<p>hey guys.
after reading from numerous summary sites about the novel, i still have a problem.
I just don’t get why the city was bombed at the end of the novel. None of the sites I went on explained this at all.
So why was the city actually bombed and how did Montag and the others know that it was going to happen and were able to avoid it?</p>
<p>THANKS!!</p>
<p>arg spoiler alert + this isnt homework help thread</p>
<p>what are you trying to say???
i’m just doing search ups on various books to use as literature examples for the SAT essay. And I just didn’t understand the info on Fahrenheit 451.</p>
<p>You’re going way too into this. This is the SAT essay you’re preparing for, not some English paper. You shouldn’t have to use sparknotes to glean from the novel what you need to write your essay.</p>
<p>well, i do need to know some knowledge about the plot before i write it into any essay
bump…</p>
<p>I’d find some examples you actually understand and can go into depth about. </p>
<p>Grapes of Wrath and To Kill A Mockingbird are my favorites when writing a SAT essay haha</p>
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<p>The city was bombed because there was an impending war (all degraded societies in all novels, including that of 1984, are in a war). As far as I recall, the impending war was being broadcasted on television (other cities, I think, are bombed as well). </p>
<p>Fun fact: Guy Montag was named after Guy Fawkes (think V For Vendetta).</p>
<p>There was going to be a war and then it happened</p>
<p>But I don’t see why it matters</p>
<p>In any case wrong forum</p>
<p>oh jeez…have to go dig up 9th grade english…errrggghhh</p>
<p>i remember montag ran away from some robot and police out to kill him, then floated downstream somehow to a band of vagabonds. they made a fire then i think someone had a radio, and they said something about a bombing?(this is the hazy part i’m unsure). Throughout the story there was a nuclear was going on with some other nation. A bomb then falls on the city montag lives in and he thinks of his wife, who is now dead. I’m pretty sure the ppl montag is with at the time is actually rebels who memorized books and had some books even though they are banned in society. montag and his crew then realize their city is destroyed and have to rebuild it. then the story ends, thats all i can recall.</p>
<p>oh thanks alot guys.</p>
<p>can you guys think of other books that can probably cover a wide range of essay topics?</p>
<p>thnks.</p>
<p>All I could think of and will probably use in my SAT essay are To Kill a Mockingbird or The Things they Carried. Other than that, I would probably just used historical events from US/World History.</p>
<p>You don’t need to use literary examples on the SAT. They really do not care. I used three made up personal examples and got an 11.</p>