Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Instead of reading, this society watches a big portion of television as big as the wall and listens to the radio attached to their ears. It is not normal for pedestrians to talk and have meaningful conversations until Montag met a 17 year old teenager named Clarisse McClellan. Montag sees Clarisse as a strange girl that opened up his thoughts. She asked him about his work and what made him become a fireman which nobody has really asked him. After the meeting with Clarisse many events started to happen to him, his wife Mildred tried to commit suicide with pills, a woman that hid books in her home decides to burn alive with her books, and Clarisse is killed in a car accident. Montag is now becoming …show more content…

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel about a world where books are illegal and are outlawed, a fireman’s job is to burn and destroy all books they find. In the beginning of the story Montag is emotionally and mentally detached from his life. He is acting similar to a programmed robot that has no emotions at all. As he is walking home from work, he is just walking with no purpose with nothing going through his head. “He walked toward the corner,thinking little at all nothing in particular.” Protagonist Montag is slowly but surely coming to an awakening but only to an extent because he does not see nor know it yet. As a result, Montag is questioning reality and other to truly find his own …show more content…

Mont is now acting very distant and strange and now is detached from everyone becoming very upset at the smallest things going on around him. Beatty and Montag have gotten into a huge altercation, but Montag is so angry he burns Beatty to death with a flame thrower. “Montag kept his sickness down long enough to aim the flamethrower. “Turn around!” Guy is very bewildered after killing three of his own firemen of the county's fire department. This is an important incident which leads Montag to what he has been searching and looking for. Overall, Montag as became fully aware feeling an onslaught of emotion going from murders to him hoarding

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
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How Montag's Character Changes
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Montag's Internal Conflict In Fahrenheit 451
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In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by ray Bradbury, a fireman named Montag burned books for a living. One day he met a 17-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellane, she made him question his life, if he happy the way he is living, pondering the absurd question, Montag receives knowledge from Clarisse. He becomes more aware of his environment. he realizes his life is unstable. First his wife, Mildred, attempts suicide by swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills.
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Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury