In the book Fahrenheit 451 Montag used to see fire as destruction but now sees it as a loss. When the firefighters got the fire call to go to 11 North Elm Street Montag experience things he has never thought about before, “You can come with me… I want to stay here” (Bradbury 36). Montag tried to convince the woman to leave with him so she would not die in the fire. “She opened the finger of one hand slightly and in the palm of the hand was a single slender object. An ordinary kitchen match” (Bradbury 36). At the fire call the woman never wanted to leave with the books she rather die. This change Montag's views of fire because he has never been in this situation where he let someone die and finally thought to himself why is she staying back
