” In the dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag relates to this quote in the story by going against the government and fighting for books. In the beginning of the novel Montag has no respect for books as he is a fireman and burns peoples house down that is caught with books‚ but later finds out about the truth of books. This refers to the theme of state-sponsored censorship. In the beginning of the story Montag meets a young girl named Clarisse McClellan. She makes him
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governments. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books and readers but eventually begins reading and turns on his government only to join a group of intellectuals who plan to memorize and redistribute books. Similarily in Equilibrium‚ John Preston is an officer who kills sense offenders‚ people who illegally use their emotions‚ but like Guy Montag he joins the sense offenders to overthrow his government. Even though they were blindly obedient law enforcers‚ Montag and Preston similarly walk
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firemen to set books on fire rather than to put out fires.The main character Guy Montag is a firefighter that was going through the motions in life and doing his job until his views and ideas were changed. He begins to question the ways of society and ultimately becomes in his own way a hero. People are capable of great things and in order to accomplish these we all need a little help and guidance along the way. When montag burns down the books along with the woman that refuses to leave the house.
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Mildred Montag is the prime example of a conformist in the dystopian society portrayed in Ray Bradbury ’s book‚ Fahrenheit 451. She thinks in the simplistic manner that people like her are conditioned to‚ and she ’s married to a fireman‚ who plays the largely important role of burning books in this society. She spends her days watching the television screens in the parlor and her nights with Seashell Radios buzzing in her ears. At first glance‚ her life of all play and no work might seem relaxing
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Clarisse McClellan and Mildred Montag are both essential characters in 451. The two women both portray the existing society that they live in‚ and both show how well they blend into the lifestyle. They show their differences by the way they incorporate into society‚ what affect they have on Montag and their appearance. Clarisse is considered “anti-social” by the rest of the civilization. This factor causes Mildred’s lifestyle to stand out‚ and society portrays her as “social” and "fit with the crowd
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of Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag is the protagonist. Montag is a firefighter‚ which is where they burn books instead of putting them out. Captain Beatty is the same as Montag‚ but not that quite… Ray Bradbury shows the differences between Montag and Beatty and shows how it affects Montag over the story‚ it also changes our perspective. Monag has achieved to think‚ with a help of a 17-year-old‚ named Clarisse. Clarisse keeps asking questions to Montag. “You laugh when I haven’t been funny
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lonely and bewildered are some of the words that can be used to describe Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury’s novel on dystopian society‚ Fahrenheit 451. The protagonist‚ Montag‚ stray away from the norms of society as he discovers a void in his life that can be filled with books. Unlike the rest of society‚ he represents many lost ideals such as compassion‚ desire for knowledge and a need for the company of another. On the other hand‚ Montag also represents some of the ideals of the dystopian society in which
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uses the life of a Guy named Montag‚ a fireman in a near future dystopia‚ to make an argument against mindless blissful ignorance. In Bradbury’s world‚ the firemen that Montag is a part of create fires to burn books instead of putting out fires. By burning books‚ the firemen eliminate anything that might make people want to be different or start any type of argument with anyone in the community. But this leads into people wanting to read the books so they keep them‚ like Montag but they end up being
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Guy Montag’s purpose and role in this novel show that he is different than the rest of society because he wants to stand up for books‚ he tries to save society from being brainwashed by the government‚ and he wants to read books. Montag was a regular guy doing exactly what he was told to do burn books. Montag starts questioning as to why books are bad and why they need to be burned. Curiosity got the best of Montag making him heroic in the sense that he refuses to comply the government’s rules
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