Mahatma Gandhi And Fahrenheit 451
In Fahrenheit 451, the character Montag symbolizes breaking the barriers of a tattered society and boldness for standing up for thought and intellectual depth in an opposite society. Gandhi worked in a way much like Montag, but in a way to eliminate poverty and to promote intellectual depth and thought. There is a deep relation between Mahatma Gandhi and Bradbury’s character Montag in the book Fahrenheit 451.
In the first parts of Fahrenheit 451, Montag is seen as very content. He is a fireman, who ironically burns houses and books for a living (Bradbury). Before Mahatma Gandhi became the influential individual he was, he was confused and not happy with life. He participated in vile activities that his …show more content…
Gandhi was a very humble man (Scott). He did not conform to society’s ways and definitely didn’t conform to the finer things in life. He ate out of his simple brass bowl and plate his whole life to remind himself of India’s poor (Scott). He rode third class on trains to associate with the poor (Scott). Gandhi lived in a mansion that was given to him by a wealthy industrialist. He barely accepted the offer, although he was completely deserving of the kind gesture. They had to basically force him to take it or he wouldn’t have (Scott). Even though he had a higher power over people, he didn’t want to lose that connection that he had with the poor, because if he lost that connection it would be hard to get it back, and he may never be able to gain it back again. Montag is much like Gandhi in this way. He still has an interest for all people even though he feels like he has better intentions than them (Bradbury). When he meets Clarisse, you would figure he would be arrogant and not give her the time of day. But unexpectedly, Montag shows an interest in the conversation and talks to her. Even though he is a fireman, he is still sociable with her and shows that it doesn’t matter that she is just a teenage girl. He is still going to have a conversation with her. It also shows when Montag and the firemen go to the old lady’s house to burn her books (Bradbury). She decides to stay in the house with her books and burns herself with them (Bradbury). Montag ultimately is the only one out of all of the fireman to look further into why she would burn herself with her books. He is the only one who is traumatized that he just watched a woman burn to death. He is the only one who feels the sincerity to care about the woman’s life. Montag and Gandhi both have a relation to showing that everyone matters. Montag cares for his wife so much even when she is being difficult to him, that he never gives up on her. Even
In Fahrenheit 451, the character Montag symbolizes breaking the barriers of a tattered society and boldness for standing up for thought and intellectual depth in an opposite society. Gandhi worked in a way much like Montag, but in a way to eliminate poverty and to promote intellectual depth and thought. There is a deep relation between Mahatma Gandhi and Bradbury’s character Montag in the book Fahrenheit 451.
In the first parts of Fahrenheit 451, Montag is seen as very content. He is a fireman, who ironically burns houses and books for a living (Bradbury). Before Mahatma Gandhi became the influential individual he was, he was confused and not happy with life. He participated in vile activities that his …show more content…
Gandhi was a very humble man (Scott). He did not conform to society’s ways and definitely didn’t conform to the finer things in life. He ate out of his simple brass bowl and plate his whole life to remind himself of India’s poor (Scott). He rode third class on trains to associate with the poor (Scott). Gandhi lived in a mansion that was given to him by a wealthy industrialist. He barely accepted the offer, although he was completely deserving of the kind gesture. They had to basically force him to take it or he wouldn’t have (Scott). Even though he had a higher power over people, he didn’t want to lose that connection that he had with the poor, because if he lost that connection it would be hard to get it back, and he may never be able to gain it back again. Montag is much like Gandhi in this way. He still has an interest for all people even though he feels like he has better intentions than them (Bradbury). When he meets Clarisse, you would figure he would be arrogant and not give her the time of day. But unexpectedly, Montag shows an interest in the conversation and talks to her. Even though he is a fireman, he is still sociable with her and shows that it doesn’t matter that she is just a teenage girl. He is still going to have a conversation with her. It also shows when Montag and the firemen go to the old lady’s house to burn her books (Bradbury). She decides to stay in the house with her books and burns herself with them (Bradbury). Montag ultimately is the only one out of all of the fireman to look further into why she would burn herself with her books. He is the only one who is traumatized that he just watched a woman burn to death. He is the only one who feels the sincerity to care about the woman’s life. Montag and Gandhi both have a relation to showing that everyone matters. Montag cares for his wife so much even when she is being difficult to him, that he never gives up on her. Even