In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Montag is a fireman. Montag’s job as a fireman was to burn books while inside the houses. Montag had been doing this for ten years! He enjoyed his job, he never thought he’d begin thinking about how his job works. That is until he met a young girl named Clarisse who changed his mind. In the story, there are signs of Montag starting to listen to Clarisse. For example. In the story, it states that Clarisse would put her head back to taste the rain. Later on in the chapter, it says that Montag does the same. That’s one way we know that Montag was listening to Clarisse. …show more content…
In the story, Clarisse was telling Montag about how life was in the past when people weren’t afraid. She opened Montag’s mind to what was going on in his life. He started questioning his job and things that were going on around him. For example. In the story, Clarisse tells Montag,”I’m not afraid of you at all.” Then Montag surprisingly asks,”Why should you be?” Then Clarisse says,”So many people are afraid of fireman, I mean. But you’re just a man after all.” Then the story states that Montag saw himself in her eyes. So that’s one way we know Clarisse was getting montag’s