Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag, the main character of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a man without any sensitivity to worrying. That is the norm of the society in which Guy resides, where they are dazed by the control which the government has on their lives. Guy’s profession is fire starting for he is not the current day firefighter. Montag does not fight fires he kindles them. The reason for such an absurd job is due to the fact that the society is not to obtain a fraction of knowledge so that leads to the burning of books which is similar to Nazi behavior. The law is sanctioned with such magnitude because the government believes that a being with knowledge in their brain will overthrow whomever has the most power in the society. Despite the obvious flaws

On a very normal day for Montag after successfully burning a number of books he has an interaction with Clarisse McClellan, his neighbor. One could call Clarisse a loner but she is also an avid reader. Clarisse being a reader puts Montag in a tough spot, since he burns the books she reads. Clarisse asks him “do you ever read any of the books you burn?” (8). He snickers only to see that she is not laughing along for she had questioned him with full honesty. Clarisse asks Montag another question which makes Montag ponder his life and what the point is. “Are you happy?” were the questioning words of Clarisse to Montag. He is completely taken back with this question and realizes there is something more, out there in the vast world which we refer to as small. It is obvious that the world around Montag is not satisfying. After putting his thoughts together he decides to not make any radical changes in his life, but he does have a different perspective to look

These changes are primarily formed by the pressures of his co-workers and boss. The captain of the Fire House is Captain Beatty is Montag and all his fellow firemen’s boss. Throughout the novel Beatty is suspicious of Montag possessing a book. Until then Montag keeps on with his job which is tough for him to do. Many moments take place in the book which modify Montag’s mind both mentally and physically. Montag and the other firemen are on a job where they come across an middle age woman’s house. She refuses to leave her books “you can’t ever have my books” (38). So she stays behind with her books and burns along with them. The firemen don’t have a problem with it except for Montag of course. Montag cannot cope with what he has just done and his mental state will never be the