How Did Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

Just Follow That Path

Fahrenheit 451, the temperature at which paper burns (Bradbury). In this novel many characters experience change; however, like most people say change can only come with time and in the end that is what really happens, time is what allows the change to occur. Guy Montag, a fireman of his city is discovering his true inner self as he meets new people and discovers the mysteries that are hidden from others, also known as the banned books which no individual is allowed access to. Although where Montag is from, it is not a fireman’s duty to put out fires, but rather to burn books or also set the fires instead of extinguish them. Throughout this book, Montag changes his perception of literature in his society from being the

The important aspect of this part in the story was that when the group of firemen had arrived at the scene there was actually a woman still at her home where the call was made. For most other cases that the firemen were called, there wasn’t supposed to be anyone in the house. However, this woman wasn’t like all other ordinary people of the town. This woman refused to leave the house and the books that were hidden inside. When Montag had kindly asked her to leave the house, she had refused, stating, “I want to stay here”(Ibid). After refusing a second time the women had taken a match from her kitchen and had lit her house full of kerosene on fire with her still inside of it. After the incident, Montag started to wonder about his life and also he wondered about why books were so important to that woman. Before the lady had set fire to her house the firemen had gone through the house for a thorough inspection to check if there were any books and for a fact there was. As the firemen collected all books and magazines, Montag had caught his eye on a book in particular and sneakily slipped it into his uniform. This is just another piece of evidence that helps to get a closer look at how Montag is changing from a law-abiding citizen to a person who feels that there is a need for change in society. Meaning everyone should have the right to

Once he had joined the group he wasn’t afraid of what others had to say anymore because now he knew that everyone in this group had his back. Montag had believed that he was “blind when he tried to do things his own way” (Ibid). He knew for a fact that he could now push for a change because he had joined in a group that had shared similar beliefs like he did. The belief that all corrupt societies should be extinguished. By joining this group Guy Montag becomes a rebel to his own society fighting against societies in which literature is banned. Fighting his own society in which not everyone has freedom. With his group he was allowed to make a difference because in his case two heads were better than just