How Did Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

Montag's desire to acquire knowledge through books is dealt with by the rulers is that Montag’s boss, Beatty, says it was normal for a fireman to go through these phases of fascination of what books have to offer. Beatty tells Montag,” What traitors books can be! You think they’re backing you up, and then they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives.” But, Beatty is missing the point on how valuable books can be. So Beatty tells Montag to read through all of the books Montag has stashed to see if the books contain anything worthwhile, then the next day turn them in to be burned.

Montag was a dynamic character who changed a lot throughout the story, impacting not only the people around him but the society he lived in as well. This change that shaped the course of the entire novel began when Montag met the strange Clarisse McClennan. She was a vital part of his transition from being a regular fireman who loved to see things burn, to someone who saw the flaws in their society. Clarisse had a huge impact on Montag. She helped him grow as a person by talking to him, asking uncomfortable questions, pointing out the beauty of the nature around them, helping him realize he didn’t love Mildred, and that he wasn’t happy with his life and just being genuinely interested in what he had to say.

Social media can easily change the way one thinks about him or herself. If the mass media says it is not okay to do something, the rest of society will conform to that idea. If all the famous actors start wearing a certain style of clothing, many of the young girls will take up the same look. In Fahrenheit 451, the same rules apply to society. Books are illegal and anyone found with a book on his property would be not only jailed, but his house would be sent up in flames. Guy Montag is a firefighter in this futuristic society. His job is to burn the houses of people who were found with books. Montag sees what is happening in society; the citizens have conformed to be what the government deems the safest. Ray Bradbury in his book Fahrenheit 451 shows how conforming to society is not always the correct thing.

The consequence of this behavior could send Montag to prison, which Montag does not care about. After reading several books Montag talks with his close friend, Faber, and says to him "We have everything to be happy, but we're not happy" .What Montag tells Faber at that moment is really an expression of how he started analyzing more after starting reading books. Although Montag's love life changes and his view of society are changed too, this is not the only change Montag must admit. In the start of the book Montag is delighted in the work of burning illegal books and the homes of where they are found. However, as the book progresses, Montag becomes increasingly disgruntled, as he realizes that he has an empty, unfulfilling life. A point that shows that Montag in the start of the book is happy about his job is when he hangs up his helmet and shines it; hangs up his jacket neatly; showers luxuriously, and then, whistling walks across the upper floor.

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

Thesis Statement: As the protagonist, Montag undergoes many changes throughout the book due to several characters that function as catalysts in his life.

First of all, Montag faces government censorship over society’s citizens, which changes him to become a courageous character, and he learns that because the government has taught people to take what they have for

Montag worked as a firemen, a feared member of the society, who do not fight fires, but started them. His main job was to burn books and the houses in where they were hidden. After years working as a firemen Montag, never questioned why books were banned. He accepted his life and the work he do every day. In the novel Bradbury, states “It was pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.” This quote show us that Montag was a firemen who believes enjoying doing his job, he felt a pleasure burning books and houses. However this changes when he meets his neighbor Clarisse McClellan, a 17 year old girl who claims being “crazy” because he decides to follow her own path. Clarisse helped Montag realize the emptiness of his life, he thought of whether he actually was happy, and if what he was doing was right. “So it was the hand that started it all...His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms...His hands were ravenous” Montag shows resistance to social control because he steals books from the

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!

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is a prime example of social criticism. The story sets in the 24th century where people race jet cars; the author’s idea of the future. It shows a flawed social structure, controlled by the media and government with banning and burning of books, and suppressing society’s minds from history. Their logical thought was that it would keep society from thinking too much, which in turn would prevent bad thoughts, and to keep them “happy all the time”. The book tells a story of Guy Montag, the protagonist, and his life as a book burner. He was an “instrument” of the government, a firefighter that was used to suppress information from people by burning all books. The characters live in a world where the past is hidden from them. The government has brain washed society and they are forced to contemplate on what is true and what is not. Montag plays a round character that undergoes change throughout the story. He starts as a narrow-minded character that does what he is told, no questions asked. He has lived his life thinking he was happy. As a reader, you will begin to sense a character change in Montag as this paper will analyze certain events that occur in his life representing an individual fighting against conformity. It begins with control of the masses by censorship as society is censored from history by book burning and oppressive technology. The rise of Montag’s character development starts to socially rebel from societies norms causing him

Montag is now at the point where his views are being tested and new beliefs of life are being created. “Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief” (35). Here Montag sees a plethora of books inside of Mrs. Blake’s house and seemingly of its own accord Montag’s hand takes a book. He has now broken a rule that everyone in Montag’s society knows, never to take or read books. Mrs. Blakes, instead of coming with the firemen out of the house decides to burn with the books. This confuses Montag and piques his curiosity to figure out what inside the book could drive someone to die with

In the beginning, Montag shows how oblivious he is by revealing that he too held a hatred for books. The author shows this by saying, “IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.” However, he changes into a rebel who realizes the importance and severity of his situation and he understands how stupid he was in the past.

This caused him to be wanted. The various conflicts he had enabled him to become liberated. Montag's first conflicts was that he couldn't read books freely, he would always be worrying if anyone is watching, where does he hide the books, and the consequences if someone finds out. Of course Montag was also wanted because he killed 3 firemen, including the chief (Beatty). Montag doesn't have to worry about his conflicts anymore because he escaped the city, to live with a group that has similar thoughts as Montag. “The river was mild and leisurely going away from the people that ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapor for supper. This river was very real, it held him comfortably and gave him the time at last, the leisure to consider this month, this year” (pg 133-134). In this passage Montag talks about the river as himself, as he says the river was going away from the people that ate shadows for breakfast. Additionally this is the point of the story where Montag starts breaking free from

In the beginning he is kind of stuck up. The readers soon find out that he is very unhappy. He is one of the firemen in the novel, firemen are men who go into to people's houses and burn books. Montag owns books of his own and is terrified of getting caught. Reading is illegal in the city that he lives in, but he wants to change that.

What changes societies? Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, takes place in an engrossing society. Anyone who reads this novel will easily be able to identify that the lives of the people in this society are surrounded by parlor walls and seashells. This science fiction book is centered around a fireman named Guy Montag, however his job isn't what it seems to be. In this society, firemen burn books rather than putting fires out. When Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, she starts to open up his thoughts. He starts to think about life in a different way. Montag starts to think about things that had never had a meaning to him or anyone. He meets up with an old professor that he met at a park once and they decide to group up and start reprinting