Working theme

I believe that the working theme in the story Fahrenheit 451 is that every action has a consequence. The sequence of events that have taken place in the book have all resulted in the consequence that left Montag to decide if leaving his job is the right thing to do, and even more importantly what he wants to do. When he made the choice to leave the old lady with the books which resulted in her suicide it scared Montag. It scared him so bad that he has now reconsidered if what he does for a living is something he would like to continue with. Also the death of Clarrise I believe also had an effect in him reconsidering his profession. I think this because Clarrise made an impact on Montag even at such a young age. She was able to talk to him and get him thinking like no one had done before. When Clarrise died I believe that he had thought more and more about the aspects of life that she had taught him while she was still living. 

           From reading through Montag's actions I have learned that I will take peoples advice more seriously and to actually listen and think about what a person is saying to me. I have also learned to always go with my gut feeling and never let someone change my mind about something. Something I found interesting so far is that Clarrisse explained to Montag she was afraid of people because of what could happen to her and within the next couple of days she had died in what he thought to be a car accident. As you can see Fahrenheit 451 has a working theme and I have been able to connect with the book in a varies of ways.