Rebellion is shown in Montag when he begins to see that what he does as his job is not right. For all these years, he has been controlled by the rest of society to be taught that books are bad and must be destroyed. As he keeps noticing all the wrong in their society, he rebels against the common idea that they have all been taught. Books are destructive. First of all, Montag has a stash of hidden books in his ventilator, illegally, and then he decides to go ahead and read them, disobeying the rules. Along with this, Montag contacts an old English professor he had met earlier, named Faber, for help (77). They come up with a plan to overthrow the government and show that books are worthwhile, “Now if you suggest that we print extra books and
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They have all been taught that books are bad and destroying them is the greater good. The government told people what to think and took away their individuality of being able to think for themselves. The people that had their own ideas and thought their own thoughts were a threat to the government. For example, Clarisse was someone that stood out from the mass population and did not act in the way the government wanted people to act, “Flowers, butterflies, leaves, sunsets, oh, hell! It’s all in her file. I’ll be damned” (107). She saw the world for its beauty and creativity and creative thought process is what the government wants to eliminate. She posed a threat to the government because they were not able to control her thought process and that is what they need to do for each person in order to gain total control. Government leaders, greedy for power, saw that the ideas and values that were portrayed in books, would not support them in taking control over the population. The wall sized TV sets are used to distract the population and keep them from thinking creatively. When people in the population get together, their topic of conversations are to be about the “families” in the soap operas shown on television (91). The government is restricting any sort of individuality that would be able to overcome the government and take over their total
They have all been taught that books are bad and destroying them is the greater good. The government told people what to think and took away their individuality of being able to think for themselves. The people that had their own ideas and thought their own thoughts were a threat to the government. For example, Clarisse was someone that stood out from the mass population and did not act in the way the government wanted people to act, “Flowers, butterflies, leaves, sunsets, oh, hell! It’s all in her file. I’ll be damned” (107). She saw the world for its beauty and creativity and creative thought process is what the government wants to eliminate. She posed a threat to the government because they were not able to control her thought process and that is what they need to do for each person in order to gain total control. Government leaders, greedy for power, saw that the ideas and values that were portrayed in books, would not support them in taking control over the population. The wall sized TV sets are used to distract the population and keep them from thinking creatively. When people in the population get together, their topic of conversations are to be about the “families” in the soap operas shown on television (91). The government is restricting any sort of individuality that would be able to overcome the government and take over their total