Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury talks about a future in which firemen create fires, the educated are seen as troublemakers, and books are burned. Guy Montag, our main character, starts out as a firemen who thinks life is normal is the way it should be. But he meets a young girl named Clarisse who asks him, "Are You Happy?" and he realizes that he is not happy. Guy goes on a journey, looking at his life, his wife, the things he burns, the books, the people, the thoughts. Where nuclear wars are over in 24 hours or less, a society in which people don't think, have complete conversations, or remember them afterwards.He makes a decision that changes his whole life, that makes him a fugitive that constantly has to run. What makes him run? he wants to know, he wants to be human, to understand, not just hear or not hear.