Guy Montag surroundings in the novel Fahrenheit 451 affect the character in ways which he questions, rebels and seeks a better way of life in this dystopian civilization he lives in; therefore illuminates the theme of knowledge versus ignorance. Which influences his life as much as fate, destiny or any supernatural agency as Pauline Hopkins says.
Society’s ways are different, firemen do not put out fires but they cause them by burning books and then fill new books up with false information. Examples would be where it reads, “Established in 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin.” and “Just how would it feel. i mean to have firemen burn our houses and our books.” Society took firemen and made them fire men. To burn down libraries/houses filled with books which is the complete opposite in present time where firemen contain fires rather than create them. Aside from books being burned, the new ones are filled with false information that attempts to back up the reasoning behind burning books saying that the ways of society have been that way since the beginning …show more content…
Making him feel as if there was something important there. Which leads to him taking books and hiding them. Example in the text where it reads, "You weren't there, you didn't see," he said. "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.” Montag is explaining what he saw. How puzzling it is to see someone stand by their books and go up in flames with him. It tickles his interest as into what are in those books exactly and why is it against the law to read
Society’s ways are different, firemen do not put out fires but they cause them by burning books and then fill new books up with false information. Examples would be where it reads, “Established in 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin.” and “Just how would it feel. i mean to have firemen burn our houses and our books.” Society took firemen and made them fire men. To burn down libraries/houses filled with books which is the complete opposite in present time where firemen contain fires rather than create them. Aside from books being burned, the new ones are filled with false information that attempts to back up the reasoning behind burning books saying that the ways of society have been that way since the beginning …show more content…
Making him feel as if there was something important there. Which leads to him taking books and hiding them. Example in the text where it reads, "You weren't there, you didn't see," he said. "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.” Montag is explaining what he saw. How puzzling it is to see someone stand by their books and go up in flames with him. It tickles his interest as into what are in those books exactly and why is it against the law to read