Sandra Cisneros once said, “There is no perfect place, there is no wonderful utopia.” She believes the world is and will never be perfect, and we should all believe that too. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows us a society where its inhabitants think the world is perfect, but it’s mostly the opposite, and Montag can agree. Due to him constantly wanting to better his dystopian society, Montag becomes inquisitive as to why people do what they do, gains self-confidence after standing up to his leaders, and turns forgiving as he and his friends rebuild society.
In Fahrenheit 451, people make odd choices and sacrifices, and Montag starts to become inquisitive as to why people make the choices that they do. For work, Montag has to go to one odd book burning. Here, an old woman decides to stay and burn alive for her books. Montag stops, thinks about this decision, and says, “‘There must be something in books, something [our society] …show more content…
Mildred, Montag’s wife, betrays him by ringing the alarm to bust Montag for his private collection. Beatty orders Montag to burn down his own house and arrest himself. After burning down his house, Montag faces Beatty, takes the flame thrower so he could “… [shoot] one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him…” then Beatty “…at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent” (Bradbury 113). He gains self-confidence by having the courage to do the tremendously dangerous action of burning his boss alive. This confidence he gains later helps him kill the mechanical hound, see Faber for one last time, and escape the city and meet Granger. Beatty, along with all firemen, are a bad influence in society because they were blocking opinions in the form of burning books, and Montag felt if the firemen were removed, the society will get better. Montag’s self-confidence pushes him to better his rotten
In Fahrenheit 451, people make odd choices and sacrifices, and Montag starts to become inquisitive as to why people make the choices that they do. For work, Montag has to go to one odd book burning. Here, an old woman decides to stay and burn alive for her books. Montag stops, thinks about this decision, and says, “‘There must be something in books, something [our society] …show more content…
Mildred, Montag’s wife, betrays him by ringing the alarm to bust Montag for his private collection. Beatty orders Montag to burn down his own house and arrest himself. After burning down his house, Montag faces Beatty, takes the flame thrower so he could “… [shoot] one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him…” then Beatty “…at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent” (Bradbury 113). He gains self-confidence by having the courage to do the tremendously dangerous action of burning his boss alive. This confidence he gains later helps him kill the mechanical hound, see Faber for one last time, and escape the city and meet Granger. Beatty, along with all firemen, are a bad influence in society because they were blocking opinions in the form of burning books, and Montag felt if the firemen were removed, the society will get better. Montag’s self-confidence pushes him to better his rotten