Fahrenheit 451 In the story “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist, Montag is a fireman. Montag is a thirty year old man who lives in the futuristic world. Also, he is a fireman who burns books. He explains in the beginning how he dislikes books and he adores burning them. But toward the end of the story Montag has a change in perspective about how he feels about the world. He starts liking books but in the world he lives in books are frowned upon. Basically, the story is about Montag and the things he goes through to make things better. I believe Montag changes through the course of the story. Who was Montag in the beginning? He was a fireman who burned books. He lived in a grim, futuristic version of the United States. He
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When Clarisse died, Montag fell apart. He goes to her house with Beaty when he realized there were books laying out. Once Beaty saw them he ordered Montag to burn the house, but he wouldn't do it. Beaty then tries to arrest Montag and after several minutes of fighting, Montag burns Beaty to a crisp. Montag runs to his house and packs up all the books he has hidden under his back porch. When he gets inside, he turns on the TV and sees a police report for a fugitive on the loose. The only issue is Montag is the fugitive. Not knowing what to do he instantly calls Faber. Faber tells Montag to follow the railroad tracks out of town, look out for any camps or homeless and to meet him in St. Louis. By now, there is a mechanical hound, helicopter and several camera crews on the search for Montag. Faber takes a bus into the city with clothes for Montag so the hounds can't track Montag's scent. While Montag is running out of the city he is thinking to himself. Mildred left him and she will forget him. Montag however is not angry at her, he just feels and regret toward her. The last confrontation between Montag and Beaty was his unhappy attitude. It wasn’t his choices that caused his death. it was his behavior toward those choices he made that made Montag burn him. Montag doesn’t exactly admit to murdering Beaty, because Montag clearly says, “Beaty is no longer human and no longer known to me.” Montag is officially emotionally detached. Even though he admits to feeling bad for murdering Beaty. Montag enjoys burning his home, and agrees that burning removes some problems. Montag realizes he is not different than Beaty, Faber and Clarisse. He is only human as
When Clarisse died, Montag fell apart. He goes to her house with Beaty when he realized there were books laying out. Once Beaty saw them he ordered Montag to burn the house, but he wouldn't do it. Beaty then tries to arrest Montag and after several minutes of fighting, Montag burns Beaty to a crisp. Montag runs to his house and packs up all the books he has hidden under his back porch. When he gets inside, he turns on the TV and sees a police report for a fugitive on the loose. The only issue is Montag is the fugitive. Not knowing what to do he instantly calls Faber. Faber tells Montag to follow the railroad tracks out of town, look out for any camps or homeless and to meet him in St. Louis. By now, there is a mechanical hound, helicopter and several camera crews on the search for Montag. Faber takes a bus into the city with clothes for Montag so the hounds can't track Montag's scent. While Montag is running out of the city he is thinking to himself. Mildred left him and she will forget him. Montag however is not angry at her, he just feels and regret toward her. The last confrontation between Montag and Beaty was his unhappy attitude. It wasn’t his choices that caused his death. it was his behavior toward those choices he made that made Montag burn him. Montag doesn’t exactly admit to murdering Beaty, because Montag clearly says, “Beaty is no longer human and no longer known to me.” Montag is officially emotionally detached. Even though he admits to feeling bad for murdering Beaty. Montag enjoys burning his home, and agrees that burning removes some problems. Montag realizes he is not different than Beaty, Faber and Clarisse. He is only human as