Fahrenheit 451 Quotes Essay

Montag thinks that burning books feels good, but only because that is what he thinks is the right thing to do, but in part one he began to question if what he was doing was correct or not. He first started to question everything after he met Clarisse his neighbor and specifically when she asked him if he was happy and he didn’t answer but later he thought

Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ‘em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That’s our official slogan,” (Bradbury, 1953). This points out to the reader very early on in the story that Montag loves being a fireman. He must enjoy his

There are several events within the novel that begin to change Montag and draw him away from his initial views, starting with his encounters and brief discussions with Clarisse following up to her death. Along with that, Montag’s

In Montag’s final act of public rebellion he destroys his home, a symbol of the conformity imposed on him by the society he once believed in. Beatty’s murder is a symbolic end to the hold Montag’s original ideologies had on him; not only does the act of homicide end Montag’s conformity but it is the beginning of his new and distinctive personality. Montag’s rebellion is the final separation between himself and his obedience to a controlling

He tries to think understand, but can not. He is so use to his society telling him not to think, not to understand, just be happy. Montag then find out that he is not happy. He is living in a society that is determined to kill all books. Montag hates the way he is living so he decides to leave the cave.

In addition, taking after Clarisse, Montag begins to ask questions himself, and realizes that the way society functions isn't right, and he is no longer happy with his choice of profession.(STEWE-1) " ‘I've tried to imagine,’ said Montag, ‘just how it would feel. I mean, to have firemen burn our houses and our books’” (Bradbury 31). Here, Montag has his first realization that being a fireman is not only wrong, but also an inaccurate, untruthful version of who he wants to be.(STEWE-2)

“It was a pleasure to burn,” therefore, not only did the firemen start fires instead of putting them out, but they enjoyed doing so. This proves that the society was thinking in a twisted way and was not functioning normally. Montag, after watching the old woman who decided to burn with her book instead of saving herself, decided there must be something special in these books if the government is hiring people to burn them. Next, Montag steals a book to inquire what it is that the government is banning people from reading. Realizing that no one in their society is really satisfied and happy with their lives, Montag’s curiosity grows until he sees the old woman who chooses to burn with her books rather than leave, Guy realizes that he needs to know what was so special about the books that people are willing to die for them.

At the outset, Montag was consumed by the darkness. He was a fireman who started fires instead of dousing them. Asked how long he has done so. He replies, “since I was twenty, 10 years ago.” (5) All the time he was, burning book after book, not knowing the full extent of his actions; he was totally unaware of all the knowledge being destroyed at his hand.

Bradbury portrays how Montag’s perception of fire and burning books with his personal development changes by the different choices he makes throughout the novel. In the beginning of the book, Montag has a great passion and

In Fahrenheit 451, depression caused Guy Montag to become irrational. Ray Bradbury who is the author of Fahrenheit 451 simulated a world, where depression causes Guy Montag to choose irrational actions. Ray Bradbury shows the reader the importance of depression by creating a character named Guy Montag, who begins to question everything he has ever known, and slowly sinks into a depression. At first Guy Montag thinks that he's a happy man, an ordinary man with an ordinary job. Everyday is the same for him, except for one day in particular, when he meets Clarisse McClellan.

Fahrenheit 451 A secret friend, a lunatic of a wife, a rival foe, and a life full of lies. Guy Montag is a fireman living in a dystopian world where book burning is a custom and innovative idealism is rejected. Montag endures countless fires and hopeless companions to realize the corruption that is his civilization and the beauty of the natural and independant world. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury reveals the ideas that a person known is a person loved and there is always good in something bad.

Montag’s inquisitiveness led him to Faber, and therefore opened his eyes to an opportunity to change his life and rebel. Lastly, Montag is unique because of his unwavering courage. This courage is shown through his actions and

Montag flees his capture and stops at Faber’s during his escape. At Faber’s, he learns that he is being tracked by a mechanical hound with the whole world to watch at their television screens. Before departing Faber’s house, they both agree to meet in St. Louis where they will work with a printer to print more books. The novel comes to a resolution when Montag successfully avoids capture by traveling down the river toward the railroad tracks. At the railroad tracks, Montag meets a group of scholars that have the same hopes of lifting the censorship of literacy.

(Bradbury 8). Montag is faced, for the first time, with having to examine his life and if he is actually happy. It destroys his “mask”, allowing him to see the problems of his life, and, more importantly, society. The new perspective “kills” a part of him, the part that was content with his perfect life (having a good,

The mechanical hound could remember 10,000 scents. It has to be programed by a person to track something. Montag has trouble trying to figure out if the hound is tracking him. Montag always thought, “The hound, he thought. It’s out there tonight.