Montag's Identity In Fahrenheit 451

This hints at Montag’s identity crisis early on. In fact, Clarisse’s few lines have sparked the catalyst that will make Montag question his society’s character. As Clarisse acknowledges Montag’s differentness, Montag feels a conflict between his duty towards his society and his subconscious. He starts to sense wrongness in the society. When he feels his body divide into opposites, he begins to realize that although this dismal culture seems content, what meets the eye isn’t always true.

There is a crucial similarity between the Mechanical Hounds and the people of the monotonous society. These man – made creatures are living but not living, thinking but not thinking. They think what man tells it to think. And irony plays it, the people of