Imagine living in a world where people don’t know what they believe in, they just go with the flow and believe in what everyone else believes in. Montag here, thinks he believes that books are bad but once he reads a book; he begins to have a second thought. The overall meaning of Fahrenheit 451 is to not let other people’s thoughts interfere with individual beliefs; don’t be a follower be a leader The only reason why Montag became a firefighter is because his dad and grandpa and dad were one, he thought it’d be right because they did it; he was being a follower "Was I given a choice? My grandfather and father were firemen. In my sleep, I ran after them." (bradbury) One day he realized he didn’t like being one after burning a woman’s house while she was inside; she refused to come out. There he thought what was so special about a book that people stay loyal to them. He remembered he had books in his attic; reading them made him realize books weren’t as bad as everyone believed; he let other people’s thoughts interfere with his belief. …show more content…
He went to visit him because he didn’t know how he felt or what he felt; he had no one to talk to about it, his wife thought he was dumb for having books while his job being all about burning books. "Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense. And I want you to teach me to understand what I read." (bradbury) When he went to visit Faber, he took his first step on becoming a leader. He didn’t want to believe the same thing he thought he believed because that’s what everyone believed