Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis

This shows that Montag had changed his point of view on books and thought that

When Montag first met Clarisse he could tell that she was different from other people he has met before. Clarisse was very free spirited and “her face [was] bright as snow in the moonlight”(pg. 4). She was a very innocent girl who saw the world from a different perspective than Montag. Instead of living in a world full of negativity, Clarisse aimed to explore beyond reality. She talked to Montag about a world where “they needed firemen to stop the flames,” and explained how the world was very peaceful (pg. 6). Also, Clarisse saw the true man hiding beneath the uniform. Although, her ideas may not have fell in line with the rest of society, Clarisse still remained optimistic about what the world was like before this time period. In

That's not social to me at all" (Bradbury 27). She got that they were around people but the technology was the only one talking. “we never ask questions, or at least most don't; they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing” (Bradbury 27). Clarisse knew that they never have any interaction with the technology, just got the information put out at them. (SIP-B) Faber, the author’s voice in

In the beginning of the novel Montag is a fireman who burns books, but after he meets Clarisse, he starts to question about the books and why society is the way it is now. This reveals the theme that too much knowledge can lead to the destruction of society. In the

Clarisse helps Montag look around him and see everything, from the smallest snowflake to the biggest tree. Montag never really thinks about what is happening in his life, or why it seems he never shows much emotion towards anything. Clarisse teaches Montag to look around and to pay attention to what is really important in life, just not what his society tells him. Even though I believe Clarisse was the reason for Montag’s major metamorphosis, I believe that there were two additional individuals that had a role to play in Montag’s expedition to find answers to fill the void in his life.

In this society, it is important to read a book for own knowledge. However, in novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, people are not allowed to read any book nor have any desires to read. They do not know the importance of the book. However, in this novel, three people influence Montag that human should read books and allows him to realize how important it is to do so.

Montag was rebellious, but for a good reasons He didn't intend to hurt people, but he engaged in dangerous activities to prove a point. After his encounters with Clarisse and witnessing the woman being burnt alive, he changed his opinions about books. He got more curious and interested, so he broke the law and harbored his own books for his own good. After Faber tells Montag that he is running a risk, he replies but saying, “‘That's the good part of dying, when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.’” (Bradbury 85).

Why did the government take away books for the people? Was it because they wanted them to buy more of their new technology or books had no meaning. The book Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury was about the life of Guy Montag figuring out what he wanted to be, and want he wanted to do. Montag thought he loved to burn books, and it brought him pleasure, but he liked them or than he hated them. He really liked books even though he didn’t know how to read them. He even risked his life over them. His job was to defend the law but was he actually going against it. The government could have been brainwashing their people to hate books just to get their money. The government decided to get rid of books, so their people will find other interests, like

As the conversation carries on between Clarisse and Montag, she begins to notice that Montag is different. She claims “You 're not like the others. I 've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time anymore for anyone else. You 're one of the few who put up with me...He felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other” (Bradbury 11). Clarisse points out the unique qualities to Montag because whenever they talk, Montag reacts by looking at her or objects that she is talking about. She reveals that the average people cannot comprehend the concept of socializing or reflect on thoughts thus they relapse to a state of violence as a resort to stop thinking. Clarisse doesn’t persuade Montag to think like her, but influence Montag to think outside the box and increase his curiosity. Clarisse’s character going against the common social conformity activates a rare phenomenon inside Montag’s mind. Montag was given two paths, hence the cold and hot or soft and hard. One Path guides Montag down the path of individuality and the other path leads him to the normal society life. Clarisse was an individual who opens the doors to Montag to let him

Fahrenheit 451 (1953), written by Ray Bradbury depicts a dystopian society which, due to the absence of books, discourages intellect and punishes free-will. As receptacles of knowledge, books give human beings a unique power, as they encourage and nurture intellect and understanding. The intellectual metamorphosis that Montag undergoes renders him aware of this fact, making him an incredibly dangerous figure in the society of Fahrenheit 451. Despite Montag’s understanding of the power of books, he only recognises his true purpose in life once all elements from his former society had been destroyed.

Montag is the anti-hero in this dystopian futuristic society created by Bradbury. He started off as a follower of society. Montag had a plain wife, worked as a firefighter and followed the rules of society. But, when

Another incident that stayed in Montag 's mind is the old women who set her self and her books on fire. However, Montag tried stopping her by telling her that the books were not worth her life. Before she burned herself, Montag took one of her books and kept it. At that time Montag did not think about what did the old lady burned herself with the books, he did not think about it might be the value and morals that books hold to teach is. The old lady knew the importance of these books and what do they have, so she preferred to burn herself with them, and not watch the firemen burn them, who do not even know the importance of books. But they do know that books are unreal and there is so importance of them, plus they are against the law!

In the book, it doesn't represent exemplary relationships. People spend most of their times facing their bright TV Walls to distract their thoughts from their sad lives. Thus, they never sat around and talked or thought about meaningful things. But Clarisse and her family were different, they were wiser and they were not blinded by their society like other people. "I rarely watch the 'parlour walls' or go to races or Fun Parks. So I've lots of time for crazy thoughts, I guess.", Clarisse says to Montag. This also connects to technology because the fictional characters depend on their technology-seashell radios, TV Parlors, mechanical hounds, etc-to move on with their miserable lives. I believe that Bradbury wrote this book for the future generations because if we get sucked into technology as the characters in 451, the world will turn into a depressing environment where people will rarely have verbal conversations and will rely on gadgets to fix our problems. Not to mention, that today’s generation is already on this dreadful path of terror. Our eyes are

“Then, moaning, she ran forward, seized a book and ran toward the kitchen incinerator. He caught her, shrieking. He held her and she tried to fight away from him scratching,” (63). In the novel Fahrenheit 451 follows the protagonist, Guy Montag, and his interactions with society discouraging and encouraging his discovery of the illegal books. Along the way he understands who are the poisonous people in his dystopian world and who are not; changing his perspective to lose trust in his wife Mildred, from previous quote, and finding safety with Faber, a retired professor he came by one day in a park. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 the author demonstrates the idea that when there is censorship in the world, ignorance will follow because when a subject is hidden from one anything they do regarding it is under the impression of their lack of knowledge surrounding the topic, this becomes more relevant when Ray Bradbury acknowledges the emotions of people who have read books and whom haven't and their general opinions of them.

The reason the government does not allow the populous to read books is because they are fearful the knowledge gained from reading would be evidence to rebel against the system.