Change In Fahrenheit 451

Fictional characters and real people must adapt to change when they face it in life. The way in which a character approaches and adapts to change usually defines his character. In the novels Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the two protagonists of each respective story are faced with change and must adapt to it. Each character is defined through the way he adapts to the change or adversity that he is faced with. Guy Montag, of Fahrenheit 451, is faced with the change of losing someone important in his life, whereas Arthur Dent, of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is faced with the destruction of his homeland and the relocation to a new place. The best way to respond to change is to embrace it and to adapt to a way that …show more content…
This major change in Arthur’s life happens in the span of a couple days and it is hard for him to adapt immediately. Before the destruction of the Earth, he was an ordinary Brit living on Earth. The transition from land to space had a large effect on Arthur’s life. “Arthur glanced around him once more, and then down at himself, at the sweaty disheveled clothes he had been lying in the mud in on Thursday morning. I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style,” he muttered to himself”. Considering that Arthur came from Earth to space, the two lifestyles are different. The author describes his clothes as sweaty and disheveled, or messy. The intergalactic lifestyle has put stress on this “Earthman”, which is what he is referred to by galactic figures, like Slartibartfast. This change is especially difficult for Arthur because he must deal with the fact that he can never return to the planet of the Earth again. His only option is to adapt to this new lifestyle and to embrace every aspect of