Montag has grown into a more thoughtful and nice person, that’s a lot more than the average citizen in his society. He considers other people and their emotions. Montag goes with the firemen to burn his house. He burns it and then he gets caught by his captain. has to “First I thought you had a seashell. But when you turned clever later, I wondered. Well trace this and drop in on your friend. No! said Montag,” (112). He cares about his new friend Faber and doesn’t want him to die. Montag has emotions. They used to be suppressed to a point where he didn’t even know why he did the things he did. Montag has escaped the city and remembers his past with his wife right before she blows up. “I remember. Montag clung to the earth. I remember. Chicago.
People’s actions and their individual perceptions can influence and develop change in another person’s character. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, makes a complete metamorphosis with the help from his neighbor Clarisse, his wife Mildred, and his boss Beatty. In the beginning of the novel, he despised the whole idea of reading, had no thoughts or questions about his life, and was just going through the motions of life. He changes from a stolid character, incognizant of the activities of his surroundings, to a conscious person of. So enlightened, by the new world he is exposed to, he comes to the realization that there is more
Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag goes through many changes and by the end of the story, he is ultimately an entirely different person. He is not responsible for all of the changes on his own however, and several characters play an essential role in shaping who he eventually becomes. At the beginning of the book, Montag encounters a teenage girls named Clarisse. Clarisse is only present for a short time, however she immediately gets Montag to think in a way he never has before. She looks at the small things in life and goes against what the current society tells her to think and do. She is different from everyone else in a very freeing way and Montag starts to be drawn into her personality. She is like a burst of fresh air for Montag
In my opinion, Montag went through a more mental than physical change. These changes in his mind mostly occurred because of the influence of individuals such as Clarisse. I think that the situation with the burning woman also influenced Montag’s change of mentality. Later in the novel after these people and situations came into play, Montag’s mind and reasoning were operating reverse of what they had in the beginning of the novel. I believe the biggest reason that Montag and his mind changed was because of Clarisse.
In the novel, FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag lives in an inverted society, where firemen make fires instead of put them out, and pedestrians are used as bowling pins for cars that are excessively speeding. The people on this society are hypnotized by giant wall size televisions and seashell radios that are attached to everyone’s ears. People in Montag’s society do not think for themselves or even generate their own opinions; everything is given to them by the television stations they watch. In this society, if someone is in possession of a book, their books are burned by the firemen, but not only their books, but their entire home. Montag begins realizing that the things in this society are not right. Montag is influenced and
In Fahrenheit 451 Montag meets a seventeen-year old girl that seems to change his whole world around about the way he thinks. Clarisse McClellan a young girl that sees the world a different way than others tend to. She thinks that Montag is different than other firemen because most firemen think she is crazy and just walks away from her. Clarisse has a huge imagination and is not like a regular teenager. She thinks more deeply and is bold.
In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a story of the character Guy Montag who is a fireman in a dystopian society, a society in which people get entertainment from giant TVs they call “Parlor Walls” and houses have been deemed fireproof. Since fireman do not need to run around and eliminate fires, they start them. The job of a fireman in this dystopian society is that they burn books and the places that contain them, all the while being the official censors of the state. But there is something different about Montag, he used to be a proud fireman, he had the look of one: “black hair, black brows... fiery face, and... blue-steel shaved but unsaved look” as it states on page 30, the feel of one: “It was
Curiosity is a strange idea that can hold the mind hostage until a puzzle is solved. What a person finds can change his or her life forever. In Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, goes through numerous stages of curiosity throughout the book. He meets a man, Faber, who strikes his interest in books; then Clarisse, who began to give him a completely new perspective of the world; and when she died he made the biggest change in his life. In the end, Montag’s life has been completely made new. So, a great theme would be that curiosity has restored a person’s life.
In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag risked his life by reading books, planting books, and showing his books. In that day and age, book are illegal, they are bad. If you own any, you and your house with your books will be burned. Risk is a theme in Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.
Throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451, Montag changes from a barbaric fireman to an empathetic dissident. Montag constantly looks at society around him and questions why society exists like it does. Montag courageously tries to impose his will because he believes so strongly in his opinions. Many of Montag’s experiences, such as a lady burning with her books, talking with Clarisse McClellan, and seeing his wife trying to commit suicide influence his perspective on life.
Over the course of Fahrenheit 451, Montag's opinion and understanding of what fire represents changes drastically. While he does not abandon his original thoughts on the matter, he acquires new knowledge and new understandings. These newfound trains of thought have a direct impact on his character, and the way he conducts himself. Initially, Montag gets a rush from burning books and other objects, and loves the way it feels to destroy, and enjoys the appearance of destruction. However, over a period of time, and through a number of circumstances, he learned there is more to fire than pure devastation.
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Montag, the protagonist transforms through the whole book. He transformed by loving his job as burning books to hating it. His job was being a fireman,which is nothing like a fireman is today. Fireman In this book burns books,which today's fireman put out fires. During the book Montag meets people, and experiences.events that forces him to transform throughout the novel.
What if you were stuck in a society that was devoid of any personality? What if you went home everyday to a family who didn’t care about themselves, much less you? It would be horrible, and we, as humans in our current society would see that as monstrous and dull. But this is the world that Guy Montag, as fireman in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, has to endure. His job as a fireman is not to put out fires, but to start them, specifically getting rid of the filth that this world perceives books as. And while he has been content to do his job for ten years, Montag’s view of the world around him starts to change as a girl makes him question all he has ever know. She makes him question the primary basis or teaching of his society, which
What is it like to put up with two women who you have to deal with that are the complete opposite? In Fahrenheit 451, Montag experiences what it is like to deal with clarisse and Mildred who both have a different personality.
Some people deal with the oppressive rule of censorship and are unable to know certain information. If one conforms to the reputation of the society while questioning inwardly, he/she may become increasingly compelled to seek for answers to become satisfied. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag questions the importance of his role of burning books as a fireman. Although Montag increasingly strives to understand literature and reveal the significance of books, his fear of ruining his reputation causes him to try and remain secretive. As Montag’s intellectual thinking develops, he becomes more willing to take bold risks and sacrifices to obtain the knowledge he desires.
Again Bradbury describes Montag’s hands as if they are not a part of Montag’s body. Montag characterizes his hands as a guilty reflex that he could not influence or take control of. Montag believes his guilt is so physically present that he washes his hands multiple time in an attempt to clean himself of the guilt Beatty has enforced upon him. Bradbury includes this passage to show that Montag’s rebellious behavior is like a reflex or a subconscious piece of him that Montag can not stop or encourage. In a way Montag’s careless reflex to steal books, is very similar to the way Mildred subconsciously overdosed. Both actions show that each character has buried feelings of malaise they don’t want to directly face. Montag’s actions show that