Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

In the first section, titled The Hearth and the Salamander, Montag shows perseverance. In this section he meets a teenage girl named Clarisse McClellan. She teaches him that it’s okay to think freely he questions if burning books is the right thing to do. When Montag returns home after meeting Clarisse he finds his wife, Mildred, had overdosed on pills, but she survived. Daily Montag met Clarisse and he got used to seeing her, until she went missing. Later on the firemen have to burn down a book-filled house of an old woman. The old woman cherishes her

The professor showed Montag that books have details, significance, and are valuable. Through Montag’s encounters with Clarisse, the old woman and Faber, he realizes that the time he had spent burning books was wrong. This persuaded him to change his life.

“Even if she dies, I just realized a moment ago, I don’t think I’ll feel sad.” ( Page 148)

“’Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames’” (Bradbury 6). In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag is a fireman, someone that burns books for the government to keep a firm control on what knowledge society has. However, through a series of events populated by an attempted suicide, a young girl, and an old man, Montag is shown a life where books are treasured instead of feared and hated. Armed with a vision of what the world has been, and could be like again, Montag ultimately meets up in the aftermath of a war with others that share his vision, and they begin their mission to make fire something other than a source of fear: a healing power.

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!

Montag at the beginning of the book is a person that you could love and hate. Montag was a person who loved his job as a firefighter. To Montag he got pleasure out of burning the books. One of Montag's favorite things from burning the books was he would put a marshmallow and put it on a stick and roast it.When Montag's done and goes home he goes to bed with a smile on his face. Then everything changes once he meets Clarisse.

James Madison once said that “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”James Madison quote relates to Fahrenheit 451 because when Montag finally had realized how good books are, he didn’t let the government tell him what to do or what he cannot learn. Knowledge is a powerful factor that empowers people

In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury shows us that this book is described as a totalitarian dystopian story. In the beginning of the book he explains the hatred that is held by the people against books and he carries out this theme throughout the whole story. By stating “So now you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless” (Bradbury 83). This quote is stating that the government is taking control over people by taking the little things, such as books, that provide mankind with information on a day to day basis, making it easy for the people’s minds to grow and become more educated. Within the quote that is used, Bradbury uses imagry when he says “pores in the face of life” he is refuring to the knowledge that comes from the books that leads people to questioning the authority compared to the ignorance of the society that is shown throughout the novel.

“Well, wasn’t there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it?” (Pg. 44) This quote indicates that Montag has a poor relationship with Mildred. Mildred is unfaithful to Montag and gives him a lack of attention. Because of this lack of attention, Montag would show no emotion or cry if his wife passed away. Also, when Montag was conversing with Mildred about Clarisse’s death, Mildred had knowledge of it. Clarisse was hit by a car, but Mildred forgot her death and only told Montag when she remembered it. This emphasizes that Mildred was absorbed in her TV shows and was only thinking about herself and what was occurring in her fantasy

(AGG) Have you ever been obsessed with “stuff”? Yes, we all want the basic things such as the latest iPhone model or new sneakers. But in the novel Fahrenheit 451, the society takes this obsession to the next level. (BS-1) The society prioritizes their items. (BS-2) These items then replace the feelings society has for themselves and others in their life. (BS-3) But once they are separated from their items, the society acquires qualities that were once astray. (TS) Ray Bradbury depicts a key message in the novel Fahrenheit 451: that the society is consumed by “stuff” and have no care for the things that actually matter.

Montag grows consistently dissatisfied with his life and work the more he talks with Clarisse. He starts to ponder if perhaps books aren’t so bad, and even snatches one from one of his book burning missions. Meanwhile Clarisse disappears, which I assumed she was dead and his boss, Captain Beatty, is growing suspicious. He lectures Montag on the potential hazards of books and explains the origin and history of their profession. Far from rejuvenated, Montag feels blazing anger and becomes more dangerously rebellious than ever. He spends one afternoon with his wife reading his secret stash of books he’s been storing behind his ventilator grill and decides he needs a teacher. He takes a Christian Bible and tries to memorize some of it on his trip.

(MIP-3) This limitation of knowledge and memory is not empowering to society but instead this route of change actually causes the downfall and destruction of the world.(SIP-A)This collapse is due to leaders, who have now become lonely because of the state of others.(STEWE-1)Due to state of the community and the lack of emotions the leaders of the government also get affected. By making the community no longer feel emotions they have basically isolated themselves from the rest of the world. Both in terms of power and thinking. The original goal for the people in authority was to gain more control and they accomplished that.

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).

By the end of the story Montag’s view on books has changed completely. It becomes clear to him that the world would be a much better place with them. Now that he knows the importance of the information written on each page, he takes on the responsibility of changing other characters’ minds too. In the book he states, “We’ve got to start somewhere here, figuring out why we’re in such a mess, you and the medicine nights, and the car, and me and my work.” (page 66) Montag starts by trying to convince his wife to look at the book’s he saved from the fires to show her how the information inside could help them. As Montag continues to learn more about books and their importance, he becomes willing to risk his life in order to collect as much information from them as he can. As he continues to collect information the risks get higher. “Montag did

In part two he tells Faber “We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books I’d burned ten or twelve years. So I thought books might help.” (78) This quote shows how he is looking for something in his life that is missing. The quote helps readers understand that Montag's relationship with Mildred has been a motivation, but it isn't the main motivation. his quote also helps us understand that he wants substance. The substance in his life just isn't there. Everything he knew to be true in his life is slowly unraveling. What I mean by this is that thought that he was happy with his life, that most (I say most because Mildred did try and kill herself.) everything was fine. Bringing it back to my thesis, Montag's first step was realizing there was an issue with his relationship and his life. He came to this conclusion with the help of the relationships he had with Clarisse and Mildred.