Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis

Montag is brainwashed up until the point where he meets Clarisse and then his new curiosity blossoms. Clarisse sparks a new flame in Montag and it makes him question everything he has been doing throughout his life as a fireman.

It is the reason why he is a firefighter in the first place. Then Clarisse is the biggest influence on his change. In the book when Clarisse asked Montag, “are you happy”(pg.) it is the point when Montag realizes that he is not happy. Montag begins to ask himself more question about the world.

"Montag 's hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest."

In part one of the book, it leads into how Montag begins to change. For example, “It was

Montag changes in many ways throughout the novel, making him a very dynamic character. At the beginning of the novel Montag loves what he does and thinks he is happy. When he meets Clarisse she ignites the spark in Montag. “’Are you happy?’ she said. ‘Am I what?’ he cried” (10). He then begins to dwell on whether or not he is happy and then he acts upon that decision to find out why. With the prompting of Clarisse by the middle of the story Montag was beginning to learn how to think for himself. However, he makes some very good decisions and some bad. Instead of burning his problems away like he used to do, he now works through them and learns from his mistakes. He begins coming up with plans to correct society and sabotage the profession of

In the beginning of the novel, Guy Montag did everything as he was told to. He never had much thought into it. Montag to me, did not have much of a heart in the beginning. He didn't do much, he just burned the books when he was told, he didn’t think about what he was doing. Montag didn’t have any strong relationships with anyone.

In the beginning of the book, he found pleasure in burning. But after going through a series of events, Montag developed a new hatred for it. He is clearly not the same person he used to be. Montag has gained more confidence, courage, and knowledge whereas in the beginning he kept to himself, was skittish, and let his fears overwhelm him. Clarisse helped Montag look at the world and realize the smallest details, Captain Beatty and the environment helped Montag realize how horrible and closed-off their laws and relationships were, and Faber helped Montag gain the courage to try and change the laws.

She unnerves Montag and effectively leaves him wondering about his contentment with life: "He was not happy." After meeting Clarisse, we begin to see the changes in Montag. He begins to question the way of things. This change plays a key factor when they recieve a call to burn a house. The final straw for Montag is the burning of a woman and her books.

Have you ever binge watched a TV series? Many people usually do and even consider this a normal behavior in our society; however, the main character, Montag, from the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is the only one in his society to be detached from the world of media. The civilians are brainwashed from the nonsense that they are watching and listening to. Television helps people to not interact with one another and trying to stop conversations. The people in the society are also getting into harm's way, when they are watching tv. In his novel, Ray Bradbury puts the focus on technology ruining the lives of innocent civilians.

Montag is a really conscientious and intelligent man. Montag is conscientious because,one day when the alarm goes off, Montag and his other co-workers rush to a big house with a woman that refuses to abandon her books, and they burned her alive. Guy comprehend that books are important and that burning books may be wrong."You weren't there, you didn't see," he said. "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing." (Bradbury, p.51) He is intelligent enough to question the criteria of his job, his interest for his wife and if his society is leaving in a camouflage of happiness.After he meets Clarisse, his seventeen-year-old neighbor and he realize her independent thinking, he knew he had to do the right action. Clarisse is the person that makes Montag doubt if he is happy. As he explains in one of the paragraph “ He was not

At this point in the book, Montag’s brain is so confused and flustered that when it gets pushed over the top, his first instinct is to turn to violence. He is trying to comprehend all that is going on around him, and how he can make other’s see and feel what he’s seeing and feeling. Because, as of now, no one understands him, and that can add to his hysteria and uncontrollable temperament. He turns to fire as a weapon, and utilizes it in ways he never imagined it could be used for in the beginning of the book. This is kind of like the stage in your life when you are a teenager.

Our first character, Faber, from the novel, Fahrenheit 451, discusses the importance of integrity of oneself. Faber was an English professor that valued the community being literate, he had shown his integrity to continue teaching the community the ability to read through Montag setting up the plan to frame the firefighters. In the novel written by Bradbury, the character, Faber expresses to another character, Montag,"No, no, it's not books at all you're looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical

(SIP-A) Montag enforces laws in his society and enjoys doing so. Thus he is a fireman and agrees with the entertaining aspects of the job, (STEWE-1)”It was a pleasure to burn. It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (1). Montag is like any other fireman who agrees with the parameters of his job and has no problem with burning books. In fact, he takes pride in his work and thoroughly enjoys the burning of literature. The way Montag describes the burning of books leads the reader to believe that he’s content with the laws. Nevertheless he has no problem with the way fireman are behaving, including himself, as they love

In the book, The Giver, Lois Lowry stated, “Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” In Guy Montag’s society, they had to give up many things to achieve sameness. The current society may not have sameness, but we do have many other things that Montag’s society does not. Throughout Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, it has become apparent of how their society contrasts from ours.

Situation: In this part of the book, Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. He answered happy, however he started to think if he really was happy. This made him start to wonder if he really was happy.