Fahrenheit 451 Analysis

Montag has grown to be a smarter and a more thoughtful person. He used to be like everyone else. Unaware, dumbed down, dull, and not being able to think to the best of his ability. The government likes to keep it that way. They allow for no progressive and interesting thoughts from the citizens. That all changed when Montag met Clarisse. The odd one out that made him understand what he could really be capable of and what books could be for humanity. He started going to work, noticing what was really happening. In other words, he changed for the better. As he continues to act more “strange” then the rest of his society, they start to see him as weird and confusing. Montag goes home and yells at Mildred and her friends. “Maybe the books can get

Mildred’s hand seemed to finally grab what Montag was hiding. She seemed amused by the shape, being so innocently confused, just like a little girl. She was surprised, and then shocked. Her mouth began to look as if she was forming a question…

One by one, every individual from the group fell dead. Clyde Dunbar's forgotten eye was thumped by a sizeable lump. Mrs. Delacroix wound up gagging on a stone that Tessie tossed. A tall kid bowed down to help her. "Leave 'er alone!" Old Man Warner requested, before being brained by a goliath hunk of limestone.

On page 164 of “Fahrenheit 451” Ray Bradbury uses connotative language and imagery to illustrate the darkness of the past, the grit of the present, and the hope for the future. To begin with, Granger while talking to Montag said, “‘And someday we’ll remember so much that we’ll build the biggest goddamn steam shovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up.’” Here Granger using imagery says that their society and their lives will change to the point where it’s all going to be different. Where no one will remember how bad the past was, where people will live differently, where they will be independent and not controlled by the government; in other words they, Granger and Montag will be able to change themselves

how he feels. This shows reader that life does not involve happiness. When Montag realizes this, he is motivated to make a change. The city he once knew as home was now a place of the past, as he has escaped to the city. As we see here, “Montag stared back at the city, far down

During the odd encounter Montag has with the young Clarisse, she presents herself as strange and unordinary, which is foreign to Montag in this alternate universe. The reader can see just how different she is when Montag asks Clarisse, “What's going on,” which was him referring to the “many house lights,” that were displayed inside Clarisse’s home (Bradbury 7). She casually explains that her “mother and father and uncle [were] sitting around, talking,” and explains that they, “we’re most peculiar,” in this world, everything is the same (Bradbury 7). There is no room for different. No, everything is fast, and everyone is fast. Someone slowing down to talk, and sitting around the living room is not the normal. Someone also with many lights on

At the end of the novel, war has begun and a bomb has destroyed Montag's city. From a distance, the intellectuals watch the flames of destruction and determine they will go back and rebuild a new society, where books and new ideas are not only permitted, but eagerly welcomed. As the novel closes, they are seen walking toward the bombed out ruins to begin their task; the hope of their recreating the city is the one bright spot in the entire novel.

A fear of insignificance and being used can be applied to Montag as well after his statement. Privately unloved by his wife and abused by his employers Montag is a more tender person than his gender stereotype would have readers believe. Montag is easily influenced both by his employer Beatty and new more poetic friends Faber and Clarisse. Easily molded and reshaped Montag is susceptible to those around him. Although built of good intentions Montag burned the written past and extinguished the chance of a literary future; mainly due to the government's insistence and Beatty’s persuasion. When opened up to the ponderings of a young girl and the wisdom of an old man Montag demonstrates his ability to take the things around him and draw his own conclusions. When a puppet realizes he's controlled by strings he will cut his prison in half, Montag’s awareness of the government's violation of intellectual life depict to audiences the good naturedness and aspirations that Montag has. Montag defies ignorance and travels not from love to hate, concerning fire and what it symbolizes, but to seeing things from a different

In the article “Nature”, Emerson displays the values of nature, and why man cannot grasp the true significance of nature without being in solitude. By presenting the real beauty of nature in a multitude of ways, the author supports his reasoning with valid evidence. Ultimately, the article is intended to render the reader various thoughts about the value of nature. First and foremost, relating to the novel Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s journey into nature reflects the one depicted by Emerson in varied ways. For example, Montag took time when he was alone to really look at the stars, is described by Emerson when he states, “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore” (Lewis).

Montag is a character that changes from being conformed to unconformed. He used to be a fireman and even thought, “It was a pleasure to burn” (p1). Montag began the novel being conformed, like the rest of the world.. He thought the same, acted the same, and looked the same. Montag, being like everyone else, was oblivious to everything that was happening in

Now at first glance anyone may look at the book and wonder what does Fahrenheit 451 mean? Well Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper catches on fire. This is our first glimpse into Ray Bradbury’s dystopian world in Fahrenheit 451. So, this book was originally published in 1953 during World War II and starting the Cold War, which plays a huge role in what this book symbolizes. The author of Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury.

In today’s world, people have access to every speck of information imaginable, all at the touch of a screen. At one point, in order to find one bit of information, a few hours had to be spent at a library looking through encyclopedias and biographies. Now with the invention of the modern computer and the search engine, one can enter the information needed and receive thousands of results in a matter of seconds. Many people have grown up with this relatively new technology and not with the books, so they rely solely on the tech and do not know how to research by hand. Ray Bradbury is an American writer whose book, Fahrenheit 451, redefined American Literature by portraying what could happen if people lose touch with the material aspect of

In the texts, 1984, written by George Orwell, and Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the concepts of totalitarianism and censorship are addressed throughout in various ways. Both texts are of dystopian fiction, set in post-nuclear war nations, although they are somewhat of a different nature. The concepts of totalitarianism and censorship are addressed throughout the texts throughout the exploration of the issue of ‘knowledge is power’, the use and abuse of technology, manipulation and the desensitising of society. Although these are mentioned in both 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, they are fairly different in the way they are approached by each totalitarian government, as the government in 1984 is much more severe in the way each of these issues are dealt with in the text.

In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray. Bradbury, books are the root of all the problems that occur. In this quote Montag is expressing to Mildred on why there’s a need for books, and the quote also explains the warfare that will continuously happen all through the story, “‘Is it true, the world works hard and we play, is that why we’re hated so much?’” (70) Throughout the story Montag becomes more and more aware of the world around him.

The boy’s thoughts curled about in his head like dense smoke, making little sense even to him. He supposed it was a side-effect of the hunger.