“Some people cross your path and change your direction.” stated by Justine Edwards leads to the fact on how there are people in today’s world as well as in Montag’s world that influence others to change their way of life. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the dystopian world that the protagonist, Montag, lives in; is full of people with the same mindset and personality. They essentially are brainwashed and catechized into doing what the majority of society wants them to be. However, Montag develops through the influence of other outsiders that have different beliefs than his own culture or morals. Montag changes and evolves into a new person through the acts, influences, and manipulations of several characters in this novel. Clarisse, …show more content…
When anxious from the confusion that he was getting from books, Montag met with Faber who wisely told him, “It’s not books you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books” (78). This explanation by Faber about the three things needed to fully understand books, gave Montag some confidence in his thought about acting against the government’s outlaw for books. The three concepts included, having quality information, time of leisure to digest the content, and then acting later upon the first two concepts. Using these key theories, he discovered why he had to be the one who had to stop all of the burning in the world when having time to observe and study himself and the world. This then renders that Faber educated Montag how to interpret books without confusion. Another instance where Faber influenced Montag to believe in his beliefs and carry out his actions to defy and change the customs of society, was when he gave a two-way working pager to Montag. He instructed him, “You’ll have to travel blind for awhile. "Here’s my arm to hold onto” (88). This action indicates that Faber really wanted to give Montag wisdom and a sense of himself when he was going to meet Captain Beatty at the firehouse. This action provided a new perspective of strength and security to …show more content…
For instance, when Montag had the conversation about what fire was with Beatty; Beatty explained, “Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean” (57). This embodies that Beatty was trying to use his prior knowledge to tell Montag about the different aspects of fire, while also giving him a warning to not go against society’s regulations. It also leads Montag on his journey to Faber, because after he acknowledged the destructive use of fire, he decided to go against the censorship of books in society and try to save them. This proves that Beatty initiated Montag to change thoughts about their society and himself with books and fire. The most significant example of how Beatty transformed Montag was when he burned down his house, while saying, “ Now you did it. Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he’s burnt his damn wings, he wonders why” (107). When Beatty stated this, it triggered Montag to get too emotional and kill Beatty out of resentment. This act showed why Montag rebelled against the status quo of society, and why he publically acted upon it. It proves that Montag was going to go on as leader of the outsiders. Through Beatty’s influence, Montag developed from a fearful outsider into a rebellious leader in
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.
He gives Montag a whole history of their general public, and of his calling that layouts why books are banned, how they all lost the capacity to think, and how that as Beatty would see it is better. The greater part of this data truly answers a ton of inquiries that Montag has, and as opposed to determining Montag's issues, the data just makes him more unhappy. He doesn't need things to be the way that Beatty portrayed; frustrated, he forgets home and looks for Faber, who is to a greater extent like a personality. Beatty likewise gives circuitous authorization for Montag to keep the book for 24 hours before returning it. Beatty additionally indicates that he himself experienced an emergency of sorts before he could return to work and be content with what he was doing. This likewise improves Montag feel somewhat about his late "breakdown" and allows him to consider it more plainly. In any case, Beatty gave him that solace with the plan that Montag would return; tragically, he doesn't. At that point, when Beatty eggs him on in the firehouse, it seals Montag's disobedience; Beatty pushes him over the
The second stage of transformation occurs when Montag spreads his flame to Faber. Faber is like a dry log sitting in the hearth. Montag is the match to release Faber’s energy and spread the heat. When Faber does not agree to join the movement, “His (Montag’s) hands, by themselves, like two men working together, began to rip the pages from the book. The hands tore the flyleaf and then the first and then the second page.” (84) Ripping these pages shows his decision to strengthen a movement or destroy society. He rips pages out of the Bible because he knows it will earn Faber’s attention and effort. After he agrees, Montag and Faber plan to print books and implant them in firemen’s houses. By joining with Faber, Montag turns his feelings of being lost and ignorant into actions to change society. He is becoming a more independent character as the effects of the dystopia disintegrate and rush away from him like smoke. As the flames grow, Beatty, the captain of Montag’s fire station, is water. Beatty knows what Montag is doing. Montag counters this resistance as he says, “You always said, don't face a problem, burn it. Well, now I've done both. Good-bye, Captain.” (115) Montag means that Beatty never actually solved problems, he just burns them and hopes they go away, so he kills his captain with the wrath of his flamethrower. These actions show Montag’s determination to do what is right. By this stage, Montag has changed from a
People’s actions and their individual perceptions can influence and develop change in another person’s character. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, makes a complete metamorphosis with the help from his neighbor Clarisse, his wife Mildred, and his boss Beatty. In the beginning of the novel, he despised the whole idea of reading, had no thoughts or questions about his life, and was just going through the motions of life. He changes from a stolid character, incognizant of the activities of his surroundings, to a conscious person of. So enlightened, by the new world he is exposed to, he comes to the realization that there is more
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.
(STEWE-1) Montag comes to a conclusion that what he does and his own job are wrong,”Montag only said, We never burned right, and then he was a shrieking blaze”(113). This symbolizes that Montag knows they never used fire the right way, they used it to burn when it should be used for something else. Causing Montag to react by killing Beatty. (STEWE-2) While Montag is trying to escape his society. “Watch for a man running… watch for the running man… watch for a man alone on foot, … watch. Yes, he thought where am I running”(118). While running away Montag commits a crime towards the society by putting a book in a fireman’s house and calling in the alarm, just like him and Faber had set up. “And now since you’re a fireman’s wife, it’s your house and your turn, He hid the books in the kitchen and moved from the house again to the alley”(123). Montag has started to commit crimes against the state and run away. (SIP-B) Montag fully rebels against his society and escapes it. (STEWE-1) Furthermore while on the run Montag drops in on Faber to explain to him what is going on, Faber suggests to Montag to go to the river. “One of the rare few times he discovered that somewhere behind behind the seven veils of unreality, beyond the walls of parlors and beyond the tin most of the city”(135). Montag now realizes there is more to everything beyond the robotic
_____ 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
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.
Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag goes through many changes and by the end of the story, he is ultimately an entirely different person. He is not responsible for all of the changes on his own however, and several characters play an essential role in shaping who he eventually becomes. At the beginning of the book, Montag encounters a teenage girls named Clarisse. Clarisse is only present for a short time, however she immediately gets Montag to think in a way he never has before. She looks at the small things in life and goes against what the current society tells her to think and do. She is different from everyone else in a very freeing way and Montag starts to be drawn into her personality. She is like a burst of fresh air for Montag
Have you ever read a book you enjoyed a lot? Well if not read Fahrenheit 451. The author of the book is Ray Bradbury. There are many characters, but one of the main, main ones is Montag. Montag is a person who changes quite a bit throughout the story. Montag goes from being conservative to being a rebel.
Before Captain Beatty was killed, he was taunting Montag while Montag was holding a flamethrower, but did not have anything to defend himself with. Beatty knew Montag would kill him if he kept taunting Montag, so he kept on until it finally happened. Throughout the novel, Beatty seemed to be the bad guy who represented the evil side of society, but this reveals otherwise. Montag was doing what Beatty could not by defying society’s law against books. When Montag burned his own house down, that seemed to put Captain Beatty over the edge and accept the fact that Beatty was a coward who executed actions that he did not agree with. An additional important character in the novel is Professor Faber. Faber serves as a mentor to Montag in the book. He does not agree with the established rules of society, yet never personally takes action throughout the book. He describes this lifestyle in a conversation with Montag: “I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’ but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself” (Bradbury 78). Faber looks back with regret on his earlier life when the ban on books began. He did not want to take action due to the fear that persecution would fall upon himself. Those experiences are what make Faber a good mentor to Montag; Faber has learned from them and is glad that Montag is not scared to do what Faber could not.
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
In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a story of the character Guy Montag who is a fireman in a dystopian society, a society in which people get entertainment from giant TVs they call “Parlor Walls” and houses have been deemed fireproof. Since fireman do not need to run around and eliminate fires, they start them. The job of a fireman in this dystopian society is that they burn books and the places that contain them, all the while being the official censors of the state. But there is something different about Montag, he used to be a proud fireman, he had the look of one: “black hair, black brows... fiery face, and... blue-steel shaved but unsaved look” as it states on page 30, the feel of one: “It was
Beatty spurs Montag to delve into the world of literature. He dares the man to defy him in an almost mocking tone — such as here: “We’d certainly miss you if you didn’t show.” (60) Here he implies that if Montag does not show up to burn his book, it will not be good news for him. Beatty is a strict man always following and enforcing the rules, seldom deviating from them, and is a man of his word. He knows Montag is hiding something, which he intuitively guesses is a book, and he promises indirectly that he will be back to burn down the man’s house if he does not bring it in within twenty-four hours. Afraid of losing his one chance of learning, he frantically vows to try to memorize a part of the Bible he stole from the woman who committed suicide.
Beatty was a main character who warned Montag for trying to fly away and start a revolt against the horrible society they inhabited. He was trying to show Montag the consequences he would have to pay if persisted in reading books and telling the stories they hid inside. Beatty casually hinted Montag to stay away from the books for his next warning would not be as sweet when he said, “One last thing… once in his career, every fireman gets an itch… Montag take my word for it, I’ve had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing!” (59). Beatty was as clever as he could be and actually appeared happy at the sight of Montag’s newfound zealous for books. Perhaps he already considered the act of