“The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag” (35). Fahrenheit 451 is a book by Ray Bradbury about a typical fireman by the name of Guy Montag. Montag makes a living out of destroying books by burning the houses in which the books are kept. He lives in a society that allows the government to control his actions until his curiosity makes him change his views. Montag becomes open-minded and allows different characters in the book to influence him and his thinking about burning books. Each character has some kind of influence on Montag, however the old woman and Clarisse McClellan have the most influence on him. The old woman had a significant