Guy Montag discovers the true meaning of friendship in this book Fahrenheit 451. He discovers the people who he thought were his friends are actually not. Montag meets people throughout this book who help him discover his true self which helps him realize what friendship actually means. Three people in this book that Montag could consider his true friends are Clarisse, Faber, and Granger. Clarisse is the first people who Montag considers to be a true friend. When Montag is speaking to his wife about friendship, he speaks about Clarisse. He tells his wife, "She's was the first person in a good many years I've really liked" (Bradbury 68). Montag liked Clarisse because he felt listened to and appreciated when he was speaking to her. He said, "But Clarisse's favorite subject wasn't herself. It was everyone else, and me" (Bradbury 68). Clarisse was good at conversation and genuinely was interested in what Montag had to say. Montag did not have a lot of people in his life he could openly to talk to, who not judge his opinions. …show more content…
Montag had possibly the last copy of the Old and New Testament in his hands, and knew he had to turn it into Beatty. Montag wanted to keep the book, so he decided he needed to make a copy of it. He thought Faber would help him do this. Faber was a man who he had met a while ago that he had in his future investigations file. Montag went to find Faber to ask him for his help. Montag knew Faber would help him because they shared a love for books, and wanted to preserve them. Though, Montag and Faber had not been previously friends Montag knew that Faber would help them because of this shared passion. Montag was correct. Faber put Montag before himself, and went to great lengths throughout the rest of the book to help Montag. This showed he was a true friend to
For every student, there is a teacher. In Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse and Beatty are the two main influences in Montag’s life that travel an attitude reversing journey with him and teach him about himself along the way. Clarisse is an outcast who teaches how him to enjoy the little things in life and shows him that there is more to life other than this corrupted society. Beatty, his boss, was the final change in Montag that caused the last turning point in the novel. Guy Montag experiences a character transformation from a mindless fireman who enjoys his book burning job, into a literate being who is well aware of the world around him with the help of Clarisse and Beatty.
Family, in the usual society, it means a groups of people who has the blood relationship or married people it can even be a dog, a cat or something does not real alive, such as your books, your faith. Family is always worthy to trust and to tell.
In the book Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag the main character proves that he can demonstrate the values of collaboration, perseverance, and engagement, throughout all the challenges he is out up against.
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
(STEWE-1): We see a lack of humanity when Mildred says to Montag, "'See what you're doing? You'll ruin us! Who's more important, me or that Bible?'" (Bradbury 72). Mildred is self-centered and only worries about herself. She doesn’t think about others’ emotions and how they might feel, and she puts herself before the books that could help Montag regain his humanity. Mildred is the ideal member of society, and thus represents society as a whole. The rest of society is self-centered and unempathetic, and only worry about themselves. They place themselves and their needs before others and their needs. They
Montag grew closer to Clarisse each time they talked, and he enjoyed that. So this shows that Montag, when he talks to Clarisse, gets to be himself and become independent and has to think for himself instead of everyone else thinking for him.
Faber changed Montag from being a confused man, to an aware, thinking and analyzing person that is deferent from the society he lives in. after killing Beatty, the chief fireman at the station who has read many books and memorized most of them. Montag seeks Faber 's help again, he was confused did not know where to do to escape from the mechanical hound that was running after him. Faber tells Montag to go to the forest, where Montag rested and thought about what happened and whether he did the right thing or not. At the forest, Montag meets a group of men that was lead by Granger; an author who is the leader of a group that hopes to re-populate the world with books.
Faber is an English professor who encourages Montag to start reading books. Faber mention “’Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality’” (pg 83). Faber tells Montag that books are important because they have quality. He helps Montag to read and to understand why books are important. Also, Faber believe ‘”we do need knowledge… The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are’” (pg 86). Through Faber’s suggestions
_____ is shown when takes out the books he had previously hidden in an air vent. He does this in an attempt to explain to Mildred why they are important. She becomes upset and confused by the seemingly meaningless excerpts Montag reads, used to her idle distractions that required no in-depth thinking or interpretations. This is similar to when Montag brought out a book to read the poem “Dover Beach” to her friends. As to not worry the women, Mildred tried to play it off as a familiar occurrence by saying that once a year, firemen were allowed to bring home a book to show their family how silly it was, when in reality she had no idea what Montag was doing. Through his earpiece, Faber protested but Montag would not listen: “‘What good is this, what’ll you prove!’ ‘Scare hell out of them, that’s what, scare the living daylights out!’” (95). It is clear that Montag was not thinking straight because of his shouting at Faber, who he was supposed to keep secret. Montag desperately wanted to make the women understand why literature was important that he acted without thinking in trying to get them to cooperate. Montag believed that he could make them change their minds to realize the importance of literature with this small act, although he failed to take into consideration that when people are brought up thinking one way, it is very difficult to
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury gives several sections of the book where he hints clues about our future world. “ ‘Now,’ said Mildred, ‘my 'family' is people. They tell me things; I laugh, they laugh! And the colors!’ (Bradbury 69)”. This quote on page 69 is said by Mildred and she is talking to Montag about how books won't achieve him any pleasure. Mildred explains that her family is the television and she finds it most important. Undoubtedly, the author is hinting something here because this quote is talking about preferences and his preference is included. The author hints here that if the world we are living in, turns into an electrical technology-filled planet, no one will ever no the old "stuff" that were good once upon a time. People
Fahrenheit 451 is a book that surrounds a fireman named Guy Montag and his revelations of the world he lives in. He becomes aware of the horrible things that occur around him and begins to notice them more. As a fireman; which is a person that burns books in their world; Montag is faced with several choices to make. Finally, he decides to take action as he reaches out to a man called Professor Faber and they develop a plan to curve the course their world is taking. However, throughout the book, several surprising dilemmas occur with other characters of the book like Mildred Montag (Guy Montag’s depressed wife) and Captain Beatty (chief of the fire department) that help steer Montag into the choices he makes.
Subsequently, Faber monumentally influenced Montag and his decisions he made throughout the novel. Faber was a retired English professor and he is the second mentor that Montag comes across. He was one of the few people who is not like everyone else because he, just as Clarisse, are intellectual beings. Faber met Montag in a park. A short discussion revolving around small-talk like the weather quickly escalates to a deeper topic and Montag and faber soon find themselves discussing Faber’s past and the history of books. They talk for hours and their conversation ultimately ends with Faber leaving Montag his contact card and Guy soon contacts him when he discovers his love for books. In Faber and Montag’s conversation, Faber says, “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality.” (83). The significance of Faber
He knew that Montag had doubts so he didn’t want Montag to start going against the law. Montag did debate if he should actually keep the book because he did not understand them and he did not want to lose his job. Montag knew that either choice he went with would be difficult, but either could be the right decision. Montag was still not sure what to do after talking to Beatty, so afterward he went to go talk to an old acquaintance, Faber, who had experience with books. Faber taught Montag to understand that “The things [he was]looking for are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine percent of them is in a book” (Bradbury 86).
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,
Clarisse and Mildred were both, at some point, appealing to Montag since he married Mildred and also thought that Clarisse was beautiful. Mildred was cold and dead, while clarisse was quite the opposite. When Montag first meets Clarisse he thought of her as a “Hot Chick” and a “Curious Baby” these show us what Montag saw in her, In the text, it states "The girl's face was there, really quite beautiful". Which shows how he felt towards her. Montag obviously saw things in her personality as well, like how she's so curious and strange, and how she's kinda like mom and a curious baby at the same time, which is what probably what intrigued Montag to keep talking to her..