How Does Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

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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. A fool, a damn fool, go give yourself up! No we’ll save what we can, we’ll do what there is left to do. If we have to burn, let’s take a few more with us” (115). Montag physically is hurt and he wants to fall and die, but instead of

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