How Does Montag Change In Fahrenheit 451

Montag is first intrigued with the desolation left by fire. “While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning” (Bradbury 2). Montag destroys the one thing that could bring him clear thoughts mindlessly. He even finds joy in destroying the books because of the mysterious ways in which fire burnt. “...he [Montag] would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away, that smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered” (Bradbury 2). Burning gives Montag a sense of accomplishment, since there is really no other way to achieve success in a mental sense. He finds joy in the work he does, even though

Montag burns his house, and with it, his entire life. He wants to start over completely, forgetting about his past, where he had hated and destroyed books. He doesn’t “face [his] problem[s], [he just] burn[s] [them]” (115). He burns his house, which is filled with memories of his loveless marriage. He burns Captain Beatty, who had taunted him and told him that books were horrible. He burns the mechanical hound and the salamander, which had aided him in the horrible deeds he had commited.

Throughout the novel, Montag tries to bring realization to the people around him and waits for the day that the civilization experiences a rebirth. This corresponds to the symbol of fire. It mirrors the transformation of Montag's choices from killing his boss to burning his house down. The fire was the solution to set Montag free from the bondage of his culture, and without it, a change would not have ensued (1). Once Montag escapes from the city, he discovers a group of men sitting around a fire. It is in this scene that the fire portrays comfort. The metamorphosis that occurs in Montag is symbolized by the fire due to the fact that he is surrounded by a group of men who share his same beliefs. The comfort Montag feels in the fire is similar to the way God is a constant comfort in a Christian's life. In John 14:16, it says "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever" (NIV). God sets the rules for his people, but He will never leave their side and will always love them unconditionally. A critical altercation becomes obvious when Montag views the fire for the first time in his life as

A fire starts out as a small match, and it moves to a roaring flame. Guy Montag is also a simple match when he is introduced in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. He starts out as a casual fireman, and he is hypnotized by society. Montag’s life sees a spark of change as the story begins. Many events influence his characteristics. When he is filling a house with kerosene and the lady inside voluntarily remains inside to burn. When the house is finally ignited, Montag suddenly ponders why a person would die over books. He fights to find a clear answer and discovers that only books can restore thought to society. Montag is a changing character throughout the novel. Like a match held to a newspaper, Montag’s mind starts searing away in thought.

Another incident that stayed in Montag 's mind is the old women who set her self and her books on fire. However, Montag tried stopping her by telling her that the books were not worth her life. Before she burned herself, Montag took one of her books and kept it. At that time Montag did not think about what did the old lady burned herself with the books, he did not think about it might be the value and morals that books hold to teach is. The old lady knew the importance of these books and what do they have, so she preferred to burn herself with them, and not watch the firemen burn them, who do not even know the importance of books. But they do know that books are unreal and there is so importance of them, plus they are against the law!

For instance, Montag does stop one of the big, evil characters. However, afterwards he runs away and leaves his mess instead of confronting it and disappears into the woods. Similarly, he also lacks the big realization or transformation in the end. Although he does make a transition in the middle of the story, he is missing the big ‘aha’ moment that makes him a changed man. He even attempts to go through this change as he floats down the river when the author writes “he knew why he must never burn again in his life.” (Bradbury 134). Ultimately, however, he ends up joining Granger and the other traveling scholars who read books, retain their information, and then burn

Montag at the beginning of the book is a person that you could love and hate. Montag was a person who loved his job as a firefighter. To Montag he got pleasure out of burning the books. One of Montag's favorite things from burning the books was he would put a marshmallow and put it on a stick and roast it.When Montag's done and goes home he goes to bed with a smile on his face. Then everything changes once he meets Clarisse.

Throughout the novel, Montag evolves as a character, he slowly comes to grips with reality. He begins the story as a happy, content, and everyday member of society, and after a few choice interactions, begins to feel progressively unhappy. In search of a solution to this confusing and growing unhappiness, Montag becomes rebellious towards the value of the commonly accepted facts of his society. This is most clearly demonstrated by Montag’s opinion of books. As he slowly eases into reading books, Montag comes to the realization that despite him not knowing the meanings of the books he reads, they do have a profound and deep impact. Once

As Montag walks home from work that night, he meets Clarisse McClellan, his 17 year old neighbor. Montag is at once taken aback by and drawn to the precocious girl's inquisitiveness. Clarisse loves nature, doesn't watch television, and hates cars that drive fast. She questions him steadily about his perception of the world, leaving him with the query "Are you happy?" Clarisse leaves a strong impression on Montag, and he continues to reflect on their brief encounter and her very different way of viewing the world. After some time, Montag comes to terms with his answer to Clarisse's final question. He is not happy.

Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag goes through many changes and by the end of the story, he is ultimately an entirely different person. He is not responsible for all of the changes on his own however, and several characters play an essential role in shaping who he eventually becomes. At the beginning of the book, Montag encounters a teenage girls named Clarisse. Clarisse is only present for a short time, however she immediately gets Montag to think in a way he never has before. She looks at the small things in life and goes against what the current society tells her to think and do. She is different from everyone else in a very freeing way and Montag starts to be drawn into her personality. She is like a burst of fresh air for Montag

Montag was disengaged from himself and the world. During the intro of the book Bradbury exemplifies this when he writes, “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists. with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and

Specifically, when Montag realizes the suns ability to burn time and the firemens ability to burn fathomable objects ends in the destruction of everything, he begins the path to enlightenment. The author says “The sun burned every day. It burned Time. The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the years and the people anyway, without any help from him. So if he burnt things with the firemen, and the sun burnt Time, that meant everything burned. One of them had to stop burning. The sun wouldn't, certainly.” When Montag realizes how insignificant his actions are, and accepts that the world would continue living with or without him burning, he becomes enlightened. He accepts that it's useless to do something useless. Why destroy when everything gets destroyed on its own? It's a waste of time and

This change is dangerous for Montag, because being a fireman got him closer to books. Books were illegal, possessing them, reading them, even remembering them made other people think they were crazy. The closer he got to books, the more curious he became of them. Two things pushed him over the edge, deaths, the death of Clarisse and a random old woman who burned in her home with her books. This strengthened his curiosity and he started to steal books from the houses he burned.

"You laugh when I haven't been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I've asked you.” Montag was not thinking when he faced challenges like questions from the others like Clarisse. He wouldn't think and just stay curious and nervous. He couldn't hide anything either like reading books and steal them instead of burning them. He really changed when he met Clarisse at first. He also asked about the people whose houses he burnt. He felt sorry and that’s when he starts realizing that books are not even bad and he's just burning books for no reason and breaks the law by not doing his job and actually steal books and read them like the Bible. He also had to be careful from the Mechanical Hound that was programmed by the government to punish citizens that broke the society’s rules and Montag was breaking the

When Montag is first talking with this group of people they tell him about how each person they know read and remembered a book to pass on to future generations (Bradbury 153). This is the moment that Montag finally understands that you cannot fight destruction with exceedingly more destruction. He has always felt that if something worked against you, you had to destroy it; he went through life enjoying the moments when something became nothing, but now Montag can see that something is always better than nothing. The society that he lives in thrives in mindless nothingness because fire destroyed the something that everyone needs. This destruction and anger, though, is what he sees a little while later when the text says, “Montag saw the flirt of a great metal fist over the far city and he knew the scream of the jets that would follow, would say, after the deed, disintegrate, leave no stone on another, perish.