Guy Montag’s interactions with outside forces such as the empty pill bottle and Clarisse contributed to his growth as a character, while developing the theme that censorship can be used to protect people while also controlling them. Montag thought he was happy as he strolled along side Clarisse on his way home. Later, Montag steps on an object while entering his bedroom, “the object he had sent tumbling with his foot now glinted under the edge of his own bed. The small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay uncapped and empty in the light of the tiny flare” (Bradbury 11). Montag believed that Mildred was happy, but was she? Mildred was unresponsive after consuming the entire
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and why nobody was sent from Emergency, the men claimed that they get those “cases nine or ten a night” (Bradbury 13). Montag then comprehends that people in society are unhappy, and are often attempting to commit suicide. The empty pill bottle led to Montag’s growth as he originally thought he was happy and everything was perfect. However, the empty pill bottle made him realize that society is truly unhappy. The theme that censorship can be used to protect people while also controlling them is developed as Montag begins to question his happiness, wondering if he was ever happy, or if he was just told that he was happy. The empty pill bottle was not the only force that transformed Montag. Clarisse was another example of an outside force that led to Montag’s growth as a character. Clarisse asks Montag “is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” (Bradbury 6). Montag instantaneously responds using the information fed into his brain, as if he was brainwashed, he says most certainly
and why nobody was sent from Emergency, the men claimed that they get those “cases nine or ten a night” (Bradbury 13). Montag then comprehends that people in society are unhappy, and are often attempting to commit suicide. The empty pill bottle led to Montag’s growth as he originally thought he was happy and everything was perfect. However, the empty pill bottle made him realize that society is truly unhappy. The theme that censorship can be used to protect people while also controlling them is developed as Montag begins to question his happiness, wondering if he was ever happy, or if he was just told that he was happy. The empty pill bottle was not the only force that transformed Montag. Clarisse was another example of an outside force that led to Montag’s growth as a character. Clarisse asks Montag “is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” (Bradbury 6). Montag instantaneously responds using the information fed into his brain, as if he was brainwashed, he says most certainly