Examples Of Loyalty In Fahrenheit 451

Within both Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, a theme consistently embedded into the stories is the lack of emotional connection between people of the two societies. In Fahrenheit 451, the relationship between Montag and Mildred is purely one of title. This is evident when Montag asks Mildred where and when they met, but neither of them can remember. Mildred, unfazed by this discovery,

Mildred is the wife of Guy Montag, the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451. Although they are married they are not in love. Mildred does not love anybody, other than the ‘relatives’. The ‘relatives’ are devices similar to advanced wall televisions. She is so addicted to the ‘relatives’ that she no longer has legitimate relationships with anyone, including Guy. Her addiction causes her to crave more time with, and space to accommodate the ‘relatives’. Even when Guy buys her three walls of ‘relatives’ she still urges him to buy a fourth one. She no longer cares for her husband, she only values him for what he can give her. By the end of the story Mildred and Guy are so estranged that she reports him to the firemen, to be arrested for possessing books. While reporting him, she is not acting of her own accord. She is unable to think for herself, because the government has indoctrinated her. Her indoctrination causes her to report her own husband because she has been taught that books are evil. Once Montag has been reported she leaves and does not look back. This shows that isolation and government control over her thinking caused her to be incapable of loving her husband. Bradbury intentionally uses Mildred’s actions to portray this idea.

For starters, Montag and Mildred’s motivations in life and survival contrast to one another. Montag is interested in reading books and finding out what exactly the government is trying to hide. This mindset contrasts to Mildred, Montag’s wife, who is a normal law-abiding citizen. Montag shows some interest in reading and discovery. Since he works as a fireman, he gets to see all the old books burn along with the houses they were found in. Montag eventually memorizes the entirety of Ecclesiastes in his free time.

of true love in both of them. Throughout the book, Montag slowly realizes that he does not truly love his wife Mildred. In the

Early on in the book, Montag befriends a 17-year-old girl. Every day Montag talks to this girl, until one day she goes missing. Mildred knew that she had died but never told Montag. “’Whole family moved out somewhere. But she’s gone for good. I think she’s dead… “You’re not sure of it!” “No not sure pretty sure.” “Why did you not tell me sooner?” “Forgot”” (Bradbury 47). In this text, it is clear that Mildred is not fazed by death. She is insensitive to her husband who just lost a close friend. In another instance, Montag is upset about the way society does not accept books. When Mildred sees that Montag is upset and deep in thought, she tells him how she clears her mind so that she does not have to think. “You get up to around ninety-five and you feel great… You hit rabbits and sometimes you hit dogs. Go take the beetle.” (Bradbury 64). Through this text you can see how Mildred uses the thrill of fast driving to get out of deep thought and how she enjoys killing innocent animals on purpose. Through the actions and words of Mildred and other average people, it can be inferred that Mildred is supposed to be the epitome of the average American in this

As seen on page 52, “ "Mildred! " She ran past with her body stiff, her face floured with powder, her mouth gone, without lipstick. "Mildred, you didn't put in the alarm!" She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, "Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now ...." Beatty grabbed Montag's shoulder as the beetle blasted away and hit seventy” (Bradbury 52). Mildred is left to ratting out her husband because he has been keeping books. She then runs away, leaving Montag to be arrested. This would not have happened if their bond had been stronger. Mildred’s love for her technology, and Montag’s disdain for it finally led to their break up. Since Mildred was always so focused on her technology, she had spent less time thinking about and being with Montag. This even caused Mildred to forget the place where they first met. They never formed a strong and durable relationship. If their bond would have been stronger, Mildred might have sympathized with her husband and not have given him up to the firemen. Therefore, it was ultimately the technology that caused the downfall of their

This quote shows Montag’s concern for Mildred, but it’s only met with Mildred’s worry for herself and her belongings. Throughout their relationship Mildred was more concerned about their financial state rather than Montag’s wellbeing. As Montag was battling against society Mildred betrayed him by turning him in, proving she doesn’t actually care about him, only the things he can provide for her. Relationships in this society are no longer built on trust and caring, rather they’re focused around the monetary values of

Whenever Montag brought the books into the house, Mildred refused to read them but she did not expose his operation to the firemen. Towards the end of the novel she did expose him, but in her eyes it was for his own good. She was only there to bring him to the better side of the world and remain silent and obedient to society.

Montag the main character is a very important character in this novel. He is outside of the norm compared to the others in this society. His job in the novel being a firefighter may have been one of the main reasons he decided to go against the government. His job has influenced him in an important way. After seeing the lady die with her thousands of books made Montag think that there must be something about books that made her make a brave decision like that. When he got home he talked to Mildred and stated “Mildred, how would it be if, maybe I quit my job awhile?”(Bradbury 48). Montag has realized that his job isn’t helping people. He doesn’t want to go to work and experience anything like that again so he thinks about it and discusses it with Mildred. Having a wife that doesn’t listen to you must be very stressful for Montag. Over the past couple days in the book Montag has realized many things about his wife that he never realized before. Mildred is almost considered brainwashed. Mildred is almost a poster gal for this society she doesn’t think, read, and do anything outside the norm for the society. Compared to Montag Mildred is less understanding and doesn’t listen. She is against breaking the rules and the only way she feels that she can get out of it is committing suicide. When she downed all the pills and woke up the next morning Montag told her that she overdosed and she stated: “Oh, I wouldn’t do that”(Bradbury 17). It was almost like the was embarrassed that she did that and woke up. She probably didn’t want to admit to Montag that she would do something like that and that she was unhappy. Montag and Mildred have different ways of looking and doing something for themselves in this society.

Mildred (Montag’s wife), has a very dull and bland personality. As Montag woke up that morning, “Mildred stood over his bed, curiously. He felt her there, he saw her without

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Mildred and Clarisse are anti-paragons to Montag in which they lead him to the demise of his “happy” life. Montag is swayed many ways by the actions of Mildred and Clarisse. Which lead him to an epiphany about his life and how he really feels. Mildred and Clarisse are very different in many instances, furthermore Clarisse is more of a thinker, while Mildred lives in a more fictional world. Clarisse asks Montag if “fireman have always burnt things” and ask many questions to Montag about random matters that he himself has never even thought about (8).

First, in this book there is a woman named Mildred. Mildred is Guy Montag’s wife , who is the main character. As we go deeper in the text , we can conclude that mildred has become self-centered .As in this quote she says “Whole family moved out somewhere. But she’s gone gone for good. I think she is dead. Ran over by a car. Four days ago.” This is when we can conclude that she is starting to reveal her actions when montag is sick. She didn’t let montag know clarisse had gotten run over , when clarisse

In the story fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury shows many characters atttitude and contributionn to the story.One character that really stands out and makes me dislike hime or her more than any character in this story is mildred.Mildred is the wife of the main character Montag. She wakes up watching clowns in the t.v. that cause her to separates from her real life. This is not the only reason I dislike her, the other reason is that she treats his husband as if he were not real she rarely talks to him even if she is feeling bad she won't tell him. The way she makes herself happy is not with him it's with her lovely technology every day.She is a horrible person since she makes herself fall asleep pills which shows that she doesn’t care if

Mildred and a lady who set herself on fire because of books, is what is most responsible for Montag's transformation. Montag

Unlike Montag, who when discovered the truth about his life took actions to try to changed, Mildred like most of the people in the city takes the easy bath by running away and pretending that everything is as it should be. Although she betrays Montag by reporting about the book he hides in their home, Montag does not get angry with her as he realize that he has no emotion lift for her but pity over her self-destructive, and weak nature, and her remembers her as “My wife . . . poor Millie. I think of her hands but I don't see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lie there on her lap or there's a cigarette in them, but that's all.” (Bradbury,