Guy Montag

Mildred Montag is the not-so-loving wife of Guy Montag, and the epitome of the average person in society. She’s obsessed with technology to the point where it’s unhealthy constantly watching television, and when she’s not, she has her earphones (“seashells”) in, listening to the radio. Her time is mostly spent in the “parlour”, a room filled with three wall-sized television screens. In fact, Mildred spends so much of her time in the parlour, utterly mesmerized by her TV screens, that she…

through the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is action vs. inaction. The main character Guy Montag, who is an inactive fireman who burns down the homes of book owners as a punishment for breaking the law, turns into an active man who takes action upon his beliefs. Bradbury, who published the book in 1953, predicts a future filled with restrictions and a strong government that controls everything. When Montag starts to understand the value of books, and how the books can change the society, he…

Clarisse vs Mildred Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel about a young man named Guy Montag who lives in a society where books have been banned and the citizens are not allowed to think for themselves. In the beginning of the story, we meet Montag's wife, Mildred Montag, who is one of many that are living an empty life that does not have meaning or purpose. We also meet Clarisse McClellan, Montag's neighbor, who realizes the tragedy of the society they live in; and she enjoys nature and…

science fiction. Guy Montag, the main character, begins as a firefighter who starts fires rather than extinguishing them. A corrupt government and society uses its citizens to destroy the past. By burning books and promoting technology and propaganda, citizens become numb to reality. As Montag progresses, his perspective changes, his heart is warmed, and he realizes the truth of his culture and his need to rebuild it in knowledge. In the beginning, it starts by describing Montag and his…

451 is about a man named Montag and he is a fireman. Now not the kind of fireman you know, he is the kind that burns books instead of saving lives. Montag is in his 30s and lives with only him and his wife. Throughout this book it tells us about how, who and what montag does about the problem with books burning. Inside the book Fahrenheit 451 it takes about an important step in Montag's life, such as him changing a lot. In the beginning of…

Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a future America where books are forbidden and firemen burn down the houses that contain them. Guy Montag, once a fireman and under the influence of censorship, rebels when he discovers the magnificent power of books and the effect they have upon him. By ridding society of a resource for knowledge that is no longer deemed valuable, Bradbury warns that censorship shapes individuals who cannot think for themselves and leaves society as a…

Set in the future, Guy Montag is a fireman in an American city, however, unlike any usual fireman, their job is to start fires rather than put them out. Bradbury presents a society with a passive acceptance of things; a society who do not engage in outdoor activities, read books, have deep intellectual conversations or think for themselves; but rather, they drive very fast, suicide is not uncommon, have wall size televisions that they are deeply attached to and listen to a radio that is attached…

introduces two women who influence the life of the main character Guy Montag, a firefighter whose job is dedicated to destroying books. The seventeen-year-old neighbor, Clarisse McClellan, is mentioned first and provides the stimulus for Montag’s new outlook on life. His wife Mildred, whose personality differs completely from Clarisse’s, portrays the second woman who impacts Montag. With their differences, Clarisse and Mildred influence Montag in opposite ways with their words, emotions, and…

Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of destroying books in a society where they are forbidden, questions whether what he does is right. Through witnessing a woman burn to death for her books and Faber’s, an elderly former professor’s, teachings, Montag is trapped between the worlds of Fire and Knowledge. In a desperate and rash action, he turns his incinerator from the books towards his fellow firemen, including his former boss, Beatty. Following the hysteria, Montag escapes to the…

they were hidden in. Guy Montag was a ten-year experienced fireman whose job was to burn books. He enjoyed doing this and never questioned anything of what he did until he met a seventeen-year-old girl, who told him about a past when…