In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ protagonist Guy Montag sets out on an impossible task to reveal knowledge from the past by performing acts of civil disobedience that challenge his society along with all those living in it; however‚ Montag’s character must go through dramatic changes in order to do so. In a community where books are burned and those who possess them and the wisdom they hold are killed or admitted into insane asylums‚ Montag has to discover the truth behind books despite the danger it brings him
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Guy Montag‚ is a fireman. But in his world‚ a “fireman”’s job is to burn houses that contain the burden called books. He quickly becomes eager to learn‚ and begins to steal books. He tries to share them with people he loves‚ but then the firemen came for his house. Because of his anger towards his job‚ wife‚ Beatty‚ and the fireman‚ he leaves the dystopian society. In the book Fahrenheit 451 the “known” for society is a government that controls the information that the public receives and gives
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independent thought. The people in the society do not spend time on themselves‚ enjoy nature‚ or even read books. These rules get enforced by the firemen of the town who if they find a book‚ they burned it in four hundred and fifty one degrees. Guy Montag is a third generation fireman. Being the typical stereotype men‚ he takes life a different approach. He takes pride in his work and serves as a role model for twenty-fourth century town citizens. He goes through multiple struggles and conflict.
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Montag was turned in by his wife because he had books hidden in the house. Beatty made Montag burn his own house down because he wanted to show him how bad books can be and then Montag just killed Beatty and had to run away. Since Montag is now a wanted man he has to find a way to escape the city before he gets caught by the hound that is programmed to chase him down. The hound catches up to him and bites his leg making it numb but Montag manages to kill the hound and run off as fast as he can. Montag
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Montag is going through a major transition at this part of the novel. He is actually thinking critically about why things are instead of how things are done. Montag is losing the fake sense of security and happiness that the government has instilled upon him. Clarisse‚ the girl who is mentioned in this quote‚ is the one who gets Montag thinking. She asks Montag if he is really happy and he responds that he is‚ but he later comes back to that question and thinks about it. Montag realizes that he is
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inside. In this society the fire‚ instead of paying fires‚ create‚ they are responsible for burning books. This brings us to our main character‚ Guy Montag was a man who had been a firefighter since the age of 20‚ Guy Montag was part of society dumbed by the government. The TV had controlled people‚ prevented them from thinking‚ had taken away all ability to reason. Montag was well lived believing his life was normal and that burning books gave him happiness he needed. One day he met Clarisse McClellan
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Guy Montag‚ the main character in Fahrenheit 451‚ goes through a huge change. He starts out to be a fireman; someone who burns banned books (a book that is illegal to have or read because it is thought to be "inappropriate" by some group or organization‚ or the like). In the book‚ you were said to be a criminal if you owned a banned book‚ or even if you read it. Montag changed a great deal‚ from a fireman who burns books‚ to a criminal who reads‚ and owns books. He does this to try and change society
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Fahrenheit 451’s Guy Montag: A Hero or a Villain? Unquestionably‚ all novels can convey multiple meanings depending on a variety of factors with the most important being the manner in which the audience interprets the author’s words. More importantly‚ to professionally draw conclusions concerning the message the author demonstrates throughout a text‚ it is essential to discuss and apply the five literary elements of literature to the text. In greater detail‚ when a work itself is criticized or evaluated
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