Sophia Callahan 4/5th “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid,” Benjamin Franklin. In the book Fahrenheit 451 Montag is just your average fire firefighter, no need to learn more about life. Then he met Clarisse, though just a teenager, she knew so many things about life, and was so eager to expand her knowledge of the world.
This third sentence of the novel lets the reader in on how Montag viewed his job before later events in the novel that changed his perspective. The author, Ray Bradbury, portrays negative actions with a positive feeling from the character. With the phrase “his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies…” one can assume that the character has no remorse for his actions. After his encounter with Clarisse, Montag’s eyes seemingly opened to the faulty society he was living in.
Montag is a fireman who is thirty years old. He has been a fireman for ten years; he takes pride in his work with the fire department. Montag’s job is to search for books and burns them because there’re illegal. Also, enjoys burning books. Montag is an unhappy, cold hearted and emptiness person; in the story Montag is described "black hair, black brows…fiery face, and…blue-steel shaved but unshaved look.
happy and free Clarisse, and during one of their conversation, he, in an almost threatening way, says, “"Well, doesn't this mean anything to you?" while tapping the numerals 451 stitched on his char-coloured sleeve (Bradbury, page 4). As soon as he mentions the numbers and shows them to Clarisse, she becomes extremely uncomfortable and changes the subject of the conversation like those numbers are alive and deadly. In fact, they are.
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."
“Do you ever read any of the books you burn”, Clarisse asked Montag. In the excerpt I read about the book “Fahrenheit 451” this quote made me conclude that the society in which Montag and Clarisse live in seems to be very controlling and strict. I believe this because reading books is considered a crime, and I think they are trying to make people forget about how the past was and make them follow their rules. An example of this is “His hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.” This quote is talking about how the firemen are burning books that have information about the past.
Anjalee Chahal Mrs. Brown ENG3UE-04 24 July 2023 Three ways the Society in Fahrenheit 451 effects Mildred and Guy’s relationship In the book Fahrenheit 451, Mildred and Guy Montag are married, and the reasons as to why the relationship suffers is because of Mildred and Guy having different perspectives on the laws of the society, Mildred’s poor character traits, and Mildred’s use with substances. Mildred and Guy having different perspective on the dystopian laws causes suffering in the relationship when Mildred will say things like, ““I’m tired of listening to this junk” to shut Guy down about the laws (Bradbury 65). Communicating is key for a healthy relationship, and Guy receives no opportunity to.
Fahrenheit 451 follows Guy Montag, who lives in a futuristic American city that is ruled by suffering. Instead of enjoying nature, reading, and thinking independently, the people in this world are expected to depart from their individuality and spend their spare time watching television and listening to the radio. Books are even outlawed because they promote thinking Guys works as a fireman, but instead of putting out fires, he sets them. The fireman in this society burns illegally owned books and the owners house. However, his whole life is changed when his free-thinking next-door-neighbor, Clarisse, asks him some thought-provoking questions.
In the world of Fahrenheit 451, being unique is a flaw, and seeking answers is fatal, making Montag’s intention to speak up all the more heroic. After examining his stressful lifestyle,
In Fahrenheit 451 one of the author's messages seems to be how the government uses power to control the populace, and one main conflict in the book is Montag's battle with society and the government, and we can see this when he says, “Last night I thought about all of the kerosene I've used and for the first time I realized that there was a man behind each one of those books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. ”(55) This quotation connects to the conflict because Montag is battling with society and the government, and when he says that it shows that he is actually thinking about books and disobeying the governments and societies laws.
In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the main character, goes from loving his job to rethinking of his job. Montag came in mind that his job not only hurt him but also hurt society. He began to realize that he no longer enjoyed his job. Montag did not like the fact of knowing that his job was only hurting other people.
Ray Bradbury, one of the most prolific science-fiction authors of the 20th century, wrote of the complexities of the human condition in his novel Fahrenheit 451. Montag, the protagonist, is a dutiful servant of his society, and is perfectly content with his life. He lives with his wife, Mildred, and they are well off and their lives appear to be fulfilled and untroubled. After a chance encounter with a curious girl named Clarisse, Montag’s perception of aspects of his world, specifically his happiness and the happiness of the people around him, changes considerably, and his life is forever transformed. Through a journey of questioning, analysis of his society, and contemplation, Montag’s idea of happiness develops throughout the novel until he reaches a state of understanding.
Annotated Works Cited Eller, Edward E. " An overview of Fahrenheit 451. " Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2014.
To begin, the rising action of Fahrenheit 451 includes Montag’s internal conflict. This internal conflict initiates doubt in Montag. When Clarisse asks Montag “‘Are you happy?’”, he initially responds “Of course I’m happy” (Bradbury 7-8). However, it is evident that doubt has been planted in his mind, “What does she think? I’m not?”
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