Fahrenheit 451; 3 Characters That Helped Montag Change

Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag goes through many changes and by the end of the story, he is ultimately an entirely different person. He is not responsible for all of the changes on his own however, and several characters play an essential role in shaping who he eventually becomes. At the beginning of the book, Montag encounters a teenage girls named Clarisse. Clarisse is only present for a short time, however she immediately gets Montag to think in a way he never has before. She looks at the small things in life and goes against what the current society tells her to think and do. She is different from everyone else in a very freeing way and Montag starts to be drawn into her personality. She is like a burst of fresh air for Montag

Throughout the book, there are people who have tried to dissuade Montag from breaking the rules. A few of these people include Captain Beatty, Stoneman, and Black. Captain Beatty used his own knowledge of books and

People always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. This is the case as well in Fahrenheit 451, the novel, written by Ray Bradbury, is the story that follows a normal man, Guy Montag, who lived a normal life in his civilization post apocalptic as a fireman. Although where he is from, it is not a fireman’s duty to put out fires, but rather to burn books. It is because of his profession he battled his conscience to find answers to his many questions. Throughout this book, Montag changed his perceptive on literature in his society for the better because he became a critical thinker and stopped being passive like everyone else where

Ray Bradbury is a master of characterization techniques. He uses his expertise, such as indirect characterization, in the creation of Fahrenheit 451. In addition to learning about the explicit qualities of Bradbury’s characters, readers receive deeper insight as we carefully read his stories. In Fahrenheit 451, we learn more indirect information about the protagonist, Guy Montag, through the words used to introduce this character. We have a clear view of Montag’s thoughts and feelings that lead him into his own transformation.

In the beginning, Montag is a person that burns books and makes a living off of. Montag is a husband of Mildred. Montag becomes angry towards his wife because of actions. When Montag finds his wife has overdosed on sleeping pills. He becomes worried about there

Fire. Fire can mean so many different things in so many different situations. Fire has had a lot to do with the book Fahrenheit 451. Throughout the book, the meaning of that fire changes to the main character, Guy Montag. Montag’s profession is a fireman, but not the fireman you

We as Humans go through different life situations that make us become who we are. We met different types of people that also help change the way we view the world. One story name “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury show four characters that influence the changes we see in one character named Montag. Those four characters are Clarisse, the unidentified old women, Faber, and Beatty. All four of these characters play a significant role in Montag life changes.

Either he sacrificed everything he has worked for and let Faber lose his life too or he killed Beatty. Beatty’s death symbolizes the end of Montag’s life in that society. From there on out, Montag had to hide from the police and anyone who could potentially turn him in. His decision to kill Beatty portrays him as heroic because he made a tough decision that most wouldn’t make. Montag’s decision to kill Beatty makes him heroic also because he saved Faber from being arrested. Montag killed a good friend to save Faber, a man he has known for a week or two. As a true hero, he saw which person was more important to him and he made the tough decision to kill one of them. He stopped at no cost to stand up for what he believed in and that makes him truly heroic. Along with the end of his relationship with Beatty, Montag also ruined his relationship with his wife. “‘Let me alone,’ said Mildred. ‘I didn’t do anything’” (52). Montag and his wife, Mildred, have been struggling lately with their marriage. Montag has been doing everything he possibly can to keep it together and Mildred isn’t even making an effort. Montag finally breaks down and shows her all the books that he has been coveting in the air duct in their house. Mildred doesn’t know how to react when she sees the books. She wishes that Montag wouldn’t drag her into his own mess. She does not want to be involved with whatever he schemes. This scene symbolizes Montag’s heroism

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”- Mahatma Gandhi. Fahrenheit 451 is about a man named Guy Montag who doesn’t realize it yet but is one of the most important people in his society. Ray Bradbury wrote this book to show society the change that can and will happened if we keep going the way we are going. Montag has changed through his journey in many ways. One way is Montag has changed from not caring about his wife Millie to caring if she died during the war. Secondly Montag has changed in his journey ever since he met Clarisse, and lastly Montag has changed when he started taking books, reading them, and realizing what him and the other firemen are doing is wrong.

Guy Montag is your typical headstrong character that is the hero or protagonist that never loses sight of what he is after. Through people portraying the man he wishes he was and characters setting him back, Montag fights his way through a foggy dystopian society in which has him playing the role of a fireman who starts the fires. Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Montag proves to be a character of change and a character of sheer willpower. Montag first starts out as the character that shows to be a follower and a victim to a society that has only the most powerful individuals do the thinking for the entire world.

And how can he keep everything that’s happening to him inside how can he not share it with people and talk to someone about it. In page 97 it says “but montag was gone and back in a moment with a book in his hand”. Montag risked bringing out the books and on top of it reading it to mildred’s friends. It frustrated him to see their views on politics and he wanted to anger them. This changed his character because it started to bother him the way not just them but many people thought about politics, they didn’t really understand it. And before he would of never even bothered to ask them

In the book "Fahrenheit 451" Montag changes from a firefighter that burns books and houses down into a caring man the cares about people and books.

The changes of Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury’s 1951 novel, Fahrenheit 451, were strangely gradual, while somehow coming about sort of suddenly. At first, certain changes can go almost unnoticed. This is because Montag’s behavioral alterations come about thought by thought. As the character becomes more informed of his society’s complications, he becomes increasingly more angry and less empathetic. His frustrations lead Montag to act out in ways that he likely would not before.

What if you were stuck in a society that was devoid of any personality? What if you went home everyday to a family who didn’t care about themselves, much less you? It would be horrible, and we, as humans in our current society would see that as monstrous and dull. But this is the world that Guy Montag, as fireman in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, has to endure. His job as a fireman is not to put out fires, but to start them, specifically getting rid of the filth that this world perceives books as. And while he has been content to do his job for ten years, Montag’s view of the world around him starts to change as a girl makes him question all he has ever know. She makes him question the primary basis or teaching of his society, which

The first character in the novel Fahrenheit 451 who influences Guy Montag is seventeen year-old Clarisse McClellan. The first time Guy and Clarisse cross paths occurs when Guy is walking home from work close to midnight. They meet on an empty sidewalk and quickly begin conversation. As they continue talking, Guy notices that Clarisse is not an average teenager because of the deep questions and thoughts she has. Clarisse questions Guy’s contentment and makes him realize the absence of love and pleasure in his life. Clarisse acts as a goad to push Guy towards a much needed self-examination that later helps him overcome his fear of bringing out the books he has collected over the years and start to look for the meaning in them. Because of Clarisse, Guy is able to transform into a more self-aware man who can now decode his feelings and realize what he needs to have a flourishing life. The second character I chose who impacts Guy Montag is Professor Faber. Guy met Faber in a park a year before this novel takes place when Guy suspected Faber of having a book. When Guy finally builds up his interest in wanting to know more about his secret books, he calls Faber for aid. With Faber’s knowledge, Guy is able to understand viewpoints from different authors and eventually escape the city after he is reported for having books. Alongside Clarisse, Faber is able to help Montag from being completely molded into an average city citizen who is isolated from the knowledge that books are,