Quotes In Fahrenheit 451

(MIP-1): Early in the book, Montag is a flawed person who accepts his society and acts like the government wants the people to be. (SIP-A): Montag works as a fireman who loves his job and seeing things burn. (STEWE-1): In the beginning, he says that he loves to burn books and that "It was a special pleasure to see things eaten…to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history"(1). People in this society are supposed to feel satisfaction when seeing books being destroyed. They are not supposed to read or question the government. Montag follows the rules of the government without questioning anything around him, he is nothing but obedient and ignorant like every citizen in this society. Montag also says that “He wanted above all, like

He is just a normal fireman, who thought that when books and new ideas are obtained by people, conflict and unhappiness occur. So, books must be burned without question, for everyone to be happy in this society. (STEWE-2): Additionally, when talking to Clarisse he stated, ”Kerosene, he said, because the silence had lengthened, is nothing, but perfume to me”(4). The firemen use kerosene to burn the books they find. When Montag says that he loves that smell and that it is just like perfume to him, he is also stating that he loves his job and that it is a gratification for him to see things get burned. When the firemen were burning the books, he also thinks, “While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning. Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame”(2). Montag, like the other firemen, uses fire as a way to destroy

(STEWE-1): The citizens' favorite subject in this world is themselves and Montag thought how, “He knew that when he returned to the firehouse, he might wink at himself…It never went away, that smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered”(2) The citizens of this society are self-centered people. They do not care about the feelings of others and just about themselves. Montag, is like everyone else in this society. He always looked at himself, and always smiled at the things he did. Also, when he meets Clarisse, he says to her ”Well, doesn’t this mean anything to you…Yes, she whispered”(6). Everyone in this society is supposed to fear the firemen and when Clarisse says something that is to him ‘insulting’, he asks her while tapping the number 451 in his jacket, if that didn't mean anything or if she is not scared by him. He, like everyone else in this society, is self-centered and feels like they are the most perfect person in the world. (STEWE-2): When Clarisse asks Montag if he ever read any of the books he burns, “He laughed. That's against the