Guy Montag lives in the "future" as a fireman. He is not an ordinary fireman though. Him and his crew member burn books, they start fires instead of stop them. In Montag's world not one person thinks for them self, or can enjoy anything other than electronics. Books were banned to avoid confrontation of any form. All of this changes for Montag though when he meets seventeen year old Clarisse McClellan. She is the complete opposite of everyone he has ever met, and most importantly, she makes him think about what is going on around him like no one else ever had. One of the many crazy things that she said was that once upon a time, firemen extinguished fires instead of starting them. Meeting Clarisse seemed to have begun an unusual chain of events because, the same day that Montag met Clarisse, …show more content…
Beatty explains to Montag that every fireman wonders what books have to offer at some point in their career, and proceeds to tell him why books were banned in the first place. People would object to books that offended them and soon all books looked that same, but that wasn't good enough. Society decided to burn all book to prevent conflicting opinions. Beatty gives Montag to see if the books he had stolen had anything special about them and then to turn them in to be burned. After Beatty leaves Montag wastes no time and begins his night filled with reading. When he thought it was too much to handle, he went to his wife for her imput. But all she cared about was watching television. That was when he remembered a retired english professor that he once talked to, and figure that this man, Faber, would be able to help him understand the text. While he visits Faber, he learns of the value of books and the life that is inside of them. Faber tells Montag that just reading the books won't make him understand but if he had the freedom to live as the book said everything would make
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.
Montag realizes then that he must have a teacher who would educate him about books. An old professor by the name of Faber comes into Montag's
These futuristic firemen don’t fight fires, they create them. First of all, firemen are very important in this future world because they are responsible for burning books. Beatty is the captain of the firemen and is also Montag’s boss. Montag never understood how firemen came to be after a young girl named Clarisse questioned him. According to Beatty, many years ago society didn’t appreciate how books were fiction and that they didn’t connect to real life.
With their help he hopes to make “every future dawn glow with a purer light” (148). The bookkeepers want to use knowledge and books bring back the forward thinking of the past that came from builders who made brilliant skyscrapers and others. Instead of a society where people disregard knowledge and are mindlessly locked in their TV screens, the type of society Beatty tried to keep Montag trapped in. Had Montag ’s perception of the power that
Montag meets this girl while walking to work named Clarisse. Clarisse was a girl that had different thoughts and feelings then the normal society. She asked Montag about his work and what made him become a fireman. One question that really got him to think was Are you happy. Montag believed that Clarisse was strange and odd.
Firemen are different than we know them today, they don't put out fires but start them in homes that have contraband in them. After a good days burn, Montag leaves the station, but Montag gets an uncanny feeling that
In order to enforce laws outlawing books, firemen are compensated to, instead of extinguishing fires, ignite fires in order to eliminate books from existence. Montag was employed as a fireman until he meets two people who have already become enlightened. A 17 year-old social outcast named Clarisse, and a craven ex-English
The plot of the book revolves around the idea of fireman burning books. When Montag goes against this rule, it creates a controversial story. Books
After the incident, Montag thought about the suicidal woman and he is confused as to why she would sacrifices her own life for some mere books. Since he’ve been told that books are evil, a spark of curiosity blooms within him. In part two, Montag is desperate for help. After his boss, Beatty, talks to him about the history of firemen and books, Montag is afraid that Beatty knows that he stole a book.
“I need you to teach me” Montag wanted Faber to teach him about books, so he could teach others about the importance of reading to make wise choices. (Bradbury 88) When he went to Faber for help that’s when he started taking leadership. Montag wanted to know more than what he was told all his life. He wasn’t taking control of his own thoughts and believes.”
Firstly, Montag stole a book to try and discover what he is missing not reading them. Clarisse at random asked Montag if he was happy, and it had never came across to Montag if he was happy. People in their society really didn't feel at all. The old woman that had rather die with her books than give them up, began to make Montag curious on why they were so special. He began to question every aspect in his life, when he does, Mildred tells Montag he should have thought before becoming a fireman.
(STEWE-2) Besides asking questions about society’s relationships, Montag questions further and starts asking about society’s rules on burning books after he experiences a woman burn with her books. He says to Mildred, “'There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there.'" (Bradbury 48). Montag, before, had blindly followed and enforced society’s rules about burning books.
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.
We all have the right to back out of situations even if it could be life or death. Guy montag is justified in burning his and Mildred's house. Montag had been caught breaking the law by owning books, he made the mistake of reading the books to Millies friends and also was not forced to burn down the house. He had control of what he wanted to do and made the mistake of doing all these actions. Of course some people get away with breaking the law, but Montag should not.
Can books and people change a person’s way of thinking? Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about Guy Montag who is a fireman who burns books and houses. Throughout the book he realizes he’s not happy so he has to transform his mindset by using books and people. Guy Montag changes in the story through his increasing problems in his relationship and his perceptions in books.