Montag's Loyalty In Fahrenheit 451

Throughout the book, Montag notices that the Hound does not like him. The Hound is also frequently a part of his thoughts. Whenever he goes to the station he is kind of frightened of the Hound, and makes sure he knows where it is.

The consequence of this behavior could send Montag to prison, which Montag does not care about. After reading several books Montag talks with his close friend, Faber, and says to him "We have everything to be happy, but we're not happy" .What Montag tells Faber at that moment is really an expression of how he started analyzing more after starting reading books. Although Montag's love life changes and his view of society are changed too, this is not the only change Montag must admit. In the start of the book Montag is delighted in the work of burning illegal books and the homes of where they are found. However, as the book progresses, Montag becomes increasingly disgruntled, as he realizes that he has an empty, unfulfilling life. A point that shows that Montag in the start of the book is happy about his job is when he hangs up his helmet and shines it; hangs up his jacket neatly; showers luxuriously, and then, whistling walks across the upper floor.

that has banned books. Firemen that start fires are used to burn the books when

(STEWE-1) Montag comes to a conclusion that what he does and his own job are wrong,”Montag only said, We never burned right, and then he was a shrieking blaze”(113). This symbolizes that Montag knows they never used fire the right way, they used it to burn when it should be used for something else. Causing Montag to react by killing Beatty. (STEWE-2) While Montag is trying to escape his society. “Watch for a man running… watch for the running man… watch for a man alone on foot, … watch. Yes, he thought where am I running”(118). While running away Montag commits a crime towards the society by putting a book in a fireman’s house and calling in the alarm, just like him and Faber had set up. “And now since you’re a fireman’s wife, it’s your house and your turn, He hid the books in the kitchen and moved from the house again to the alley”(123). Montag has started to commit crimes against the state and run away. (SIP-B) Montag fully rebels against his society and escapes it. (STEWE-1) Furthermore while on the run Montag drops in on Faber to explain to him what is going on, Faber suggests to Montag to go to the river. “One of the rare few times he discovered that somewhere behind behind the seven veils of unreality, beyond the walls of parlors and beyond the tin most of the city”(135). Montag now realizes there is more to everything beyond the robotic

Finally arriving at Faber's house, Montag is told about a group of exiled intellectuals who will give him refuge. Through careful planning and determination, he manages to stay ahead of the new and improved Mechanical Hound, who is trying to hunt him down and destroy him. By jumping into the river and floating downstream, Montag cannot be detected by either the Hound or the helicopters. He finally comes ashore by a forest and finds the exiles within. They welcome Montag into their midst and share their plans of saving books and knowledge with him. Montag is given the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes to memorize.

As the story opens, what are the forces acting upon the protagonist, Montag, and what other forces help Montag in the recognition of his dilemma?

When Montag failed to show up for work, his fire chief, Beatty, paid a visit to him. Beatty explained that "it's normal for a fireman to go through a phase of wondering what books have to offer," he also explained how books came to be banned in the first place. Beatty told Montag to take about twenty-four hours to see if his stolen books contained anything meaningful and then to turn them in for incineration. Montag began a lengthy and frantic night of reading.

Montag is just like any other citizen in town. He refuses to think for himself, relies on distractions to generate happiness, and is a follower. Throughout the course of the novel, though, Montag faces a

Later Captain Beatty, Montag’s captain, stops by Montag’s house to talk to him. While Beatty is there Montag just lies in bed trying to conceal one of the books he took from the house

He then realizes he has no one to trust. “I’m just doing what I’m told, like always” (Bradbury 88). In wondering this his boss Beatty tries to scare him into not wanting to read the books he has collected. He goes to Montag's house and also sends the hound after this fails Montag goes back to work with his plan to take out the firemen. His first call once back at the station then becomes

He meets a girl, Clarisse, and she reminds Montag of all good things life is. He starts rescuing books from the houses he destroys, and eventually his wife, Mildred, turns Montag into the fire chief. With the help from Professor Faber, he flees to the outskirts of the city where he finds refuge, and the city is bombed.

Montag went into the metro station and goes to Faber's house with a book. While in the metro, people were saying 'call the guard' or 'the man 's off'. But, he still got to Faber's houses

2. Montag goes to Faber 's house where he learns a new hound is on his trail.

In the event of his supposed “death” near the end of the novel, Montag goes through a Christlike rebirth. Prior to this he had still been somewhat lost, but watching an innocent die in place of him made him realise how much the world needed to be saved.

When Montag kills Beatty and officials find out that he has books, there is a massive search to find and kill Montag. Eventually, Montag has fooled them for long enough to the point that the government must create a fake show that they have indeed caught the criminal.