Montag

Throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag goes from a relatively "typical" fireman to a man on the run. In the story, Guy meets his seventeen year old neighbor Clarisse McClellan, she questions Montag about his life now and the life he has always lived. Near the start of the book Clarisse asks Montag, "Are you happy?" Clarisse's question influenced Montag in many ways, causing him to wonder about his life. After speaking with Clarisse, Montag starts thinking about his wife, Mildred, and whether

the protagonist Guy Montag learns to live with the society he resides in that denies its citizens of extensive knowledge coming from books, even sticking to a job where he is burning the books containing that exact wisdom. Guy Montag was the prime example of the typical emotionless fireman until he evolved into a rash, defiant man who can no longer tolerate the ways of his society due to the conflicts he experiences with it. Since the beginning of his firefighter career, Montag has had an inner sense

“I stand before you a changed man. Use me as an example of an instrument of change,” Michael Vick once said. Montag was able to change from being a fireman, and burning books, similar to how to Vick changed from his days of dog fighting. Montag was able to change his ways because Clarisse make him think about what he was doing. Clarisse has the biggest impact on changing Montag's characteristics; the main one being the way she made him think about what he was doing while he was burning books.

Amy Walker Cummings English 2 September 2016 Stopping Society Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books for a living. Ever heard of a fireman who burns books for a living? This book has quite a few shocking events in it. We learn about Montage's society, their laws, rules and procedures that they must follow. Not only that, but how Montag is changed from a fireman who burns books and has no cares or worried in the world about what he does for a living, to a man who has woken up from what society has

Sadly for Montag, Mildred and her both of her friends called the firefighters to his home. When Montag and his co workers show up to his house everyone is a bit confused. Beatty tells Montag to burn down his own home, instead Montag continues to have a conversation with Beatty. Beatty notices the earpiece in Montag’s ear and knocks it out with a strike to Montag’s head. Beatty picks the ear piece from the ground and examines it and says, “I saw you tilt your head, listening. First I thought you had

Guy Montag lives in the twenty fourth century in United States.Some time In the future all books are outlawed Books have ideas and knowledge, which is a threat to the government. As a result the “Firemen” instead of preventing fires start them burning not only the illegal books but these buildings where they are kept. Montag finds great joy in his job its what makes him happy in the world.One night while heading home from Montag meets Clarise a girl who is unlike anyone else in montags life she

My fireman Mr. Guy Montag failed to show up to work today. I visited him at his house and he was feeling slightly unwell. But, oh, trust me, I knew better. He had started wondering about books and I sensed it right away. I told him it was normal for firemen to go through a book speculating phase. Boy, I gave him a whole speech about it. I knew he had stolen books and I firmly told him he had a 24 hour period to go through them before he would return them for incineration. I’ll monitor him and see

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. 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

Clarisse is a teenage girl that Montag meets early on in the book and is the first character to question the censorship. The importance of her perspective is that it is a prime example of someone who does not conform to the trend of censorship, is open-minded, and a free thinker that eventually inspires others to do the same. Montag meets Clarisse in the very beginning of the novel and she instantly spikes his curiosity. While walking from work one day, Clarisse asks Montag about the history of firefighters

someone thinks and does things. This is because that is all you know. Both Montag and Truman came from societies where things were different then they seemed. This impacted both Montag and Truman on how intelligent or ignorant they are. Montag came from a society where the government controlled that books were banned. In my opinion Montag was ignorant. He lacked common sense because he was use to being told how things were. Montag did what he was told. Rather than what he was tied to do. He was told