The Role Of Conformism In Fahrenheit 451

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Ein Mack
Cr 2 In part two, Montag is going from a complete brainwashed conformist mindset to starting to evolve into an independent thinker. Montag firstly shows how he is an independent thinker by when he knew faber had a book but didn't arrest him, “Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man’s coat.”(Bradbury 71) What Montag is showing is how he didn't use his conformist mindset and do exactly what the government says and arrest him he was an independent thinker by doing this. Montag is still not a complete independent thinker and he still goes back to his old conformist mindset,when he was talking with Faber asd asking Faber to tell him exactly what to do, “Montag, I can sit comfortably home, warming my

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