How Guy Montag Changes
How Guy Montag fits into the world of Fahrenheit 451
At the start of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, intriguing protagonist, Guy Montag is a fitting member of society that works as a fireman to burn and destroy books. Montag progressively changes throughout the story as new people and things change his perspective on the world. Montag goes from being an complacent fireman to becoming a fighter for a cultural change in his community.
In part one of the novel, Montag describes his feeling towards book burning as a “pleasure to burn.” He got a feeling of exhilaration by seeing the flames destroy the stories, but his thoughts were soon struck by Clarisse McClellan, his teenage neighbor. He was amused by her interesting thoughts
At the start of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, intriguing protagonist, Guy Montag is a fitting member of society that works as a fireman to burn and destroy books. Montag progressively changes throughout the story as new people and things change his perspective on the world. Montag goes from being an complacent fireman to becoming a fighter for a cultural change in his community.
In part one of the novel, Montag describes his feeling towards book burning as a “pleasure to burn.” He got a feeling of exhilaration by seeing the flames destroy the stories, but his thoughts were soon struck by Clarisse McClellan, his teenage neighbor. He was amused by her interesting thoughts