Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury switches the roles of Montag, the main character throughout the novel. Montag was a fireman, who burned books,and witnessed an event as a fireman that changed his life forever. He lives in a society that looks down upon books, and discourages people to keep them. If he or she is found with books, they will pay the price for which they risked. Due to Montag experiencing certain events, and meeting influential characters throughout the novel, his perspective of the society he lives in changes throughout the novel. Montag loves the world in which he lives in. He is satisfied with his job as a fireman until he meets Clarisse. When Clarisse asks “Are you happy?” it gets Montag to thinking whether or not he really is happy or not …show more content…
This cave, which is referring to their society, is dark and gloomy, and Montag’s way to survive the cave is to read books and accept reality. Since Montag does not know much about books, he calls
Faber, an old english professor. While Montag and Faber are talking, Montag states “And I want you to teach me to understand what I read” (78). Montag has accepted books, and realizes that books are the key to succeed in life and escape the society they currently live in.
Montag his finally his new self after living all of those years of living as his old self. He lives in a society where everyone thinks they are invincible, but then Montag’s house is about to be burned down and he thinks to himself “This is happening to me” (108). This thought is running through Montag’s head as this event is happening to him; at last caught with possession of books and is being forced to burn his own house. While flame torching his house, “he shot a bolt at each three blank walls and the vacuum hissed at him”(110111). He is now burning away all of the memories he has of the society, that he once was apart of . In fact he is so loyal