How Does Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, is a novel by Ray Bradbury that takes place in a futuristic world where society is brainwashed into lacking free thought. The main character, Guy Montag, is a firefighter, but because houses are fireproof and society dislikes the free thinking and creativity inspired by books, firefighters burn books as a janitorial job. One day while walking back from his job, Montag meets his new neighbor’s daughter. She talks crazy things that spark him into becoming a free thinker himself. After following society’s rules throughout his whole life, he suddenly switches and starts rebelling by threatening, endangering, and even killing others to try to prove his point to his brainwashed enemies that this way of life is wrong. After burning his path throughout the city, Montag runs away from the police finding his balanced

With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.” (Bradbury 5). Montag lived in a society where books were burned instead of read,people never admired the little things in life, they always were focused on technology or things that don’t matter. No one took the time to be curious about life and what life is truly about. This quote from the book truly shows how this dystopia was. Instead of firefighters putting out fires like they would in today’s society, they would start

Guy Montag, on the other hand, is a fireman who starts fires, rather than stops them, in order to burn books, which are banned. Anyone caught with books are reported and their house and sometimes the people themselves are burned to the ground. People in his society don’t read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, think independently, or have meaningful conversations. Guy is struggling with the meaninglessness of his life. His wife doesn’t seem to care and when he meets a seventeen year old girl named, Clarisse McClellan it opens up his eyes to the emptiness in his life. After this Montag becomes overwhelmed because of the stash of books in his house that he stole while on the job. Beatty, the fire chief, says that it’s normal for every fireman to go through a stage of wondering what books have to offer. Beatty gives Montag the night to see if the books have anything valuable in them, and to return them in the morning to be burned.

Another incident that stayed in Montag 's mind is the old women who set her self and her books on fire. However, Montag tried stopping her by telling her that the books were not worth her life. Before she burned herself, Montag took one of her books and kept it. At that time Montag did not think about what did the old lady burned herself with the books, he did not think about it might be the value and morals that books hold to teach is. The old lady knew the importance of these books and what do they have, so she preferred to burn herself with them, and not watch the firemen burn them, who do not even know the importance of books. But they do know that books are unreal and there is so importance of them, plus they are against the law!

Guy Montag is a man that cannot think for himself and enjoys following the government’s orders. The novel introduces him with one of his thoughts, “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (Bradbury 1). On his way home from work one day, Guy meets a young girl named Clarisse McClellan. She’s the only person who questions his actions and challenges him to start thinking about why he burns books. Clarisse asks Montag if he ever reads the books that he burns, Montag laughs and says, “That’s against the law!” (Bradbury 5). Montag has been so brainwashed and ignorant about burning books, but Clarisse gives him new ideas by continuing to create doubts in his mind. She talks to Montag about the firemen from the past and how they were different then they are now. Clarisse says to Montag, “Is it true that long ago

In my opinion, Montag went through a more mental than physical change. These changes in his mind mostly occurred because of the influence of individuals such as Clarisse. I think that the situation with the burning woman also influenced Montag’s change of mentality. Later in the novel after these people and situations came into play, Montag’s mind and reasoning were operating reverse of what they had in the beginning of the novel. I believe the biggest reason that Montag and his mind changed was because of Clarisse.

“We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something’s missing,” writes Ray Bradbury in his novel Fahrenheit 451 (82). Fahrenheit 451 is a book set in a dystopian society where people are restricted to thinking only a certain way. There aren't any two-sided political debates or controversies among media. This is because all media considered tendentious has been banned, and in order to maintain this rule, firemen have been given the duty of burning books. Among the firemen is Guy Montag, a man who would be considered as a society norm with a house and a wife. In the beginning of the book, Montag has no worries and he accepts his life as a nondescript fireman in this unmindful world. However, after encountering his “seventeen

There was no apparent conflict with Montag and his cultural upbringing in the opening of the novel. Montag lives in a futuristic society so advanced that all houses are fireproofed and housefires are not an issue. Along the line of advancement in society, firefighters were in need of a new purpose, so they were given what was seen as one of the highest honors. They were to protect their society from nihilism and free-thinking; to burn all books, manuscripts and written information. Montag laughed as his neighbor, Clarisse, began telling him that she once heard that a long time ago "they needed fireman to stop the flames" (6). The reader knows it to be true that firefighters did in fact stop fires. Without knowing what a book is or the reason anyone would value one, it gave the protagonist the illusion that he was only doing what was best for his society. In chapter 1 Bradbury announces that "It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed"(1). Towards the beginning of the novel Montag favored his job as a firefighter above all else; he loved to burn things. Books and their

(SIP-A) Montag enforces laws in his society and enjoys doing so. Thus he is a fireman and agrees with the entertaining aspects of the job, (STEWE-1)”It was a pleasure to burn. It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (1). Montag is like any other fireman who agrees with the parameters of his job and has no problem with burning books. In fact, he takes pride in his work and thoroughly enjoys the burning of literature. The way Montag describes the burning of books leads the reader to believe that he’s content with the laws. Nevertheless he has no problem with the way fireman are behaving, including himself, as they love

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is about a society where books aren’t allowed because the government thinks they will make the people smarter. The fireman in this society are starting the fires instead of turning them off,they burn the people in the houses because they have books. Guy Montag, a fireman, has his views changed in this society by a young girl named Clarisse. He realizes that what he is doing is wrong and he wants to change it. He runs away from the government and runs into other men who also want to change the government.

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a story of the character Guy Montag who is a fireman in a dystopian society, a society in which people get entertainment from giant TVs they call “Parlor Walls” and houses have been deemed fireproof. Since fireman do not need to run around and eliminate fires, they start them. The job of a fireman in this dystopian society is that they burn books and the places that contain them, all the while being the official censors of the state. But there is something different about Montag, he used to be a proud fireman, he had the look of one: “black hair, black brows... fiery face, and... blue-steel shaved but unsaved look” as it states on page 30, the feel of one: “It was

Guy Montag is the main character of Fahrenheit 451. Throughout the book he is faced with many hardships. These hardships change him both emotionally and mentally. All of his emotional and mental changes may be because of a more complex problem known as Borderline Personality Disorder.

Montag is for change. (84). He is tearing the book, which is the main thing that can save him,

We see this in the way Montag acts around his wife, his boss, and in his internal thoughts. We see this in what he wants to happen versus what actually happens. From beginning to end, Montag is the same person with the same beliefs, just intensified by his sudden awareness of the world around him. Almost as soon as a reader opens the book, Montag’s world begins to change. This happens when he meets the peculiar young lady, Clarisse McClellan.

In the novel “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, the author immediately describes the main character, Montag, to allow the reader to appreciate the dramatic change he undergoes as a result of the events in the novel. In the beginning, Montag, the protagonist, takes pride in his work for the fire department. Reeking of cinders of ash, he enjoys dressing in his uniform and igniting illegal books. For eight years he fully invested himself in his job to the exclusion of living a fulfilled life. For example, Montag’s job as a firefighter was bitterly ironic in that he knew a book burned at 451 degrees but never had the opportunity to experience the power of the written word.