Thursday, February 19, 2015

What are the weather conditions like in Fahrenheit 451?I need this for the setting of the story.

The only time weather is even mentioned is during the time
Montag and Clarisse walk to the corner.  On page 28 --- my edition -- you may need to
look in the general area in your edition --- it says
that:



"One
day it was raining, the next day it was clear,  the day after that the wind blew strong,
and the following day the wind would be mild and calm, and the day after that calm day
was a day like the furnace of
summer..."



None of these
become an issue in the plot.  However, if you need it for the exposition, it seems that
all kinds of weather would be appropriate.  Weather isn't really a part of the
exposition as much as place and time.  The place would be a large city serviced by a
subway (New York is inferred since it has the largest subway system in the United States
)  that travels to the suburbs. The time is sometime in the far future. No definite
dates are given. Remember, this book was written in 1953.

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