Throughout the book, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, goes through major character development. He has lived his whole life thinking books were horrible but he starts to learn how much good they can do. Montag, like everyone else, never questioned why books were so bad until he witnessed certain events and was able to get a book in his hands. These events have completely changed the way Montag thinks.
Montag has changed his view on books in various ways. He used to believe that books were useless and he’d burn them without a second thought. Not only did he burn the books without caring but he enjoyed it, he thought of it as a pleasure. “It was a pleasure to burn,” (Bradbury 1). In this quote, Montag was referring …show more content…
The first thing that happened was that he met a girl named Clarisse. Clarisse was seventeen years old and very different from most people. She was curious about what it was like in the past and why things were like they were today. This made her very unique since nobody questioned the way the society was ran. Talking to Clarisse played a huge role in his transformation because she made him think about the society differently than everyone else. It made him realize how messed up his world is and how books can be a major factor in changing it. Not only did Clarisse causer Montag to question things like books but also his happiness. “He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back,” (Bradbury). This shows how much Clarisse is able to make Montag realize. Not only does she make Montag more curious about things like books, but she makes him second guess things as important as his happiness. Another situation he faced was witnessing a woman burn alive so she could die with her books. Montag and the other firemen were called to a house to burn the books. The woman who owned them stayed with the books when they burned them instead of leaving and staying alive. This caused Montag to question what was so important about the books that made her want to lose her life to stay with the books. “There
Montag has changed his view on books in various ways. He used to believe that books were useless and he’d burn them without a second thought. Not only did he burn the books without caring but he enjoyed it, he thought of it as a pleasure. “It was a pleasure to burn,” (Bradbury 1). In this quote, Montag was referring …show more content…
The first thing that happened was that he met a girl named Clarisse. Clarisse was seventeen years old and very different from most people. She was curious about what it was like in the past and why things were like they were today. This made her very unique since nobody questioned the way the society was ran. Talking to Clarisse played a huge role in his transformation because she made him think about the society differently than everyone else. It made him realize how messed up his world is and how books can be a major factor in changing it. Not only did Clarisse causer Montag to question things like books but also his happiness. “He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back,” (Bradbury). This shows how much Clarisse is able to make Montag realize. Not only does she make Montag more curious about things like books, but she makes him second guess things as important as his happiness. Another situation he faced was witnessing a woman burn alive so she could die with her books. Montag and the other firemen were called to a house to burn the books. The woman who owned them stayed with the books when they burned them instead of leaving and staying alive. This caused Montag to question what was so important about the books that made her want to lose her life to stay with the books. “There