Guy Montag

rules laid upon them, but when their is a resistance the result could be catastrophic. Guy Montag is a man who embraces his job of burning books and is too ignorant to see what he is actually doing, but when he meets his neighbor she opens his mind to see what his life actually consists of and alters his awareness towards what is occurring all around him. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, evolves throughout the book and is influenced by the people he meets…

“Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury,” the main protagonist named Guy Montag progresses throughout the story after meeting Clarisse McClellan. At the start of the novel, Guy Montag works as a third-generation fireman who enjoys burning books for a living. One night after work, he meets Clarisse McClellan, an odd 17 year-old girl who enjoys nature and isn’t interested into violence, tv, or vacant socializing. She asks Montag whether he was happy and Montag soon realizes that his life had no meaning.…

good. Ray Bradbury sprinkles intelligent themes and morals throughout the book through the characters and the environment. Guy Montag is the protagonist, and the essential “hero” in the story. Montag mostly maintains a lot of the conflict and through it all. Montag uses rhetorical techniques to convey his opinion on the greater good and how it can positively impact someone. Montag had met some pretty different characters, but not one like Clarisse. Clarisse was this little 17 year girl that…

book, Fahrenheit 451, the main character, Guy Montag experienced drastic changes throughout the book. Montag is just a normal citizen who follows the rules, but later becomes a bit rebellious towards the laws of his society. First of all, Guy Montag is a fireman, which means he burns books for a living. In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Montag states that burning books were pleasurable to him. “It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 3). His…

many different ways a literary element creates the meaning of the text. In this case it is in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this book, the main character, Guy Montag suffers through many conflicts in his dystopian society. Conflict is a big literary element that creates the meaning of the text. In the first section of this novel Montag meets a peculiar neighbor. Her name is Clarisse McLean. She is the one who introduces him to the past. Because of this he starts to questions…

Fahrenheit 452 Essay Montag is a character in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury that changes a whole lot by the end of this book. In the beginning Montag is a very average boring guy. He goes to work and comes home to his wife every day, and does the same thing over and over again. Montag is a fire-man who burns books for a living because the government did not want people to get any “ideas” Montag changes when he meets Clarece, a 17 year old girl who happens to be his neighbor.…

Breaking Free Guy Montag a married thirty year old fireman who doesn't save people in the way a real societies fireman might. Montag is a fireman who burns book. He has done his job for ten years and has never thought of doing anything else than burning books until he meets seventeen year old Clarissa McClellan. She not only opens his eyes to new possibilities and secrets of the past, but puts him on a path they will forever shape his future. Guy Montag’s conflict with his job, morals ,and…

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are two types of people: Those who follow the law, and those who don’t. People who represent the conformity are Beatty and Mildred. The non-conformers Clarisse, Montag, and Faber. Conformers have their right to be protected from their fears. But, people have a right to believe in thinking what they want to, but in this society that can’t happen. The non-conformers have been around, supposedly, since 1790. During this time they have been fearful for…

itself, Fahrenheit 451, represents the whole story in the novel. “F451-the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns…” Firstly, Ray Bradbury describes the future throughout the main character in his novel, Guy Montag, a fireman who burn books for a living. Guy Montag is not an ordinary man. At first, he found that it is a pleasure to burn; he was satisfied with his everyday…

are found. The major character named Montag that is a third-generation fireman has changed by himself, and exteral facter. Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books in a futuristic city. In Montag’s world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out. The people in this society do not read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, and think independently. he is very proud about his job. “Of course, I am happy ”(p8). At the begining of the novel, Montag just a normal fireman who really…