How Does Granger Make Change In Fahrenheit 451

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At the end of part 3, of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Granger teaches Montag the importance and purpose of purpose life.Though there are many important lessons to be learned, Granger focuses on special ones for Montag. Making change in the world and holding memoires close to your heart are both very special to Granger which is why he decided to share his grandfather's story with Montag. Granger was inspired by his grandfather’s stories to share the purpose of life with Montag; make change and cherish memories, which is what Granger learned from his grandfather.
Ray Bradbury writes about a central theme, censorship, throughout the novel and what Granger has to say about changing the world gives Montag a new perspective on things. The first
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In the book, the characters are caught up in technology “How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It's only two thousand dollars." "That's one-third of my yearly pay." "It's only two thousand dollars," she replied. "And I should think you'd consider me sometimes" (Bradbury 18). This event represents change because they want to buy another TV so they can be entertained more than they already are. Their world is wrapped tightly in technology and television is a good distraction method for some of …show more content…
'Stuff your eyes with wonder, ' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal” (Bradbury 150). Granger’s grandfather originally said “I hate a Roman named Status Quo!'’ and what he means by this is that is that he does not want to be the same as everyone else and that everyone should stop being ordinary to everyone else. “Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds” he exclaims, this is his attempt to tell other to accept change and be your own self. While thinking back into time with Montag and Beatty, Clarisse expresses a thought “Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going? (Bradbury 31). Clarisse uses her memory to bring the idea of what firemen used to do to the table. Memory may be short lived but if it is remembered, it can result in change. Granger’s lessons not only applied to Montag at the end of part 3 but to all of the characters and many events that occurred throughout the novel.
Granger learned so much from his grandfather which is why he was inspired to share the purpose of life with Montag. Granger taught Montag to cherries memories and make change in the world which is what he did. Granger’s grandfather is a big reason Montag was able to remember his wife because without his words, Montag would have remained distraught. In

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