The Old Guys

Thesis: Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451, is aligned with the “bad guys.” He’s a firefighter who burns books simply because that is what is expected him, not necessarily because he thinks that books are dangerous. Guy undergoes a major transformation because attempts to revive lost pieces of society. In Fahrenheit 451, an example of control is when Mildred wants to put a fourth wall in but they don’t have the money. Guy’s yearly pay is only $16,000 and the fourth wall would cost one fourth of his…

play and the book is the temperature in which paper burns. The story is set in an unspecified city at an unspecified time in the future. The main protagonist of the play is Guy Montag played by Kriston Woodreaux a "fireman" employed to burn the homes of people guilty of the crime of reading books, which have been outlawed. Guy Montag burns books simply because that is what is expected…

knowledge and wisdom. In the book it seems that it is gained by experience and scholarship. Along with Faber they do a good job of passing on their wisdom and knowledge of books to Montag. (Shmoop Editorial Team)Once the city is destroyed, the guys are given the task of establishing the society. No one could think of a better and more knowledgeable crew to do it. It also has violence in the book. In the futuristic world of the book it betrays a “problematic status quo.” Teens go around…

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…

society is much different from now. The protagonist, Guy Montag, works as fire firefighter. Firefighters, instead of taking out fires, are the ones who start them. Guy lives in a society where people don't think for themselves and simply go with the flow of life. Everyone that he knows never stops to think of what or why they are doing something. The society is so consumed with technology that they don’t think for themselves. As a fire fighter, Guy is called to start fires when there are people…

are amazing! It would be hard to live without books. In the future, reading and owning a book is illegal. There is a man whose name is Guy Montag. He is a fireman who burns books in a futuristic American city. Montag’s new neighbor Clarisse McClellan, seventeen years old, who calls herself crazy and enjoys conversations. The main character in the book is Guy Montag. He works as a fireman. He burns books, because they are illegal in the futuristic city. Montag takes pride in his job. he enjoys…

The murder took place at the home address of a fireman named Guy Montag. The event occurred while the house of the said fireman was being burnt because he failed to comply with the laws. According to our resources, fireman Montag had possession of books in his house and was called out for it. Captain Beatty, along with a few other firemen, including Guy Montag proceed with their jobs to burn the house and the books. It is said that Guy Montag had possession of a kerosene tank and out of…

example, in the beginning Beatty asks Guy if he has any books because the hound was growling at him as he walked by. As this happens Beatty is laughing showing how his evil leads him to love destroying the books and those who own them. For instance, as Beatty talks about the burning of the women and the old times of him reading he seems to be excited. Beatty acts as if killing a woman and destroying her property is okay which exemplifies…

first event occurs at the very beginning of the book when Guy meets Clarisse for the first time. The brief meeting with Clarisse had planted some seeds of defiance in Guy’s head, “He was not happy. He said the words to himself…. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with it.”(Bradbury 9). For the 10 years, the fireman told himself he was happy and he believed it, it took one teenage girl 5 minutes to cause Guy to rethink his whole life. Clarisse is the main…

INTERVIEWER: Guy Montag is here today to talk about how he became well informed on the world around him. How are you doing today Montag? GUY MONTAG: I am doing well, thank you for asking. INTERVIEWER: Yes, alright let’s get started. Give me a brief description of what your life was like before the chaos. How did you feel about work? GUY MONTAG: I did enjoy work at one point. I had been a fireman for “ten years” (Bradbury 8) and had come accustomed to the hard work and the prestigious lifestyle.…