Montag Quotes In Fahrenheit 451

Even though Clarisse is long gone, she still hasn't been forgotten. As Granger said, "Grandfather's been dead for all these years, but if you lifted my skull, , by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges of his thumbprint." (page 157) Despite having known her for only a short while, Montag still thinks of Clarisse; in fact, Clarisse changed Montag's whole life. Instead of telling him what to think, she let him think for himself and asked him questions no one else ever would. Her actions brought forth the doubts he harbored about his life and made him realize that maybe the society needed to change. Unlike Mildred, who had known Montag for over a decade, she had changed the course of Montag's whole life in the few short months he had known Clarisse. With all her time spent in front of the TV, Mildred had left nothing behind so it was like she had never been there at all.
Theme - Natural World vs. Synthetic World
Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury placed many contrasting descriptions of "not dead, not alive" creatures (page 135). He described the mechanical hound as neither machine
In Shakespeare's work, Brutus says this after being threatened by government corrupted Cassius. Brutus has no fear of the threat because he knows he is right and that if he dies, there are other people who will support his cause and avenge him. In Fahrenheit 451, Beatty believes that the government should have the right to control its people and he would be avenged because he was speaking the truth. Hence, he is not scared of Montag even though Montag could murder him with a flick of a switch. This quote, coming from Beatty is ironic since throughout the novel, Ray Bradbury had supported books so it seems more fitting if Montag said this instead since there are many other people that would fight to bring back knowledge and wisdom to the