Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag is introduced along with the dystopian society of Fahrenheit 451. Throughout the story, Montag’s character changes as he begins to question what is right and wrong, as he is being brainwashed into thinking that what the society believes in is correct. Montag's character goes through a major development, as he went from being a conformist that would follow the laws and be controlled by the society of Fahrenheit 451, to rebelling against it and becoming the leader of a new society. First, when Fahrenheit 451 begins, we are introduced to Montag and his job title; he is a firefighter that strangely starts fires rather than putting them out. Montag burns houses down and burns books because

She asks, “Are you happy?” and Montag responds, “Am I what?” and Clarisse is off. When he gets home the question “Are you happy?” stays lingering on his mind. He tells himself that he is happy. This can be described as the start of his transformation because he starts questioning his life. He begins to question his job and what it means to burn books. He was also questioning his happiness. Was he really happy? Or was he not? This question would stay on Montag’s mind as on page 9 it says, “He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as a true state of affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.” This quote can be shown as Montag truly realizing he was not happy. Saying he was not happy twice, emphasizes how truly unhappy he was. Along with saying he needed to hear himself say it shows how he’s in a dark place, realizing he needed to hear himself say it shows him teetering, wondering if he’s happy with himself and his current situation. The quote saying he wore

Montag leaves his old society to begin a new one. On page 129, Montag arrives at Faber's house and they begin to talk. “Wait. There’s no use your being discovered. When I leave, burn the spread of this bed, that I touched. Burn the chair in the living room, in your wall incinerator. Wipe down the furniture with alcohol, wipe the door-knobs…”. Montag is preparing to leave and he tells Faber to do all these things to wipe out all the traces of himself(Montag). Montag doesn't want there to be a trace of him when he’s gone. On page 133, Montag has left and is now floating downstream. “He touched it, just to be sure it was real. He waded in and stripped in darkness to the skin, splashed his body, arms, legs, and head with raw liquor; drank it and snuffed some up his nose…” Montag has now left and is floating down the river. He has officially left his old society and is now determined to start a new life. He later meets a man. Granger. When he meets Granger, Granger already knows his name. Granger pulls out a portable television and shows a broadcast of Montag’s chase. Granger is in a group of “hobos”. Granger and his group of hobos were also “book burners”. On page 145, Granger says, “We’re book-burners, too. We read the books and burnt them, afraid they’d be found.” The quote reveals how there’s other people who were also rebels in this