Othello And Fahrenheit 451

What is Montag’s dilemma both 1) as he sees it, and 2) as the reader sees it?

Montag had wanted to go back to his old life as it says, “he tried to piece it all together to go back to the normal pattern of life a few short days ago” (Bradbury 123). He had regretted everything he had done, which led him to wonder if he even wanted to hear the truth in the first place. Montag had become paranoid about the world, scared about everything around him. He was mad about how the world was after him after it was advertised about a killer as it states, “fugitive in city” The world had wanted him to be arrested. As

Dimmesdale’s battle with sin and guilt got the best of him in the long run. He wanted to have others forgive him before he would forgive himself. Dimmesdale lived in fear of his sin being announced and thought that hiding it would make the problem go away. He lived a hypocritical lifestyle of preaching about path the Lord has paved for you while he himself strayed from his path after he committed adultery.

In this novel, Montag displayed strength in the eyes of defeat. This was his core trait. Certain points in the reading showed that Montag was a strong willed person. In one case he was told to burn down his whole house. He did this even though he was burning his own home and all of his belongings. Another example took place moments before when his wife left him. This was after she had called the firemen to burn down their house. Montag was steadfast through all of this. He persevered and eventually made it to a sanctuary with other scholars like himself. In the end, it is his strength and perseverance that get him that far.

In Montag 's case, he understands that he is unhappy with the way he is living, and he begins to rethink his ways of destruction. In like manner, a literary criticist, Rafeeq McGiveron, gives a good analysis of the character of Montag when he says that Montag has a “blithely clear and pathetically blank conscience” towards burning books until he relives his childhood through walks with Clarisse (p.6). Clearly, Clarisse tugged and Montag 's heart and helped him understand the heartlessness of burning books. Most definitely, it was Montag 's hand and not his brain or mind that was the true monster. In another example, the reader sees Montag 's private life during a conversation between he and Mildred, his wife, when she says, “when can we have a fourth wall television put in? It 's only two thousand dollars” and Montag responds by saying that two thousand dollars is one-third of his yearly pay (Bradbury 33). The example presented adds more depth to the grim life of the main character because Montag is married to a woman that is selfish and has no interest for any part of Montag 's life. Similarly, because Montag is faced with unhappiness in both his professional and private life, he is quick to accept the words of Clarisse that there is a better and brighter life possible for him. Overall, Bradbury successfully acomplishes a sense of sympathy for Guy Montag by revealing the

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

He wasn't happy with the way the society was trying to control him because he didn't know what was wrong and what was right. He didn't know what to believe. The society was asking so much of the people. Montag was forced to burn books that he would have rather not burned. He wanted to

Even though it is clear that Dimmesdale felt extremely guilty, he never actually wanted to admit that he had sinned. The fact that he intended to confess his sin for the final time during the night shows that he does not want the people to know, but just wants to clear his conscience by confessing to himself. While Dimmesdale was on the scaffold, Reverend Wilson walked by and Dimmesdale apparently said hello but was in such

There comes a time in every persons life where they feel a burning sensation to lie, but is it worth it? Don’t they feel the shame and the guilt of that lie? On average, people lie between ten to two hundred times a day. But doesn't all of that lying come with a lot of conflict and trouble? The more that you lie the more conflict arises by avoiding truth then if it were to be faced head-on.

Due to not having the courage to tell his sin, Dimmesdale tries to punish himself to try and purify himself from his shame. He often wishes that he could admit to the community his sin but doesn't have the courage to due to his status in the puritans community. As stated in chapter 11, The Interior of a Heart, “ He longed to speak out, from his own pulpit, at the full height of his voice, and tell the people what he was. “I, whom you behold in these black garments of the priesthood,—I, who ascend the sacred desk, and turn my pale face heavenward, taking upon myself to hold communion, in your behalf, with the Most High Omniscience… I, who have laid the hand of baptism upon your children,—I, who have breathed the parting prayer over your dying friends, to whom the Amen sounded faintly from a world which they had quitted,—I, your pastor, whom you so reverence and trust, am utterly a pollution and a lie!” Dimmesdale wishes he can admit to his people.

No one else in the community knew about his secret so he put no pity on himself when it came to punishment. In the book it explains how Reverend Dimmesdale slowly withered away. The more his physical appearance worsened, the stronger his sermons became. In chapter 11, he used a scourge, which is a whip used for punishment to practically beat himself with over the shoulders. “Oftentimes, this protestant and puritan divine had plied it on his own shoulders, laughing bitterly at himself…” (96). He mocked and bullied himself into his own deathbed, when he could have told everyone of his sin. Sometimes social and moral standings are more important than one’s

When you were younger, did you sometimes lie to deflate your punishment, but discovered how the truth became known eventually. In all reality, regardless of who you collaborate with, the number of internal good intentions you had for yourself, or how good it sounded to yourself; the truth was exposed in due time. The Scarlet Letter showed many failed attempts of these methods to only conclude the truth to be known at some point.

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!

He went on to physically harm himself, something that originated in Roman faith. In this passage from the novel, found on page 111, we see just what Dimmesdale is doing to himself instead of confessing his sin: “In Mr. Dimmesdale’s secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge. Oftentimes, this Protestant and Puritan divine had plied it on his own shoulders...” Not only is the reverend emotionally suffering from the grief and guilt he’s holding inside himself, but he is also causing himself to suffer constant physical pain.

This quote relates to the theme and is important to the story because it explains the title in a couple of sentences. It may be easier to hold back some of the truth from someone but in the end it is always better to be honest and it might