he could not do anything dramatic like Montag, and so Beatty chose death because he did not want to be living in a false reality.
I totally agree with you that the climax of this novel was when Montag burned Beatty. The climax is definitely the "thrill" of the entire novel. Personally, I thought that was the only interesting part, except for maybe the few times Clarisse was in the novel. She was the only interesting character in my opinion. I thought it was a good idea for Ray Bradbury to have Montag kill Beatty, because it shows how much Montag believes in truth and how much Beatty wanted to die. It was very significant.
Excellent post. Climax well identified. Mrs.Mc.
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