The setting of the story is unclear, but it is definitely set in the future. My best guess is more than a hundred years in the future because the technology is very advanced and thing are very different there then they are now. The location is in the USA probably, because everyone speaks english and talks the way we would talk today. The weather seems to be similar to where I live, which is midwest USA.

Guy Montag is the main character, and he’s a fireman. In this book, that means he sets books on fire, because they’re illegal. In the first few pages, Guy is on his way home from work when he meets the new neighbor, who turns his world upside down. Now Guy is stuggling to come to grips with the fact that he sets fir to books, he kills people, and his life is a lie. Things that influence him are his wife, who always needs the new most expensive thing, the new neighbor, who introduces him to new ideas, and his boss/co-workers, who he’s not entirely sure he can trust.