“He looked with dismay at the floor. ‘we burned an old woman with her book’”(Bradbury 23). In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag used to be a simple man who was a fireman and enjoyed burning stuff, but as the story goes on he has a change of mind. In the beginning of the book Montag was a simple man, then people/experiences changed him such as the old lady burning herself with her books, in the end of the book he was rebellious and educated. At the beginning of the book Montag was a simple man. “Do you ever read any of the books you burn? He laughed, that’s against the law”(Bradbury 3). Montag in the beginning followed all the laws, and never thought about breaking any of them, he was a simple man who lived a simple life with his wife in their home. In the middle of the book Montag started changing, many things contributed to that, but one of them is the old lady burning herself with her books. “You weren't there you didn't see he said. There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing”(Bradbury 24). After this experience Montag started to question everything he used to believe was right and wondered why things are the way they …show more content…
In the end of the book Montag is rebellious but also educated. “It's not just about the woman that died, said montag. Last night I thought about all the kersonene i've