How Does Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

When Montag came to the realization that he would have to burn the Bible with Beatty later a work, Montag became determined to make a copy of the book so that he could later read and interpret its works. In order to make a duplicate, Montag traveled on the subway. While on the subway, Montag formed an idea that if he could memorize the Bible, he would know the works and the answers, therefore the book being burned would not be the end. In an attempt to memorize the Bible on the subway Montag become frustrated and reacted, striking fear into the other passengers. In this scene we see Montag return to page 1 Montag, someone who is angered and reverts to violence. Montag jumps out of his seat with a "gorged face" and screams lilies. The frustration

Not only does this scene show that Montag has not fully undergone changes within himself, but it also shows that Montag is naïve. He truly believes that if he reads the Bible he will be able to memorize it. Montag does not even begin at the beginning of the book. He just reads random lines and expects to remember the passages and that these quotes will be the answers to his problems. Books may bring answers to Montag, but only if he reads the entire book and understands it's lessons. Single quotes without context are not going to help, but Montag believes that they will. Being naïve and returning to former Montag, this scene shows that Montag has yet to undergo changes that will make him a well-educated person in his

Bradbury favors syntax and diction in this scene to set the tone and mood. Syntax is the word arrangement an author uses like sentence structure, repetition, etc. On pages 74-76 repetition of lilies are used to show how Montag is getting frustrated that he cannot read with distractions. The repetition of the Bible verse with the lilies swaps out with the repetition of an ad for Denham's Dentrifice. Montag frustration builds up till he thinks, "Consider the lilies, the lilies, the lilies… "Denham's does it!" ' (75). Even to the reader, the repetition and distractions can cause frustration. This frustration leads Montag to be anger and revert to Page 1 Montag. During this repetition, Bradbury uses single-sentence paragraphs to show how fast the distractions come and go. Repetition is used throughout the pages in numerous instances to set the tone and mood and allows the reader to connect to Montag. Through pages 74-76, Bradbury also uses diction. Diction is the word choice regarding connotation and denotation. On page 74, as Montag is riding the subway it says, "the vacuum-underground rushed him through the dead cellars of town, jolting him." The use of the word vacuum as opposed the subway, makes it seem that Montag is traveling quickly through something empty. A vacuum is something void of everything which is why it sucks things so fast. Here the vacuum seems as though there is not