Analysis Of Farenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

The conflict in the story is that Montag’s job forces him to burn books. This wasn’t a problem for him at first, but then he met a young girl. The girl seems to live an old school life, and it makes Montag question himself and his job.

I mean, well, once upon a time …” (34). This shows us that has been reading books before. Therefore, he would have eventually seen books as tools of knowledge, instead of bringing people to depressing lives. This also shows that Montag is asking questions regarding the history of the firemen, which tells

Guy Montag’s job consists of being a firefighter, but not the type that puts out fires instead he is the one who begins them to burn any literary works found in people’s homes. “He stood in the hall of his house, putting on his badge with the orange salamander burning across it.” This quote goes back

But he never realized that he was not happy until Clarisse asked him if he was happy. Clarisse not only shows him into another reality that could exist, but that shows him the reality that had existed and what should exist. Like reading books should be legal and so should stay up late at night talking or watching TV as a family. Clarisse shows and gives Montag the ability to interpret his own world. Once Montag starts to interpret the world he lives, he begins to take little steps toward books and has a couple of sudden urges of wanting to rescue the book. He slowly starts to realize that a man is behind every book and has put hard work behind it. By destroying a book, Montag is destroying history created by another man, especially when he put so much work into the book. Montag notices that many people care for their television families instead of caring for their actual families, like Montag’s wife or even Mrs. (). Montag even notices that all the firemen look similar, like dark-hair and unshaven, mirror images of Montag. She influences Montag so much that Montag ends up becoming a human being who can think, feel, and analyze from the automan he used to

Right now it is as simple as that” (Bradbury 123). This excerpt demonstrates Montag’s mindset of “every man for themselves”. He knows those of law enforcement are after him as he had fled the city as a wanted criminal. Fire is his new tool for survival, without it he is left hopeless.

Thesis Statement: As the protagonist, Montag undergoes many changes throughout the book due to several characters that function as catalysts in his life.

As the plot presented itself, fire did also. Fire was used as a solution to get rid of society’s ills. Ills in this society include nonconformity, overflow in wisdom and knowledge, and government doubt or mistrust. They all derived from one common factor: books. Beatty claimed that without books “…all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door” (28). Books were the greatest evil, because it places ideas of controversy and critical thinking into the minds of readers. Explaining to Montag the quick fix to the trouble of books, Beatty said, “And so when houses were finally fireproofed completely, all over the world there was no longer need of firemen for the old purposes. They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind…” (28). As these issues became more and more prominent with time, something to subdue or suppress them was needed. Fire was the answer. So, in their noble position as firemen, Montag and his coworkers destroyed any detected books with fire immediately. This way, residents cannot read them and implant radical ideas. The

Montag 's first awakening starts when he meets Clarisse,. A 17 year old girl, who liked to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night

that has banned books. Firemen that start fires are used to burn the books when

Throughout the novel, Montag evolves as a character, he slowly comes to grips with reality. He begins the story as a happy, content, and everyday member of society, and after a few choice interactions, begins to feel progressively unhappy. In search of a solution to this confusing and growing unhappiness, Montag becomes rebellious towards the value of the commonly accepted facts of his society. This is most clearly demonstrated by Montag’s opinion of books. As he slowly eases into reading books, Montag comes to the realization that despite him not knowing the meanings of the books he reads, they do have a profound and deep impact. Once

Montag is someone who is shy and keeps his thoughts to himself, but thinks many things. He shows that he is distracted instead of being happy throughout the book. At the time, he was walking home from work and was looking at Clarisse. Clarisse is a girl who would roam the streets and was also Montag's neighbor. She walks over to Guy and they start to have a conversation while walking to their houses. They discussing if talking about to see if Montag is really happy or if he was lying. She keeps questioning him. Bradbury explains “He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as true state affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run across the lawn with the mask and the way

He shows Montag is a fireman but has a softer side when he runs into a young girl. He is different from other firemen because he listens to what the interesting girl is saying.

Montag sees Mildred walk out of the house, get into a cab and leave. Beatty then tells

In the novel, firemen are known to burn books rather than stop fires and save lives. Stoneman and Black, two firemen from the novel, are addressed with the "rumor'' that before there was a time that firemen did not burn books. They respond by reading an excerpt from their rule book that states, "Established, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin." (Bradbury 32).

Fire is an ever-present concept in Fahrenheit 451. In the society of the dystopian world the fire is a negative force that destroys the houses and banned books of the offender. The name of the book is derived from the temperature at which books burn. The burning books become a metaphor for the anti-intellectual violence of the novel. It eradicates every cultural article in which are books. It is used as a pressure of the government to form the citizens the way the government wants the world constructed. "The core of the novel rests in the readers ability to share Guy 's slow struggle toward consciousness, to move from