Mildred And Montag's Relationship In Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montag, the main character of fahrenheit 451, lives in the city and works as a fireman. He is easy going referring from his character traits throughout the story but slowly changes to a more deeper and emotional person. Mildred, Montag’s wife, is a follower of trending technology in the society that the live in. Mildred is so all about technology that her and Montag don't spend quality time with each other and when they do they don't seem to have a typical married connection. Bradbury uses Mildred and Montag’s married relation to prove that technology can disconnect relationships.

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 they really love each other or not. He leaves her to go home and find out for sure. Once he is inside he asks Mildred if she remembers where they met for the first time. Neither Mildred nor Montag remembers where they met at for the first

Ultimately the basis of a relationship is undermined, since there is no true human connection. The ramifications of this ignorant lifestyle is articulated in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. The primary relationships in this novel is between Montag and his wife Mildred. Throughout the story, we see Montag change his perception of the world he lives in and his purpose as a fireman. With this newfound realization, Montag tries to introduce Millie to books and the pursuit of knowledge.

You would think that in a society like the one in Fahrenheit 451, everyone would be similar. That's not the case for Mildred Montag and Clarisse McClellan. Throughout the book, Mildred and Clarisse show multiple traits of themselves that are very different. They're not similar in almost anything. During Fahrenheit 451, Mildred and Clarisse are completely opposite people and that is shown in the differences in their personality, values, and relationship with Montag.

In the book Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury has many fears for the future. The book is set in a futuristic time where fireman are payed to burn books. Montag, one of the lead characters, is married to Mildred. As the book progresses the relationship between Mildred and Montag is dysfunctional as they do not truly love or care about each other. Mildred ends up committing suicide.

    In Fahrenheit 451, Montag believed in something everyone in the city did not believe in and he was judged and treated badly by others around him because of his own beliefs and opinions. Throughout the beginning of the book, Montag had always followed the code and conduct of the firemen by burning books because I was apparently a crime to read or have any books in the house. After he talked to a girl named Clarisse, she completing change his opinion of books and encourages him to start reading it. Mildred his wife, starts to treat him badly and starts to lose her love for him because of his views and beliefs toward books after someone helped him understand how books could give you knowledge and wisdom. When Montag got caught for reading books, he was hunted, chased by the

The conflict in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, is man vs. man. Montag and Mildred got into a fight ‘“ why would I be mad! ‘“ said Mildread ( page 43 ). The only reason they got into a fight was because Mildred found Montag’s books. Eventually Montag decided to leave his wife. Montag and Mildred used to be husband and wife, but then Mildred started to be a pain like a thorn in the leg. Montag got chased by cops because Mildred told about the books. There was always a hound outside of Montag’s house, because they could smell the

In Fahrenheit 451, Montag, the main character, is not loyal to his spouse, Mildred. Although, Montag did many things which showed he cared about Mildred, the most impactful actions that Montag made showed how he was working towards his best interest and not to his relationship’s. When Mildred finds out that Montag is in possession of books, she freaks out and starts to burn the books, Montag reacts by saying “No, Millie, no! Wait! Stop it will you? You don’t know...Stop it!’ He slapped her face, he grabbed her again and shook her”(66). Generally, in a loyal relationship, both people should try to work things out together and should try to satisfy each other or stay loyal by treating them with respect and respecting their opinions, but here

She simply says, she “forgot” (44). A little bit after this, Montag is still upset and Mildred gives him some advice on how to get over it. She tells him to go take the car out for a drive, that it’s “wonderful… it’s fun out in the country. You hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs” (61). Mildred is the one of the most important characters because she reflects most of the society in Fahrenheit 451.

In the book Fahrenheit 451, there are two people who impact Montag’s life greatly, Clarisse and Mildred. Clarisse is the young happy person who shows Montag what living is, she shows him that there is more to life that burning and sadness. Mildred is Montag’s depressed wife who wears headphones 24/7 and shuts herself in her fake world forgetting about reality. In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse shows what the world could be like if you engage in life, and Mildred shows what life is like when you shut the world out.

As seen on page 52, “ "Mildred! " She ran past with her body stiff, her face floured with powder, her mouth gone, without lipstick. "Mildred, you didn't put in the alarm!" She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, "Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now ...." Beatty grabbed Montag's shoulder as the beetle blasted away and hit seventy” (Bradbury 52). Mildred is left to ratting out her husband because he has been keeping books. She then runs away, leaving Montag to be arrested. This would not have happened if their bond had been stronger. Mildred’s love for her technology, and Montag’s disdain for it finally led to their break up. Since Mildred was always so focused on her technology, she had spent less time thinking about and being with Montag. This even caused Mildred to forget the place where they first met. They never formed a strong and durable relationship. If their bond would have been stronger, Mildred might have sympathized with her husband and not have given him up to the firemen. Therefore, it was ultimately the technology that caused the downfall of their

After Montag returns to his house after talking to Clarisse, the author hints that there are other dimensions to Montag’s character by stating that Montag is in denial of his own unhappiness and he is hiding something behind his ventilator. 7. When the reader first encounters Mildred, she is described as someone who does not enjoy human interaction and only listens to the Seashell radios in her ears. Also, she is very pale and empty because she overdosed on sleeping pills.

Abstract: Fahrenheit 451 is seen through the eyes of Montag through the whole book. But what this essay is trying to prove is how Montag’s perspective is under the influence of drugs added with how Mildred is added to the relationship. Contrasting from the motif of government control, many drugs are what alters the perspective of man wanting to break free and not needing to fit in with the crowd. Guy Montag and Mildred Montag are seemingly in a stable relationship.

“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.” It’s the year 2020, and Kanye is president. All books have been annihilated, and no one spoke of them. Once you decide to take the risk and have hold on books, they will be burned, and you will be arrested. Guy Montag is a fireman, and his job to burn the books, instead of putting out the fires. However, he begins to question the system, after working this job for years.

After Montag finished questioning her about their relationship Montag “...heard the water running and the swallowing sound she made.”(Bradbury 40). This highlights the fact that society only buries their problems, by drugs or fire, rather than solving them. Again this goes back to the idea of a society of children. This also represents the fact that life has no meaning without the right knowledge to live it. When Montag is contemplating the wall between him and Mildred he thinks, “...a little girl in a forest without trees…”(Bradbury 41). This thought refers to Mildred when she is with her “family”. It refers to how she is oblivious to the world when she is with her “family”. Again this is another representation of how childlike society actually