Guy Montag Quotes In Fahrenheit 451

(AGG) What could possibly be so wrong to drive someone to go against the government? (BS-1) At the start of “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag was a person that had flaws and fully supported society. (BS-2) Afterwards, Montag learns the truth about what people value in his society. (BS-3) Driven by new understandings, Montag goes to the point of no return. (TS) Montag’s new understanding of people’s ethics in society fuels his drive to become an antihero.

(MIP-1): At the start of the novel, Guy Montag was a flawed and fully fledged member of society and had no thought to rebel. (SIP-A): A flaw of Montag was his inability to think deeply about the world around him. (STEWE-1): During Montag’s first encounter with an odd girl called

You never stop to think what I've asked you" (6). Clarisse notices that Montag is always quick to answer her questions, which she concludes that Montag never stops and thinks about them. In contrast, Clarisse thinks about "too many things," said Montag, uneasily” (6). If both Montag and Clarisse were thinking thoroughly, Montag would never say this. Also, the uneasiness in his voice shows that Montag is overwhelmed by all her thoughts and that he rarely stops and thinks. Moreover, this thought is supported as when he walked out the firehouse, he was “thinking little at all about nothing in particular” (2). (STEWE-2): Clarisse asks Montag about his job as a fireman, to which he replies that "It's fine work. Monday bum Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then bum the ashes. That's our official slogan"

(SIP-A): A societal outcast named Clarisse McClellan makes him realize a truth about himself and society. (STEWE-1): After having a quick chat, Clarisse and Montag part ways. Before parting, Clarisse quickly asks, “Are you happy?" she said. "Am I what?" he cried. But she was gone-running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently. "Happy! Of all the nonsense" (7-8). Again, his quick reply shows his undeveloped mind and how he never stops and thinks about questions. However, after thinking about the question for quite some time, Montag “felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over, and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. Darkness. He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the 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” (9). Montag realizes he was not happy after thinking about Clarisse's question. The question forced him to think and reflect on his emotions. As Montag at this time was a prime example of a citizen in society, this also means that everyone else is also living under false happiness. (STEWE-2): Furthermore, when visiting Faber, Faber tells him three