Fahrenheit 451 Quotes Analysis

"Montag sensed it was a rhymeless poem. Then the man grew even more courageous and said something else and that was a poem, too. Faber held his hand over his left coat pocket and spoke these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man's coat. But he did not reach out. His hands stayed on his knees, numbed and useless. "I don't talk things, sir," said Faber. "I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive." (2.36)" This quotes broke down states that books hold value for Faber only in so far as they apply to life. He believes that human

The trigger of his awareness towards censorship occurs on his first meeting with Clarisse who asks “’Do you ever read any of the books you burn?’ He laughed. ‘That's against the law!’ ‘Oh. Of course.’" (5). He is unaware of any content actually in the books, but is forced down by the conformity within the government to actually read one which shows “If they give you ruled paper.” Ruled paper is metaphorically related to the conformity this society faces. “They” is indicating or hinting at the government which enforces strong consequences upon those who do not “write” in the same way as everyone else. Found later in the story, the spark that lights Montag’s curiosity begins when a woman refuses to leave her books, "’come on, woman!’ The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag. ‘You can't ever have my books,’ she said (35). Before the house is erupted in flames by the ladies kitchen match, Montag steals a book portraying the quote by “writing the other

One thing that is crucial to understanding the main character, Guy Montag, is that he doesn’t wish pain on those who don't deserve it. In this passage where Montag is talking about his wife he says that he won’t feel sad if she dies, but he still does not want her to die in the bombing. Even though she was an awful wife who put Guy through hell, he does not want her to be in pain. The fact that he was hurting a woman who had never done anything wrong but own a book is the turning point for Montag’s change of opinions about books. If this woman had not felt strongly enough about her books to die with them, then Montag wouldn’t have believed that they had valuable information in them.Without this quality, Montag would not have killed Beatty, and he would have died in the bombing. In summary, Guy Montag would not hurt anyone who he didn’t think deserved it. Because of this quality he is alive today.

Faber believes there are three main reasons why people should read."'Number one, as I said: Quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. And number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two.'" (84) This shows why knowledge is important because books contain much information. They also provide an activity when in times of boredom. Faber explains the real importance of books to Montag and he realizes the affect books have on society, such as educating people and making them less oblivious. Faber also explains the confusion of the material in books. "'So I thought books might help...'No, no, it's not books at all you're looking for...There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say,'" (82-83) Knowledge is not books themselves, it is what is in the books. Faber refers to what is in the books as magic, meaning it has a way of affecting someone and has importance. Faber closes his conversation with Montag by explaining that the importance of knowledge is necessary. "'You can't guarantee things like that! After all, when we had all the books we needed, we still insisted in finding the highest cliff to jump off. But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge. And perhaps in a thousand years we might pick smaller cliffs to jump off.'" (86) Faber says with all the books his society has, people still give themselves

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

Firstly, Montag faces the conflict of having to burn down a house with a woman in it, which led him to thinking that something important may be hidden within the books that could be different from what he has learning in this new version of society; Montag becomes more curious through this event and starts to wonder. Eventually, the protagonist is so deeply engrossed in his curiosity that “his hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest” (Bradbury 34). This quote illustrates

Therefore, through books, Montag becomes conscious of the monotony of his previous life, and now rebels against the very foundations of his society. Due to this intellectual illumination, Montag begins to acknowledge the details of the world around him, details he had once ignored: ‘”Bet I know something else you don’t. There’s dew on the grass this morning.”’As enlightenment dawns on Montag, he finally begins to realise the power within books (i.e. they hold the key to power through knowledge) and this is his ‘crime’ against society: ‘There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house...’ Despite his newfound interest, Montag is still struggling to understand the concept of literature. Once again however, Montag is pushed in the right direction by Professor Faber. Under Faber’s guidance, Montag recognises that ‘There is nothing magical about [books] at all. The magic is only with what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment.’ This quote exemplifies the fact that although books are the combination of mere ink and paper, it is the beliefs and the knowledge within a book that are so incredibly powerful.

walls is her family and she is disgusted by the books. Another example of from the book is when Montag talks about the bombers. "The bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house...‘How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn't someone want to talk about it! We've started and won two atomic wars since 2022! Is it because we're having so much fun at home we've forgotten the world? Is it because we're so rich and the rest of the world's so poor and we just don't care if they are?(Bradbury 69-70)”. In this quote, Montag clearly is upset with how his society is headed. It is as if he thoroughly understands that the book limitation they have is bad. He says that there is a war that might start because of a lot of argument and case over books. This clearly hints that the author is saying that our society might be similar to this. Bradbury indicates Montag's preferences and he hints that because of how much argument book limitations are causing, there was and is war that goes on. All of this is because of the way at their society favors technology over knowledge so that no one is smarter than the government.

The dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 written by author Ray Bradbury in 1953, shows what he speculates the fate of society to be. Fahrenheit 451 takes places in the corrupt United States when people no longer read books and are satisfied only by entertainment. In Fahrenheit 451, the fire has been perceived in many different ways by the main character Guy Montag, once a fireman. Fire in Fahrenheit 451 represents both rebirth and destruction. Mythological creatures, such as the salamander and Phoenix have influenced the change in the perception of fire.

Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, is an alarming science fiction classic novel and a powerful commentary on humankind’s urge to suppress what it doesn’t understand. In this dystopian fictional world books are illegal; they are burned to a crisp when found. Books are very powerful. They come with knowledge, and knowledge can bring fear. Fear many times is something one cannot understand. To understand, one must know why one fears. Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 realizes this importance of the knowledge in books when he meets a young woman; Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse is an outsider, a very different type of girl. When she meets Montag, Clarisse sparks a change in him. Her curiosity and questioning is so unique that Montag is struck by her. He

“That’s awful! ...Why should I read? What for?”(Bradbury, 73) Mildred hates the fact that her house and her ‘family’ would burn down if Beatty and the other firemen found out about Montag and his books. Mildred doesn’t understand why Montag wants to reason with her and what he finds so special in books. Mildred is a selfish woman who cares only about herself and her friends. As long as nothing happened to her ‘family’, she’d be fine.

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Montag, exhibits rebellious behavior through actions by using ethical reasons to change his society for the better. Montag displays rebellious behavior by stealing books, despite the law about reading being illegal. At this point in the story, a young intelligent girl, Clarisse, makes Montag question his country's history and some of his relationships. Montag needs answers to his questions, so when he and his fellow firemen go to burn down a house of an old woman who possesses books, his curiosity takes over. His eagerness takes control of his body when ¨his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned into a thief.

Now on both of their behalves they really did not have the same view into the dystopian society. Montag believed it was wrong to burn books, and Mildred did not care about nothing including Montag and them books. “It is easy to read the women in Fahrenheit 451 as stock, one-dimensional characters, set up only to illustrate the opposite poles between which Montag struggles.” Montag does not realize he struggles to see the differences in him and women. “Although Montag has not yet recognized the problem with this reduction of happiness to a step below hedonism, a kind of vicarious hedonism, in which even sensation is often artificially provided, Beatty seems aware of it." Beatty realizes something different before Montag has the chance to. “Before Montag can begin to recognize his connection to others and to his inhuman society, however, he needs to reconnect with himself, reestablish his relationship with the world.”

Montag meets Faber in Part 2. Faber is an old guy who used to be an English professor and one night Montag goes to his house and wants to talk to him about books. At first Faber thinks that Montag is tricking him so he can burn down his house, but then Montag is saying no that’s not what I’m doing and tries to convince that he isn’t trying to burn his house down by talking abou the woman and Clarisse. He also explains to Faber that he ha a couple books and he want to know why they are so important and why we can’t read them. So Faber explains how books are everything. They give you so much knowledge and emotion it’s unreal. Montag also wants to know how many more copies of the Bible there is left but Faber doesn’t know. They start talking about

In Fahrenheit 451’s dystopian society, the possession of books is considered criminal. A once proud fireman who regularly burned books turned a new leaf and began to understand and value the importance of literature. Multiple characters in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 impact the ex-firemans, Montag, life in a way that changed him forever. Throughout the novel Montag discovers a different outlook and perspective on the society in which he lives and how he perceives books. From a fireman to an outlaw, a few specific characters greatly impact Montag. Montag meets a young woman who perceives the world in a different way which affects Montag’s outlook on society. Also, a retired English professor gave Montag confidence and the comprehension of books. A character close to Montag, his wife, shows him how the loss of importance of books would affect his life . When Montag goes outside, he comes across a young woman who does not seem like the others in the city. Montag begins to talk to her and his life changes in a major way.