At 451 degrees, this is the typical temperature at which books burn. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag is the protagonist that is followed throughout the book and has a career as a fireman. He is not your typical fireman though because within the book, he is supposed to set things on fire. His job is to burn books, because in the world from which he comes from, they are illegal to possess. He starts to develop his own person and starts to realize where he fits into this world or society. Throughout the story you see him starting to develop a passion for books. He risks it all, just for books, because it becomes such an important thing to him as he changes start to finish of the story. Montag shows great change throughout the story by becoming his own person, developing a passion for books, and understanding that he made mistakes.
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Further on Montag deals with multiple inner conflicts that makes him always second guess. Montag comes to realize that he is changing and is willing to accept change. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury writes, “And one day he would look back upon the fool and know the fool. Even now he could feel the start of the long journey, the leaver-taking the goin-away from the self he had been.” (103) This illuminates the idea of Montag changing and is coming to terms of who he was and who he is going to be. He now knows who he is and is ready to take on the task of learning about how he fits into the
Further on Montag deals with multiple inner conflicts that makes him always second guess. Montag comes to realize that he is changing and is willing to accept change. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury writes, “And one day he would look back upon the fool and know the fool. Even now he could feel the start of the long journey, the leaver-taking the goin-away from the self he had been.” (103) This illuminates the idea of Montag changing and is coming to terms of who he was and who he is going to be. He now knows who he is and is ready to take on the task of learning about how he fits into the