Actions follow thoughts, which left Montag on the run. He had thought against everything his society stood for, and went against it. Montag wanted more knowledge, and decided to get more in books, ending up with his house burning down, and the fire captain dead. Montag had run, not wanting to be caught. Even on the run he was learning more. In the book the author writes, “He hadn’t known fire could look this way. He had never thought in his life it could give as well as take. Even its smell was different.” (Bradbury, 146) His whole life, he had been taught that fire is for burning books and the houses they are found in. He never thought fire could help someone or could warm someone. People didn’t use fire for warmth anymore, only to destroy.
