In the novel Fahrenheit 451, author, Ray Bradbury, creates a dystopia where the protagonist hides from his problems, realizes that it’s because of the way society is, and that he needs to make a change. Main character ,Guy Montag, is a very confused man that can not seem to figure out what he’s missing in life. He is tested from every aspect to figure out who he really is, but is he Guy montag or is he just like everyone else? Is he living a “normal” life or is there something missing? Why are things so mysterious? Bradbury 's overall purpose for creating this novel is to allow people to realize what is wrong with society. Montag 's journey is actually the authors social commentary on too much technology and not enough social interaction.
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For this reason, Bradbury is very frustrated with society. In the book, Montag feels like he is being followed by somebody while walking in a alley at night. He explains it as if somebody was just turning the corners right after him, and he felt a gust of wind on a still night. Just before Montag made it home, he was stopped by a sixteen year old girl that had plenty of questions to ask him. “The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining and alive that he felt as if he said something quite wonderful” (Bradbury 6). Clarisse is very pretty according to Montag but he notices something different about her. Her eyes were dark and shining which are completely opposite, almost like there is good and bad about her. Montag is considered antisocial and craven for only talking to Clarisse because in this dystopia …show more content…
The result of that experiment is to see if dust is left on one 's chin, if so then that is what classifies someone as unhappy in her perspective. With Montag being a fireman and having a wife he considers himself happy, but deep down inside he knows that he is not. “He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by a empty sea”(Bradbury 41). Montag and Mildred don’t even remember where they met, they don 't express their feelings to each other, and they both are very independent. Being unhappy is an understatement., these citizens wouldn 't even be able to function living in this society if the government did not try to hide everything. Mildred and Montag don 't even really know eachother, they dont talk about their personal life because they just go on with their day to day life just trying to make it. Montag just feels like his life seems right because he doesn 't know any
For this reason, Bradbury is very frustrated with society. In the book, Montag feels like he is being followed by somebody while walking in a alley at night. He explains it as if somebody was just turning the corners right after him, and he felt a gust of wind on a still night. Just before Montag made it home, he was stopped by a sixteen year old girl that had plenty of questions to ask him. “The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining and alive that he felt as if he said something quite wonderful” (Bradbury 6). Clarisse is very pretty according to Montag but he notices something different about her. Her eyes were dark and shining which are completely opposite, almost like there is good and bad about her. Montag is considered antisocial and craven for only talking to Clarisse because in this dystopia …show more content…
The result of that experiment is to see if dust is left on one 's chin, if so then that is what classifies someone as unhappy in her perspective. With Montag being a fireman and having a wife he considers himself happy, but deep down inside he knows that he is not. “He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by a empty sea”(Bradbury 41). Montag and Mildred don’t even remember where they met, they don 't express their feelings to each other, and they both are very independent. Being unhappy is an understatement., these citizens wouldn 't even be able to function living in this society if the government did not try to hide everything. Mildred and Montag don 't even really know eachother, they dont talk about their personal life because they just go on with their day to day life just trying to make it. Montag just feels like his life seems right because he doesn 't know any