Influence Of Montag In Fahrenheit 451

His personality is different from other firefighters. He isn’t intimidating and doesn’t necessarily think that burning books is good. I do like Montag, but I’m waiting for him to make up his mind about whose side he’s on.

In the novel, FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag lives in an inverted society, where firemen make fires instead of put them out, and pedestrians are used as bowling pins for cars that are excessively speeding. The people on this society are hypnotized by giant wall size televisions and seashell radios that are attached to everyone’s ears. People in Montag’s society do not think for themselves or even generate their own opinions; everything is given to them by the television stations they watch. In this society, if someone is in possession of a book, their books are burned by the firemen, but not only their books, but their entire home. Montag begins realizing that the things in this society are not right. Montag is influenced and

1. There are many characters in the novel, Fahrenheit 451 who had a massive impact and influence on the main character, Guy Montag, and caused him to change in many ways. One character who greatly influenced Montag and aided in his change of personality and beliefs was his neighbor Clarisse, a bright teenage girl who had a curious nature unlike any person Montag had met before. When compared to other children her age, Clarisse was considered an outcast and strange but her optimism, love for the many beautiful things on earth, and the values taught to her by her family members helped to inspire Montag to begin exploring nature and the earth, and to really begin thinking and questioning the integrity of his job as a fireman. Another character that helped influence Guy Montag was Professor Faber. Faber, an English teacher who almost did not go through with helping Montag due to his cowardice, ended up greatly helping Montag through the treacherous future events that he would experience. One of the most beneficial and influential things that Faber did to help Montag was influencing Montag's words by guiding him through the the questions asked by the sly Captain Beatty in the firehouse.

There are 129, 864, 880 books in the world. Now imagine if there were zero. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, this is precisely the goal of firemen and the majority of society. Guy Montag has been a fireman for ten years, and he has always gotten a certain thrill from starting fires to burn houses containing books to the ground. Then Clarisse McClellan comes along and changes his perspective on everything. She says that firemen did not always use to start fires; they used to put them out, and people were not afraid. “I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise” (Bradbury 7). Clarisse questions his happiness, and Montag cannot answer confidently that he is fully happy with his life.

Clarisse asked “[Montag] are you happy”, this made Montag question his happiness and realized he wasn’t happy at all (4). Montag took Clarisse’s question to heart and proved that the significance of the question impacted him to change his life. Montag “[couldn’t] remember where and when’ he and Mildred had met; proving that Mildred didn’t have a great amount of importance in his life (20). Montag not recalling how he had met his wife shows how much Mildred had meant to him. Clarisse made an impact on Montag enough for him to ask Mildred if “[she] had seen” Clarisse around (22). Montag was concerned about Clarisse, and had been interested in her appearance to ask his wife about

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Clarisse’s intellect and insight forces Montage to confront his loneliness, despair and the dehumanizing traits of his dystopian society, demonstrating that self-reflection of core beliefs is necessary when searching for happiness. Montag starts out as a heartless man who would rather live a superficial life than thinking about the very prominent issues in his society. When he meets Clarisse she presents him with a new way of perceiving the world around him, that makes him question the motives of his previous actions and his censored society’s. Montag finds himself rebelling against the laws he once enforced, with the people he once alienated. Clarisse’s wisdom, which is the match that lights up

Fahrenheit 451, shows what it is like in a society that burns books causing people to hide their thoughts and actions and show them later on when the world comes burning to an end. Clarisse MCClellan and Mildred both have an important effect on Montag’s life such as making him act the way he does. Montag causes ro act different, because of the different personalities the woman have.

Montag looks at the world differently after Clarisse opens Montag’s mind to new ideas. He starts to view his wife, Mildred differently. “You acted funny last night.” (46). He notices that everyone was living for nothing, and all that mattered in their lives are their T.V family, or winning a card game. Montag used to be like that, but Clarisse broke through the dam in his mind and the knowledge rushed

Fahrenheit 451 is a book written by the critically acclaimed author Ray Bradbury this book showcases the struggle in the dystopian society. Books are forbidden, people do not have individuality, and everyone follows the rules blindly. Despite the influence this society has there is a special individual named Montag that in the beginning, could not think for himself, but soon he will take matters into his own hands to change the way they live. Along with other characters who will help him accomplish his goals and characters that will get in the way of his goals. In Fahrenheit 451 there are messy character relationships, for example the relationship between Montag and Mildred is the epitome of messy relationships. Though their relationship

Fahrenheit 451 was a rather interesting novel about a fireman in a dystopian society. The protagonist, Guy Montag battled numerous mental and physical situations that changed him for the better. My objective in this essay is to explain how and why these changes occur in Montag's life.

The setting of the novel,Fahrenheit 451,by Ray Bradbury,is set in a big city no one knows

Montag started out as a good and honest fireman but, lately I could see that Montag was becoming more and more curious about reading, all fire fighters do this at some point in their careers. But, I’m afraid the Montag might take things too far, and I had a feeling when he missed work that it couldn’t be good. I decided that the best thing to do was to talk some sense into him before it was too late. I told him to take 24 hours to read his stolen books and see if anything worthwhile was in them. The next day Montag stormed into the station and handed over his books while quoting them, I of course took the opportunity to point out how dangerous literature is. Suddenly the alarm started to go off so we all go to answer the call which just so

In the beginning of the novel, Montag was walking home back from work when he met his teenage neighbor, Clarisse. The thing that

Then one day, Guy Montag meets a girl named Clarisse who makes him realize that his life is extremely boring the way that he is living it. She was always asking questions that are not normally asked to Montag and by showing how much she loves people and nature. While Guy and Clarisse are getting to know each other multiple alarming events happen. The first event was his wife, Mildred, attempted suicide. She

Change is something that is strived for, but also hard to obtain. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag is a perfect example of change. A reason for a person to change is realization, opening your eyes and seeing the flaws in yourself. Montag at the end of the novel is the product due to three characters in the novel. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 the three character’s that have the biggest impact on Montag’s development are Clarisse, Captain Beatty and Faber.