If you have ever had something happen where it seems like everything is falling apart; that fails in comparison to what happens to Montag in the book, Fahrenheit 451. Written by Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 is about a dystopian society where being social and thinking is considered weird and reading is out of the question by penalty of death by the “firemen”. In the novel, a “fireman” named Montag’s whole life began to fall apart as he realized his perfect life wasn’t as perfect as he thought it was, starting when he met his new neighbor, Clarisse, who opened his eyes to the lies and made him see how people act. After many years, Montag begins to uncover the lies of the firemen he was previously oblivious to. For starters, when Montag and the firemen were at the firehouse, Montag asked chief Beatty, “didn’t firemen prevent fires” (31). As Montag grew curious of the truth behind firemen, Beatty planned for it and was prepared …show more content…
For example, after the two met, Clarisse told Montag, “so many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you’re just a man,” which caught Montag off guard (5). Montag had always thought that the firemen were loved and admired by the people, so finding out that they actually feared them was surprising to him. Later in their conversation, Clarisse asked him, “do you ever read any of the books you burn,” despite her knowing that he was getting more and more annoyed (5). The longer this conversation goes on, the more doubt Clarisse is putting in Montag’s head, with all of her thoughts and questions. Later on, Montag finds her in the rain and their conversation leads to the line, “he felt his body divide itself into hotness and coldness… the two halves grinding one upon the other” (21). Montag was finally breached by doubt and his new thoughts were clashing with everything he had ever