Imagine living in a world where everything is made up of mindless actions, where no one even thinks. This book is set in a time when books are illegal because they are the only real thing left, this conflict leads to the development of the characters. The main character, Guy Montag, plays the role of a fireman who does the opposite of what a fireman should do. In Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, there are many character changes. Even though many of the characters undergo changes throughout this book, Montag’s is by far the greatest. After meeting Clarisse, burning the old lady’s books, and completely breaking the rules he had followed before, Montag begins to question his actions. This leads to his change. The first change within Montag
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Since the books are illegal in this futuristic world he’s breaking the law by hiding them. “ … Then he reached up and pulled back the grille of the air-conditioning system and reached far back inside to the right and moved still another sliding sheet of metal and took out a book. Without looking at it he dropped it to the floor… He kept moving his hands and dropping books, small ones,fairly large ones, yellow, red, green ones. When he was done he looked down upon some twenty books lying at his wife’s feet”(Bradbury 69). He went from burning all the books to reading them. But he didn’t just stop after reading them he wanted to have more of an impact. He had this impact when he ran away at the end of the book. By running away he could get away from the mindless society to find people that are more intelligent and mindful.
In conclusion, Montag has by far had the biggest change in Fahrenheit 451. The three main things that helped him to this change are meeting Clarisse, burning the old lady’s books, and breaking the rules. Montag’s changes were impacted by the other people in the story. If you were living in a Fahrenheit 451 world, do you think you would go along with what everyone else was doing(being distracted), or do you think you would be like Montag and shy away from what others are doing and do what you think is
Since the books are illegal in this futuristic world he’s breaking the law by hiding them. “ … Then he reached up and pulled back the grille of the air-conditioning system and reached far back inside to the right and moved still another sliding sheet of metal and took out a book. Without looking at it he dropped it to the floor… He kept moving his hands and dropping books, small ones,fairly large ones, yellow, red, green ones. When he was done he looked down upon some twenty books lying at his wife’s feet”(Bradbury 69). He went from burning all the books to reading them. But he didn’t just stop after reading them he wanted to have more of an impact. He had this impact when he ran away at the end of the book. By running away he could get away from the mindless society to find people that are more intelligent and mindful.
In conclusion, Montag has by far had the biggest change in Fahrenheit 451. The three main things that helped him to this change are meeting Clarisse, burning the old lady’s books, and breaking the rules. Montag’s changes were impacted by the other people in the story. If you were living in a Fahrenheit 451 world, do you think you would go along with what everyone else was doing(being distracted), or do you think you would be like Montag and shy away from what others are doing and do what you think is