There are many people that come in and out of a person's life. Some people might have a big effect on a person, while others don't. Some people have such a big effect that a person might start to question life or look at life differently. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Clarisse effects Montag because he changes the way he thinks about his career, his family, and society. One effect Clarisse has on Montag is that he changes the way he thinks about his career. Montag would go to work and would be told what to do and he did not give it a second thought.But one day when Montag was on a walk he meets Clarisse, and she asks him multiple questions that he struggles to answer. Clarisse tells Montag that she heard that firemen use to put out fire
Montag changes in many ways, one of which is that he changes physically. Guy Montag had been keeping books from the government and was repeatedly spitting out quotes when he talked causing multiple people including his wife to report him. Near the end of the book, after Montag had gotten stabbed by the mechanical hound, he tries to escape while this is going through his head. “A shotgun blast went off in his leg every time he put it down and he thought, you’re a fool, a damn fool... No excuse, though, no excuse.
Guy Montag is a fireman, whose job is to burn the unknown, such things that could cause the community to reason, debate or express their point of view. However, later, he encounters an unusual and meticulous teenage girl, who changes his perspective of the world and everything he thought he had known. Afterwards, Montag starts to question the existence of the whole society and how could he live under that circumstances. Montag begins to gain knowledge and came up with his own reasoning that “Everything burned” and something had to be
Beatrix Mr. O’Brien English 9 December 15 2015 Guy Montag: Montag is described as a fireman which job is to burn books, not to fight with the fire. He is brave and royal and always try to find true happiness. At the beginning of the book, he thought he was happy with his job and his life but many things happened that changed his life. He met Clarisse, a bright girl, and she questioned him “ Are you happy?” that startled him.
Some people are taught by universities while others by libraries. Ray Bradbury was totally the second case. Nine years after he was born the Great Depression made a descent upon the United States of America which changed his life a lot. During his schoolyears he was a part of different drama clubs and played a lot, but even though he was an intelligent kid, he had no place to go after school and the only way was to the local library. “Libraries raised me,” he later said.
Have you ever left fruit on the counter and seen it change slowly as the days go by? This is exactly how Guy Montag changes in the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury transforms Montag from a selfish fireman to the society's hero. In the beginning of the story the information about Montag makes him seem like a bad person.
This Ray Bradbury novel “Fahrenheit 451.” Guy Montag , the protagonist, starts his transformation when he meets a girl named clarisse that asks him one question are you happy? That question changes his life but he does not know it yet. Montag is going to start realising what is wrong in his society, and then actually starts to change from liking to burn things, and hating books to where he is despising or is sad whenever he burns things until he finds an actual liking of books within himself.
Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag has undergone drastic changes. Through all the conflicts in his dystopian society, Montag evolved from a unemotional and careless fireman to one who will sacrifice for what he cares and believes in. One huge change Guy Montag has undergone is the change in his beliefs. On page 1 Montag states “It was a pleasure to burn” “ Montag was pleased by burning and fire” “It was a special pleasure to see things Eaten, to see things blackened and changed”. Montag was blinded by his role as a fireman that he couldn’t find his true emotion of burning.
Everyone can be a leader in their world, but what holds certain characters back from doing so? In the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the main character in the book, is unable to be an effective change agent in his society due to exploitation, isolation, and government control. Montag is unable to persevere in unbanning books because of how his boss, Beatty, uses Montag’s fear to exploit him. Montag’s choices and decisions lead him to have no allies that could assist him, which causes Montag to become isolated and excluded from society. Due to the government control of Beatty and the firemen, Montag is unable to make his own choices and decisions, which leads to a lack of independence.
In many cases today we aren’t aware of what our lives could act be if we had someone in our life to show us another outlook. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag’s character has become accustomed to his Dystopian society. Although he starts to believe he is genuinely happy with his unruly life, he encounters Clarisse who makes him realize everything could be so different. Ray Bradbury uses Clarisse as the muse in Fahrenheit 451 to inspire Montag to become more conscious of his life and to reject societal norms. Clarisse’s purity and beauty causes Montag to reflect on his personal life.
Francis Nimako Ms. Tangren Advanced English 10 19 May 2023 Influence on Montag A wise man named Heraclitus once said, “There is nothing permanent except change". Everyone's story is unique, but every individual comes across challenges and difficulties which call for them to adjust to changes in their lives. Guy Montag, who is the protagonist in the book Fahrenheit 451, deals with a series of internal and external conflicts throughout the story. Fortunately for him, he meets a lot of people who teach him valuable lessons and inspire him to change for the better.
Neil Gaiman once wrote, “some books exist between covers that are perfectly people-shaped” (Gaiman xvi). The idea that books can be defined as the sharing of thoughts and information between people reveals a deeper meaning in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist faces a society in which books are censored and, thus, burned. This, according to his definition, means that if books become banned, certain connections between people will, too, be destroyed. Ray Bradbury reveals the theme (the importance of books) through the protagonist’s dynamic character, which comes as a result from his conflicts with society.
She is the first person who challenges Montag and gets him to truly think. She triggers Montag’s questioning of life, what he is doing, and his relationship with his wife Mildred. Upon their first encounter Clarisse begins asking Montag questions, questions about a time when firefighters put out flames not started them, a time when life was a bit slower. She asks, “Are you happy?” once Clarisse is home Montag responds, “Of course I’m happy.
(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)
Montag changes in F451 Have you ever had fun and never had to work? In F451 the members of the dystopias do this all day. They are so addicted to entertainment, they barely have to think. Montag, the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451, changed due to conflicts with himself and others of this , and leads him to question the society and how technologically advanced is turning us into mindless robots with no thought or feelings.
relation to mankind. Granger states that the mythical fledgling would intentionally throw itself into a fire to burn itself up and initiate a rebirth for itself. This is parallel to Montag’s reputational suicide when he read poems to Mildred and her companions, essentially crying out for his current state of life to end so he could institute the beginning of his new one. Correlating with the Phoenix’s rebirth, this impulsive action committed by Montag appears to have indirectly triggered Montag’s retreat and rebirth through a series of reactions including Beatty’s failed arrest attempt and nationwide fugitive hunt. Granger’s last plea to end the “jumping” may be Bradbury’s faint way of stating that Montag can finally seize the opportunity of creating a stable, prosperous future not only for himself, but also for the