Guy Montag Quotes

As the great Bob Dylan once said,” The times they are a-changin’.” Now, currently in the twenty-first century according to www,huffingtonpost.com,” There's overlap between the groups -- 28 percent of respondents did not read a book at all in the past year, while 25 percent read between one and five books, 15 percent read between six and ten books, 20 percent read between 11 and 50, and eight percent read more than 50.” This quote proves fewer and fewer people read books in today’s world. One might say the reason this being is because people either have audiobooks and are being read to, are too caught up in social media, electronics T.V.,...etc. And some might say they just do not care. Is there any way possible to fix people who do not read? People who do not read tend to be not as bright as those …show more content…
At first he is a dedicated “firefighter,” who does not question authority and does what he is told. At the beginning of the novel (part I), Guy meets this queer young lady who converses with him. The young lady’s name is Clarisse. Clarisse questions whether or not Guy is happy. This angers Guy to the point he does not want to talk to her Yet Guy still like Clarisse and considers her a friend. But Clarisse's question makes Guy think on whether or not he really is happy. Besides the fact that he is not happy, he is also really boring. Everyday Guy wakes up, goes to work to burn books, then goes home to later go to sleep. This is what Guy does everyday. Also, Not only is Guy’s daily life boring, but he also has no interests. Guy has no interest in having friends ergo he has no friends, except clarisse whom Guy considers a friend. Because Guy has no friends he is very anti-social. As a “firefighter” Guy was taught to not care about books and just to burn books. Thus, Guy does not show attachment to books. These are some reasons why the main protagonist Guy Montag is different at the beginning of the