This quote alludes to Montag's robbery of books from the old lady's home. Montag, feeling remorseful, depicts his activities as an automatic real reflex. He depicts his wrongdoing as programmed and claims it includes no idea on his part. He accuses his hands for a few different wrongdoings over the span of the book. Montag sees his hands as contaminated from taking the book and depicts how the ¨poison functions its way into whatever remains of the body.¨
Montag began his career as a dedicated fireman. He was taught to burns books and he performed this task well, taking great joy in his life as a firemen. He loved the smell of kerosene burning the books at 451 degrees Fahrenheit. These were the books that were so vehemently hated. But this all changed when Montag met a young girl by the name of Clarisse.
In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Montag, is not responsible for the carelessness he displays in his actions and words. After Montag finally informs Mildred of the books he has been stealing/reading, he casually states “‘we’re in this together’” to the shocked, petrified woman (63). Unfortunately, he puts pressure on Mildred to keep and hide his dirty, little secret which puts this innocent person in danger and goes against her beliefs. When he takes the book from the attic, he is not thinking about the way it would negatively affect anybody else, his mind only focuses on trying to figure out the government's classified information. While Montag is laughing at Clarisse’s comment on how firemen were once used to
(MIP-1): At the beginning of Montag’s antihero journey, he starts as a normal person in society. (SIP-A): Montag has an important role in his community and agrees with society and its rules. (STEWE-1): Montag has always worked as a fireman because his “...grandfather and father…” (49) were also firemen. He naturally felt the need to run after them on the road they were taking. In the end, Montag became a fireman himself.
Lilyanna Hopkins Fahrenheit 451 OEQ In the book Fahrenheit 451, Faber(former English professor) tells Guy Montag “If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn.” Montag learned this lesson with Clarisse by his side.
This drawing represents when Montag got mad that he read poetry to Mildred 's friends, which is a BAD IDEA! The importance of this is that when he read the poetry, the reaction to the ladies showed that books could be bad or good. With this event, it was what lead up with Montag ending up at his house. Also, the importance of this event is that we know why the society hates books by the reaction of Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles. The poem made Mrs. Phelps cry and made Mrs. Bowles mad at Montag.
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a classic novel that challenges authority through self-discovery and growth. The main character Guy Montag is a dedicated fireman. He enjoys his job, watching pages of books become nothing more than burnt ash. He has never questioned anything before, nor has he had a reason to. That is, until he encounters three important individuals that seem to influence a change in Montag and ultimately change his world.
Would anyone conform to their societies wishes if they were in Montag’s place, or would they still be their own individual as Montag did throughout Fahrenheit 451? Montag was told, on multiple occasion, to conform to the society and that it would be easier; however he denies society and forms his own individual personality due to the influences of his friends. Although Montag’s society told him to be indifferent and conform to what the society wanted, many other societies would have told him to be unique, not the doll that his society and government had made and told him to be. Montag was told to be what society wanted him to do; however, he lived by being an individual against the grain of society in the book. Montag had been told to conform to society and the government and even by his boss, yet he still rebelled against everything that had to do with conformity.
(MIP-2) From certain experiences, Montag comes to realize that he’s not actually happy with his life because he discovers that it lacks genuine, valuable, or humane relationships, eventually driving him to find the truth about his society by making him think about and question it. (SIP-A) Montag realizes from his experiences with Clarisse that his relationships in his life lack genuity, value, or humanity. (STEWE-1)
One thing missing from Guy’s society is having the freedom to make there own choices. Montag feels like it wasn’t his decision to become a fireman. He felt that because his father and grandfather were firemen, he had to carry out the tradition and wasn’t able to make that choice for himself. Guy tells Mildred, “‘Thought!’ he said.
Montag is the curious character in Fahrenheit 451. At the beginning of the story Montag meets a girl named Clarisse who asks Montag, “Are you Happy” (Bradbury 7). This starts getting Montag curious on whether or not he’s actually happy with the life he has now. This is a good thing for Montag because he starts to realize that he’s not happy
Said best by Joseph Campbell, “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 closely relates to this quote in the sense that Guy Montag stumbles upon a woman who treasures her books more than life itself, literally. After several years of working as a firefighter in this dystopian society, he runs into Clarisse who then questions his happiness. Confused and angered he begins to wonder why she would ask him such a question.
Montag used to follow the rules that his society layed out for him, but he is now ready to make things right, however he doesn’t know how. He escapes the city right before the bombs drop off from the planes and he meets a group of rebels that have a plan for the future of books. “Always the chance of discovery. Better to keep it in the old heads, where no one can see it or suspect it. We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Bryon, Tom Paine, Machiavelli, or Christ, it’s here,” (145).
Fahrenheit 451 Do books really harm the world or does the government dislike the idea of society turning knowledge into power? Montag was a heroic character, he did what he thought was best, despite what the laws said. Montag went against the law and sought knowledge. Despite his flaws, Montag can be considered a heroic figure.
To begin, the rising action of Fahrenheit 451 includes Montag’s internal conflict. This internal conflict initiates doubt in Montag. When Clarisse asks Montag “‘Are you happy?’”, he initially responds “Of course I’m happy” (Bradbury 7-8). However, it is evident that doubt has been planted in his mind, “What does she think? I’m not?”
