Bravery in Fahrenheit 451: Let It Burn Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a action/adventure fictional story that takes place in the future where books are banned. One shy fireman, Guy Montag, steps up to fight for what he believes in. In the process, he finds his flame that ignites bright with passion. Montag, who is married to a woman named Mildred, stumbles upon a teen named Clarisse McClellan, who is as curious as Guy is. As they started conversating, they began to form a bond that Montag never achieved with his wife Mildred. On one of his jobs, burning homes containing books, he stole a book as he walked out. As he inhibited a holy grail of information, he staggered upon a wise old …show more content…
As he began to think, his will power changed into his actions, which permitted him to the decisions he made. Montag spiraled his thoughts after he killed Captain Beatty, “You always said, don’t face a problem, burn it” (115). When Montag went into a moment of deep thinking, he reflected a large variety of emotion. As Montag finally escaped from the city, he became peaceful and relaxed, as he felt a strange familiarity outside of the city, “It was the silence. Montag moved toward this special silence that was concerned with all of the world” (139). As Montag went into thought about the familiarity outside the city, he became tranquil, which shows that when he went into a period of thought, it resulted in a different feeling or emotion. As Montag destroyed his own home with a flamethrower, he went through an interval of anger and rage for Captain Beatty, “Montag stood with the flamethrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits…” (111). During this, Montag went into a state of happiness as he let everything go as he destroyed his own home. Montag’s thought and reasoning led to his decisions of both destruction and happiness in the