Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury: Literary Analysis

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Sometimes people have sudden light bulb realizations, others come to their conclusions over time, others still take a short period of time to realize conclusions. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag suddenly realizes that he doesn't know anything anymore. Montag reaches this conclusion because Clarisse points out that he doesn't ever stop to look, he doesn't realize that he never really saw anything. Clarisse begins Montag thinking about whether or not he knew small things like the man in the moon and the dew on the grass. Montag realizes that "He suddenly couldn't remember if he had known this or not, and it made him quite irritable.” (Bradbury 7). As soon as something irritates someone they try to put their finger on it.