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How Did Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

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“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

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