Analysis Of Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

Leaders lead by example, but sometimes not everyone follows them. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are a lot of situations going on. There’s one specifically that got my attention that not many people got too hung up on. This was when Beatty set up Clarisse to see if his suspicion about Montag was true. Beatty was justified for setting up Clarisse because Beatty was known for setting up people, and getting information out of people and things he found suspicious. Which in this case, he had every right to do. Throughout the book, the reader find out that Clarisse grows to be one of Montag’s closer friends as their friendship grows stronger. In the beginning, the reader assumes it was just Clarisse
There was a reason Clarisse was an outcast, an that’s because she knew how society was. “I’m antisocial, they say. I don’t mix. It’s so strange. I’m very social indeed. It all depends on what you mean by social, doesn’t it?” “But I don’t think it’s social to get a bunch of people together and then not let them talk, do you?” (Bradbury 26-27). This shows the way Clarisse thinks is different than most of society’s. Beatty had to of known Clarisse was filled with knowledge so that way she could start to tell Montag what she knew, and Beatty could watch Montag get progressively more suspicious about the society they were living
Not all people follow the leaders, but that doesn’t mean it ends up good for them either, as you can probably tell. Montag didn’t have the right to go behind Beatty’s back, and possibly get other people involved to follow his actions. Not only did Montag betray Beatty, he betrayed his family, and the society he’s living in. With Beatty being dead, there’s no way to say whether Montag is better off or not. Maybe someone worse will come along and do to him when Beatty couldn’t. All in all, this isn’t the end for Montag. It’s only the