Guy Montag

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    this group of enforcers are known as the Fireman. Guy Montag, alike other fireman, uses kerosene, their main tool to destroy the books found by fire. As the story progresses, we being to witness a change in Montag’s way of thinking. After making connections with a teenager named Clarisse that is also his next-door neighbor, he begins to question his own ways of life. Clarisse gives him the idea of a life with meaning and purpose, that makes Montag reevaluate the life that he…

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    This book takes place in a suburban city in the twenty first century. Society has abandoned all sources of knowledge and turned towards fast entertainment. War is about to begin but people are deficit of concern and are indifferent towards it. Guy Montag is a fireman that takes pleasure in the burning of books and the buildings containing them. He thinks not of the reason behind the burning, but instead only obeys and does his job. In this society everyone is too caught up in life and exiting…

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    behavior of these brainwashed people that live on entertainment, and throws in a special, sensible person named Guy Montag. Guy Montag is introduced as a brainwashed fireman who has been indoctrinated by the new technology. Once he realizes his mindless behaviors, Montag tries to live his life in a sane fashion without the fantastic gadgets and normalities interfering. For instance, Montag and his boss Beatty discuss several topics in Montag’s bedroom, including a 16 year old girl named…

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    Analysis Written Response-Vanessa Ramos-Zuniga For my analysis I did Guy Montag, he DID change throughout the story. Montag changed by from burning books to not wanting to burn books. In the beginning of the book Montag was liking his job of burning books, until he met Clarisse, she was the one that made Montag realize why do they have to burn books. When Montag and the other firemen got a call to go to a house, at the house Montag took a book (The Bible), but it was actually his arm that took…

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    Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury centers around the dystopian society in a nearing future. It follow Guy Montag and his interaction with the world around him, mainly the various people he encounters on daily basis. Each character lies somewhere on the scale of ignorance or knowledge, some lay more towards ignorance, or on knowledge and a few in the middle. Montag lies in the middle and hinders on each side depending who he meets. Characters like Clarisse, Faber, the old women lean him more towards…

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    “Fahrenheit 451” was written by Ray Bradbury. In the book the main character was named Montag and he was a fireman that instead of putting out fires he lit books on fire. Later on in the story Montag hides the books and he happens to keep the very last copy of the bible. Towards the middle of the Montag starts to change a lot in many ways. Initially in the beginning of the book, Montag was like a “perfect” fireman. Sir Montag was a Thirty year old man. He was also a fireman that would go into…

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    Mildred, who represents the brain dead society which was partly caused by Montag. Clarisse represents hope for the society. Also, books represent knowledge, ideas, and education. Clarisse and Mildred are from the same society but, they both have very different morals. Morality is a particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society. In the story, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is considered a moral character because he fought for what he…

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    Morality In Fahrenheit 451

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    the protagonist, Guy Montag resides in America, however a futuristic dystopian version of it differs from America today. In this alternate culture, the possession of books are prohibited and the lives of people are limited due to the restrictions made by the government. The government manipulates the society into believing firemen have the ability to start fires in preference of burning them out. Firemen have orders to invade people’s homes and burn their books. However, Montag, Faber, and…

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    book is important because it shows what might happen in the future.For example, after Montag reads aloud “Dover Beach” to Mildred's friends, her friends act out in the very similar way we could imagine they do in this dystopian novel.One cries and even though efforts are made by Mildred to confront her, none can make her stop.On the other hand, the second woman gets defensive and asks Montag to stop immediately. Guy exchanges word with Mrs.Bowels about her previous husbands and she leaves.This…

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    451, Guy Montag believes that he lives in a utopia. Those beliefs are shattered when he meets Clarisse McClellan, who tells him all her ideas about the past and present of their society, which makes Montag question everything around him. Montag and Clarisse live in a society where burning books is the law and firemen are paid to start fires and not put them out. Books are banned and anyone found hiding any is sent to a mental institution or burned along with their books and homes. Montag lives…

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