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At the beginning of “Fahrenheit 451,” Montag is ignorant. He burns books for a living as a firefighter and does not question society. He sees this world as normal and follows as such He even enjoys seeing the burning taking place. His obedience towards society is shown when he is talking to Clarisse about his job: “‘Do you ever read any of the books you burn’ He laughed ‘That’s against the law’ ‘Oh. Of course’ ‘It’s fine work. Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whiteman. Friday Faultkner, burn ‘em to ashes then burn the ashes. That’s our official slogan’” (5). This quote shows how he does not question himself at all in his work and has never thought twice about what he is doing. He finds Clarisse's views crazy because they are different than what …show more content…

This is shown through his relationship with Clarisse. Clarisse makes him question his life in many different ways but one-way especially being with his relationship with his wife: “And suddenly she was so strange he couldn’t believe he knew her at all. He was in someone else’s house, like those other jokes people told of the gentleman, drunk, coming home late at night, entering a wrong room, and bedding with a stranger and getting up early and going to work and neither of them the wiser” (39-40). This quote shows Montag completely questioning who even is his wife. He felt this special connection with Clarisse that he doesn’t at all feel with his wife. This makes him question what he is doing with his life and his wife if he doesn’t feel that positive way toward her. He also is shown questioning his work. For example. “There must be something in the books, things we can’t imagine, to make women stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay there for nothing’” (48). This quote shows how much Montag has really changed. Before now he never questioned his work or why he does what he does making this moment completely alter his character. This event even makes Montag question quitting his job which always meant so much to him. This also made him realize everything he has ever done wasn’t by choice but by the influence of his family. (add a lot more info about his

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Throughout the course of Fahrenheit 451, Montag has become more introverted towards his wife Mildred and no longer feels the pride that he used to in his job has a fireman. Montag even says to his wife “Mildred, how would you feel if, well, maybe, I quit my job for a while?” (Bradbury 54). Montag is unhappy with his job and does not want to return to work, because he had not only witnessed a woman burn to death on her stack of books, but he stole a book and was keeping it under his

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How and why Montag broke the law is he had been hiding a bunch of books from his wife. Since he couldn't hide anymore after Beatty speech, he had to show her the books he had been hiding for a longtime. Him keeping the books is the reason why Montag broke the law and the laws doesn't allow people to keep books. The two people Montag confides in is his wife Mildred and Faber. The author wrote, "When he was done he looked down upon some twenty books lying at his wife's feet."

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Power can build up societies but also destroy them. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows the readers at the beginning of the book there is a powerful fireman that is a part of a strong society but by the end of the book the power that the fireman once had is gone. In his science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury communicates that when the government has too much control over society it can make people feel trapped and manipulated through the characterization of montag. Many times in this book Montag experiences different forms of power like having no power and having all the power.

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Salman Rushdie once said, “The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. This quote relates to the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by describing what the society did to its citizens. Written by Ray Bradbury, the novel follows 30-year-old Guy Montag and his journey in which he finds out that the society’s laws hinder people’s lives because they prevent brain development. 17-year-old Clarisse McClellan helps Montag realize this early in the story. In this novel, Ray Bradbury shows the concept of freedom of thought by depicting a society whose citizens aren’t allowed to engage in normal activities.

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Finny ignores reality throughout the novel. He stays strong with his innocence and continues to act oblivious to the actions and events going on around him. On page 163, Finny says ¨When I heard that about Leper, then I knew that the war was real, this war and all the wars. If a war can drive someone crazy, then it's real all right. Oh I guess I always knew, but I didn't have to admit it.¨

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Fahrenheit 451 is a story about a man named Montag who is a book burning firefighter and the people surrounding his life such as his boss Beatty, his wife Mildred, a 17 year old girl named Clarisse and her family, these people have made him start to question the society he has helped create that he is also eventually going to attempt to disobey the laws of sed society. 2 Quote analysis: Character analysis: Fahrenheit 451 consists of a character named Clarisse McClellan, she is a seventeen year old who doesn’t believe in the societies standards and chooses to be aware of her surroundings, have an old school way of learning, and be as curious as possible. Clarisse is the largest reason that Montag decides to self assess and truly think about

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This shows how he cared more about others now which means he changed, whereas his old self did not This shows that he is now open minded, where he used to not be,so his internal conflict on reflecting on what he gave to Mildred and others and regretting it “What did you give to each other? Nothingness”(145) This connects to the theme because it shows how corrupt the society is and how tech corrupts people’s minds and makes them thinks less,but Montag went away from that life which makes him more open

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At the end of the novel, Montag is not in the best place in his life. He was talking to Faber and he said, “this is happening to me” (108).

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Taking a Stand with Votes and Arguments (Attention Getter quote) “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 47). (Background) In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag is a firefighter in a dystopian future society where the firefighters burn books because they are illegal, for the first few years of his job he's satisfied and thinks he's happy; but after sometime and learning the dark truth Montag completely begins to change.

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Ray Bradbury’s dystopia of Fahrenheit 451 is an eye opener to all readers about how technology and censorship are endangering our own lives everyday. Carl Sagan's quote explains why technology is so dangerous to us now. We have not become wise enough to control it and use it properly. Ray Bradbury realizes this as he experiences the cold war in 1953, when the Russians used technology to oppress people. He explores the negative use of censorship and technology in his book, teaching us about how we need to become wiser before we experience technology’s advances.

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This then begins to linger throughout Montag's mind as he begins to change as a man and questions his whole

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In addition, taking after Clarisse, Montag begins to ask questions himself, and realizes that the way society functions isn't right, and he is no longer happy with his choice of profession.(STEWE-1) " ‘I've tried to imagine,’ said Montag, ‘just how it would feel. I mean, to have firemen burn our houses and our books’” (Bradbury 31). Here, Montag has his first realization that being a fireman is not only wrong, but also an inaccurate, untruthful version of who he wants to be.(STEWE-2)

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Later in the book Montag changes and thrives, he makes a change and a fight for justice in an overruled, unfair world. Are you happy” (Brabuley). In the beginning of the book, Clarice asks Montag a question that changes that turns his whole life upside down and gives him a whole new perspective. He starts to hate his

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In the beginning of chapter one, Montag’s believes and supports his part in society. He is also fond of his job and sees it as a pleasure to burn books. “It was a pleasure to see things burn, to see things blackened and changed.” (1). But after his encounter with Clarisse, his perspective slightly changes and he starts to rethink

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Knowledge and Ignorance in Fahrenheit 451 Imagine a society where all books are banned from the public and if any are found they are burned into ashes. This is a reality in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, which delves deep into problems a society becoming more and more dependant on technology may face. In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury shows many problems which range from technology to violence, one important topic that is discussed is knowledge and the theme that a society cannot function without knowledge You can clearly see this idea starting to form within the first few pages of the novel, when the protagonist Guy Montag has an interaction with a girl named Clarisse. As they are talking Guy Montag says “You think too many things”(pg 9).

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