Examples Of Static Characters In Fahrenheit 451

Ray starts developing the sense of change in Guy when Clarisse questions him about his happiness. This question got into Guy Montag’s darkest thoughts, it made him reflect, This is a key question for this theme, it is when he starts opening his eyes towards his real life,he is not as enchanted with his job and personal life as he seems to be on his first sentences in the book. “He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the

First of all, Clarisse has a major impact on the development of Guy Montag. Clarisse is a young high school girl who enjoys nature. She happens to be neighbours with Guy Montag and his wife, Mildred.

Guy Montag is a fireman who is greatly influenced in Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451. The job of a fireman in this futuristic society is to burn down houses with books in them. Montag has always enjoyed his job, that is until Clarisse McClellan comes along. Clarisse is seventeen and crazy. At least, this is what her uncle, whom she gets many of her ideas about the world from, describes her as. Clarisse and Montag befriend each other quickly, and Clarisse's impact on Montag is enormous. Clarisse comes into Montag's life, and immediately begins to question his relationship with his wife, his career, and his happiness. Also, Clarisse shows Montag how to appreciate the simple things in life. She teaches him to care about other people and

Ray Bradbury’s creation of character Montag in Fahrenheit 451 mirrors his own personal fears, social expectations, and importance of relations. Fahrenheit 451 is split up into 3 characteristics that the author, Ray Bradbury and the main character, Guy Montag share, bringing them to show their most common interests… their love for book. They are willing to go to the fullest extinct for their passion without letting anything get in their way and taking all risks that is needed to succeed.

Guy Montag, the main character in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, goes through a huge change in his life. He changes from a typical fireman who follows the laws, into a person who challenges the law. Montag wakes up from being numbed and realizes that he is unhappy. Montag 's wife, "Mildred", who is addicted to Television and radio, did not care about Montag 's feelings. However; Clarisse and Faber played a big role in Montag 's life. Montag is a metaphor for a numbed society and his courage is demonstrated as he wakes up and evolves into his real human self throughout the book.

If there is one thing that can be said about the relationship between Guy and Mildred Montag, it is that no matter how their relationship changes, they seem to be a constant burden for one another. In addition, any happiness or good attitude that they may have had towards each other is gone and could quite possibly remain that way. Although there are slight positive advances in their relationship, they are ultimately feeding a hungry and unwavering depression that is so common in the society depicted in the

He formulates the characters in a way for the audience to fully understand the difference between their society and the one depicted in Fahrenheit 451. Therefore, although the concept of dystopia may seem fictional and unclear to the audience, Bradbury successfully relieves this obstacle by utilizing juxtaposition and archetypes. The use of juxtaposition is illustrated between a girl Clarisse and Montag’s wife, Mildred. Where Clarisse represents nature as the audience knows it, innocence, and curiosity, Mildred represents the cold, colorless nature of her society. This comparison is evident in the beginning of the novel, when Montag comes home from his encounter with Clarisse. “What incredible power of identification the girl had; she was like the eager watcher if a marionette show, anticipating each flicker if an eyelid, each gesture of a hand… He opened the bedroom door. It was like coming into a cold marble room of a mausoleum after the moon has set. Complete darkness, not a hint of the silver world outside”

Being happy in life is an important feeling for everybody. Happiness is shown by somebody being satisfied, blissful and overall in a state of pleasure. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Many characters such as Mildred, Montag and Faber all show different forms of happiness and freedom. Mildred, a cold, distant and dull character demonstrates without knowledge, freedom is impossible and real happiness is unreachable. She seems to be in great pain throughout her life, and her obsession and attachment to her “family” on the television is what causes her to not confront her own life problems. Montag who begins the book having a passion for his profession, burning books, changes quickly. After being faced

Mildred as his wife represents the static character generalization through her euphoric lifestyle mirrored by television walls and her selfish tendencies. She is unwilling to change and so she is trapped within the societal struggle of “true living” and just existing. When questioned about their young neighbor Clarisse, she even absentmindedly states that she forgot to tell Montag four days ago that she was dead. If this wasn't cold enough she then shrugs off the death of the teen casually, showing further deterioration between herself and reality (Bradbury 44-45).

At the same time he starts to question the society in which he lives in. When Guy gets home he sees that Mildred tried to kill herself but since they live in a society extremely controlled by the government they immediately send robot doctors to take out all the pills of her system and give her a medicine so she won’t remember any of the reasons why she tried to commit suicide or even that she tried to commit suicide. The government wants the people to think they live in a perfect Utopia when they actually don’t. That same night Guy starts to think about everything that happened that day starting with his conversation with Clarisse, why Mildred tried to commit suicide? Why didn’t firemen now put out fires instead of starting them? “I don’t know anything any more” (Bradbury 18). It’s not the last time Clarisse makes Guy question himself. Clarisse is a really curious girl and due that she asks Guy many questions, which have a huge impact on him throughout the novel. Clarisse makes Guy question if he really loved his wife, which he later on finds out he doesn’t, and why was he a fireman. “He felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a

Waiting for him at home is is his wife Mildred, whose introduction is juxtaposed to that of Clarisse, who is a free and distinct individual whereas Mildred is the product of a world where individualistic expression is looked down upon. Mildred is portrayed as a sickly woman who spends most of her time watching television whilst having Seashell radios covering her ears. She is also concerned with keeping up with social trends such as when she asks Montag to buy her a fourth television just because everyone else has one. One of the first examples of characterizations we see of Mildred is an attempted suicide. This shows her unwillingness to change and ultimately confront her problems. The reason why Mildred is such an important character is because she highlights the flaws of this dystopian society especially marked by her obsession of television and an indifference to Montag’s attempts to connect with her. This can be seen through her cold and distant language. This is especially seen when Mildred asks,”Let me alone, I didn’t do anything.”

Unfortunately, your emotions and actions affect each other with surprising and negative outcomes most of the time. Throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451, Montags’ actions and emotions greatly affect each other. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses simile to show how outside interactions with Clarisse and his wife changed the decisions

“The parlor was dead and Mildred kept peering in at it with a blank expression as Montag paced the floor and came back and squatted down and read a page as many as ten times, aloud.” Only reason she was paying him attention was because the parlor walls were dead. “I’m not angry,” Montag said, surprised- Mildred shrieked with laughter in the hall.”

The first character in the novel Fahrenheit 451 who influences Guy Montag is seventeen year-old Clarisse McClellan. The first time Guy and Clarisse cross paths occurs when Guy is walking home from work close to midnight. They meet on an empty sidewalk and quickly begin conversation. As they continue talking, Guy notices that Clarisse is not an average teenager because of the deep questions and thoughts she has. Clarisse questions Guy’s contentment and makes him realize the absence of love and pleasure in his life. Clarisse acts as a goad to push Guy towards a much needed self-examination that later helps him overcome his fear of bringing out the books he has collected over the years and start to look for the meaning in them. Because of Clarisse, Guy is able to transform into a more self-aware man who can now decode his feelings and realize what he needs to have a flourishing life. The second character I chose who impacts Guy Montag is Professor Faber. Guy met Faber in a park a year before this novel takes place when Guy suspected Faber of having a book. When Guy finally builds up his interest in wanting to know more about his secret books, he calls Faber for aid. With Faber’s knowledge, Guy is able to understand viewpoints from different authors and eventually escape the city after he is reported for having books. Alongside Clarisse, Faber is able to help Montag from being completely molded into an average city citizen who is isolated from the knowledge that books are,

Mildred and Clarisse had seemingly different self-motivations. Mildred was motivated by how life already was. She enjoyed