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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Montag spends the rest of the rainy afternoon uneasily reading through books while Millie sits idly. As he reads‚ Montag is often reminded of Clarisse. Meanwhile‚ the already edgy couple is alarmed by a scratching at the door. Millie dismisses it as "just a dog"‚ but Montag knows it is the Mechanical Hound. Luckily‚ the Hound leaves without causing a disturbance. Millie whines that there is no reason to read books and that that their house will be burned down if anyone finds out. Montag responds
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2A 9/27/12 Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis Guy Montag is a firefighter‚ where instead of being the “hero” or saving lives by putting out the fire‚ he starts them. Montag comes from a very unique society‚ where synergy with environment and books is inconsequential. Montag is not a chronic character‚ he is not competent with his own charisma. He feels the need to recuperate his personality traits to find a satisfactory way to live and love the society he is displayed in. Montag accepts the perception
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Humes English November 20‚ 2012 Character analysis of Guy Montag “If they give you ruled paper‚ write the other way.” This quote by Juan Ramon Jimenez means that sometimes rules are meant to be broken and sometimes rules are not always for the betterment of society. Rules give us structure‚ but they can hinder our humanity towards one another. The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a dystopian society where books are burned and outlawed. Guy Montag‚ a fireman‚ comes along‚ and he learns
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In Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag changes by the end of the novel because at the beginning of the novel‚ Montag was very content and happy with his job as a fireman and his life in general and never questioned it‚ but as Montag met new people and experienced different situations‚ he realizes that he is not happy and was questioning many things‚ including books‚ firemen‚ and life in general. Montag explains at the beginning of the novel‚ “It never went away‚ that smile‚ it never ever went away‚ as long as
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is despised. This is the society that Guy Montag lives and changes in. Through the use of characters and events‚ Ray Bradbury shows a transformation in Guy Montag through the novel Fahrenheit 451. Using Clarisse McClellan as a catalyst‚ Bradbury begins to show how Montag questions his perceptions of society‚ which creates an inner conflict within himself. Before Montag met Clarisse‚ he was a proud fireman always ready to start a fire
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In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 he portrays few characters in the story that have a significant impact. They affect the main characters to further the plot and develop character identity. In Bradbury’s future society burning books is considered normal‚ and education and reading books are intolerable. Montag starts out a fireman who finds immense joy in burning books until he meets Clarisse. Clarisse is a care-free girl who sees nature not technology in a technology driven society. After one conversation
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In this passage Montag is speaking to Mildred‚ his wife‚ while they are in their house. In this quote it shows how Clarisse is different from the society and most of the people that live in it. She really was the only one who liked to know things about other people instead of herself. In the novel Clarisse is a huge turning point in Montag’s life. The quote is important because it show Montag’s feelings toward Clarisse. He starts to try to see the society in her eyes and he feel that one way he can
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In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ the main character‚ Guy Montag deals with a journey of blind obedient enforcer of government policy‚ to a man with his own thoughts and questions. His journey follows the stages of the Monomyth which are; Departure‚ The Initiation‚ and Return. At the beginning of the novel Guy Montag‚ he seems to be a simple man. He never questions his government’s policy of burning books. Instead he found great gratification in his job of burning books and the homes that housed illegal
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