Montag's Loss Of Ignorance In Fahrenheit 451

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People are stuck in ignorance everyday, but there is a way to escape the ignorance to escape the cave that traps them. The main character Montag follows important steps that lead him to get away from ignorance in time before death a meaningless death. He finds that the truth is something not to be afraid of, he protects himself from those who want to stop him and he learns how to help and protect others from the ignorance.

Montag is the main character of Fahrenheit 451, he is stuck inside the, Allegory of the Cave, first he must discover the exit by , doing this he will see the light at the end of the cave. The first guidance Montag receives is from a young woman named Clarisse McClellan. She asked about their society more how fireman of old days used to put out fire and if he ever read book. Montag
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After this meeting montag started to slowly think about what clarisse said. how the world is beautiful and how she takes slow walks to discover her surroundings. “He suddenly Couldn’t remember if he had known this or not” (15) he had just woken up and realized by stopping and taking a look at his surroundings his discovered strange water on the grass called dew. this compares to slowing down and realize that there's more than what you see that is there, that you are against a wall where puppeteers hold up statues that make you think knowing the truth is bad, but now Montag has slowed down he can escape the chains. but he has one last step to see the exit, guidance from an old woman who made him realize that burning books isn't the right decision that you must protect yourself against ignorance even if that means death. Before this woman

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