“I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.” This quote from Phil Donahue, a writer and film producer, can be applied to the novel, Fahrenheit 451. The quote describes the exact way how the main character, Guy Montag, transforms his opinions and personality throughout the story. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is about a character named Guy Montag. Montag lives in a dystopian world, where society has condemned literature. Any house that is found with a book is burned down by firemen, and the owner of the house is either let off or taken to an asylum. Montag is faced with the moral predicament of rebelling against the ban of books or not, from the perspective of being a fireman himself. From this, comes the question of
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An example of this is displayed on page 57-58 when it says, “She didn’t want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl’s better off dead.” Clarisse’s opinion was different from societies, and she actively tried to persuade people to think differently and to think for themselves instead of what they are told. Most people thought that she was crazy and that she was just unhappy. This shows that it is acceptable to rebel when your morals differ because Clarisse was arguably the happiest person in the entire book, on the sole basis that she was not satisfied with how humanity was run so she tried to change it. Similarly, it is acceptable to rebel when you want to switch society's ideals because if you decide not to, than you could be considered just as worse as the beliefs you want to change. An example of this is shown on page 78 when it states, “I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’ but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.” This quote is from Faber when he was talking with Montag about how his past decision of not standing up for his beliefs was a mistake that he made. This displays …show more content…
This not only includes times where you are doing what you think is best, but also when you want to alter and make an impact on how society runs. Guy Montag does end up making a difference, but not a difference in the way you might think. From Montag, readers of Fahrenheit 451 learn to rebel and fight for their ideals and beliefs, just as the way Montag learned through Clarisse, Faber, and other important characters written in the book. This is important to note because in the text it also shows when those times to rebel occur and when it is acceptable to act upon them. Those times include when you believe that it is the right thing to do and when you want to change the ideals of society. Overall, Fahrenheit 451 leaves the reader with the knowledge and insights of when to
An example of this is displayed on page 57-58 when it says, “She didn’t want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl’s better off dead.” Clarisse’s opinion was different from societies, and she actively tried to persuade people to think differently and to think for themselves instead of what they are told. Most people thought that she was crazy and that she was just unhappy. This shows that it is acceptable to rebel when your morals differ because Clarisse was arguably the happiest person in the entire book, on the sole basis that she was not satisfied with how humanity was run so she tried to change it. Similarly, it is acceptable to rebel when you want to switch society's ideals because if you decide not to, than you could be considered just as worse as the beliefs you want to change. An example of this is shown on page 78 when it states, “I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’ but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.” This quote is from Faber when he was talking with Montag about how his past decision of not standing up for his beliefs was a mistake that he made. This displays …show more content…
This not only includes times where you are doing what you think is best, but also when you want to alter and make an impact on how society runs. Guy Montag does end up making a difference, but not a difference in the way you might think. From Montag, readers of Fahrenheit 451 learn to rebel and fight for their ideals and beliefs, just as the way Montag learned through Clarisse, Faber, and other important characters written in the book. This is important to note because in the text it also shows when those times to rebel occur and when it is acceptable to act upon them. Those times include when you believe that it is the right thing to do and when you want to change the ideals of society. Overall, Fahrenheit 451 leaves the reader with the knowledge and insights of when to