Montag: A Brief Summary

They both enjoy reading books, although they don’t want to be caught. Montag’s traits and attributes are improved by Faber, because he learns pretty much the basics of everything and what to say and not to say. On the other hand, Montag improves Faber’s traits and attributes. Faber was able to realize that he can go out, get out of the world, and to outdo what he thought would never be done, by leaving the

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

Lastly, as well as Clarisse and the old lady, Granger significantly develops Guy Montag in this novel. Granger is a hopeful author and mentor figure that Montag meets during his escape as a refugee. He brings Montag to a new place with other book lovers while running from the police, also bringing to his attention that the police used another person as a scapegoat to convince the public that they had caught Montag- when in truth, they hadn’t. One example of how Granger impacted the development of Montag is that Montag was nothing but a refugee fleeing the city, losing his job as a fireman, before meeting him. After meeting Granger, he gave him a new purpose. At the refugee camp outside the city, each refugee protected the books. This was now Guy Montag’s new passion in

Finally at the end of the novel, Montag faces the conflict of everything he has left behind such as his wife, and firemen chief Captain Beatty, which influences him to become stronger and notice that he can create a new life, in where he can be accepted by people who are similar to him. For example, when Faber gives Montag advice to run down the river, he is surprised to see other people that have settled near

A fire starts out as a small match, and it moves to a roaring flame. Guy Montag is also a simple match when he is introduced in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. He starts out as a casual fireman, and he is hypnotized by society. Montag’s life sees a spark of change as the story begins. Many events influence his characteristics. When he is filling a house with kerosene and the lady inside voluntarily remains inside to burn. When the house is finally ignited, Montag suddenly ponders why a person would die over books. He fights to find a clear answer and discovers that only books can restore thought to society. Montag is a changing character throughout the novel. Like a match held to a newspaper, Montag’s mind starts searing away in thought.

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

To what extent would you go for entertainment? Something I found interesting was the extremes the people would go simply to entertain themselves. A fast pace lifestyle demands for high risks, thus leading to poorly thought out decisions. People seek excitement and the thrill of death.

Throughout the novel, Montag evolves as a character, he slowly comes to grips with reality. He begins the story as a happy, content, and everyday member of society, and after a few choice interactions, begins to feel progressively unhappy. In search of a solution to this confusing and growing unhappiness, Montag becomes rebellious towards the value of the commonly accepted facts of his society. This is most clearly demonstrated by Montag’s opinion of books. As he slowly eases into reading books, Montag comes to the realization that despite him not knowing the meanings of the books he reads, they do have a profound and deep impact. Once

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.

The novel Fahrenheit 451 is an acclaimed depiction of a dystopian world that employs firemen to destroy literature and the printed word. The protagonist, Guy Montag, faces internal as well as external conflicts during the novel. His character is constantly evolving throughout the course of the text. Fahrenheit 451 is essentially a bildungsroman due to the fact that the protagonist is so dynamic in character and continually changing.

Through juxtaposing Mildred and Clarisse, Bradbury reveals that obsession with technology and mass media can lead to lifeless people that fail to communicate with others and are ignorant about the social conflicts that occur in the outside world.

Montag’s entire system of beliefs changes when Guy meets a couple of people with unique perspectives, Clarisse McClellan and Professor Faber. Clarisse McClellan is a seventeen year old girl who Montag met while walking down the street one night. She claims she is crazy and always seeks out the answers to questions that nobody else thinks to ask. Faber is an ex-professor who is old enough to have watched the decline of intellectual life in his country. Montag once met Faber in the park carrying a book of poetry on his person and quoting it. Nevertheless, Guy does not turn Faber in to the authorities for possession of a forbidden book, but keeps Faber’s personal information. These two people alter Montag’s perspective on the world and the stories concealed in it by the media and government. By the ending of the story, Montag transforms into a completely different person who, desiring more out of his life, discovers that he can save his burning society by bringing back books and poetry. Therefore, Montag changes throughout the course of the story by beginning to question authority and doubt the ways of his life and society. From the beginning to the ending, Montag transforms through the influence of the people in his life.

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.

Montag started to question his duty of book burning and the structure of his society. He starts to read the very books that he is meant to destroy.

Montag is constantly being set back by the obstacles that are constantly being thrown at him. After he handed the Bible to Beatty, the alarm spontaneously went off. Life seemed to presume back to normal after the amicable handoff. Everyone equipped their gear and rushed to the scene. Montag was then hit with the fact that he will be responsible for the destruction of his own home. His “beloved” wife ratted him out and now Guy has to face the consequences. Beatty orders him to set his house on fire, and soon after he will be arrested. As all this is happening, Beatty discovers the communicator with Faber and promises he will trace it. At this very moment Montag is left with a dilemma.