Summary Of Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'
By compelling Montag to think about his life and satisfaction, Clarisse McClellan acts as a catalyst for Montag’s transformation of character. After meeting him and discussing nature and their surroundings, Clarisse asks Montag if he’s happy as she leaves him, to which he realizes that “He wore his happiness like a mask and [Clarisse] had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” (Bradbury, 12). When Clarisse, an abnormal member of their careless society, continuously asks questions to him, she pushes Montag to think about his life and whether or not he actually enjoys it. By stimulating his thought process, Clarisse pushes Montag into self-realization and he begins to take
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Blake’s death, Montag’s transfiguration is sparked. After contemplating about Mrs. Blake’s death and how she decided to set her house on fire when Montag and the fireman found her, Montag supposes that “There must be something in books, things [they] can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house” (Bradbury 51). Beholding Mrs. Blake’s sacrifice disturbs Montag and impels him to comprehend how the books must have something special since someone was willing to give their life for them. The world is disillusioned to him, and Montag now strives to learn more about what the books contain so he can understand why books are illegal and why people still attempt to own them. The night when Mrs. Blake died, Montag “thought about all the kerosene [he’d] used in the past ten years” and he “realized that a man was behind each one of the books” (Bradbury 51-52). All throughout Montag’s career he had only destroyed, and he never recognized that someone with his or her own life had carefully created each and every book that he decimated. After he perceives how vitally important books must be, to Mrs. Blake and to other people in the world, Montag decides that books are significant and he should try to put a stop to the burning of
Blake’s death, Montag’s transfiguration is sparked. After contemplating about Mrs. Blake’s death and how she decided to set her house on fire when Montag and the fireman found her, Montag supposes that “There must be something in books, things [they] can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house” (Bradbury 51). Beholding Mrs. Blake’s sacrifice disturbs Montag and impels him to comprehend how the books must have something special since someone was willing to give their life for them. The world is disillusioned to him, and Montag now strives to learn more about what the books contain so he can understand why books are illegal and why people still attempt to own them. The night when Mrs. Blake died, Montag “thought about all the kerosene [he’d] used in the past ten years” and he “realized that a man was behind each one of the books” (Bradbury 51-52). All throughout Montag’s career he had only destroyed, and he never recognized that someone with his or her own life had carefully created each and every book that he decimated. After he perceives how vitally important books must be, to Mrs. Blake and to other people in the world, Montag decides that books are significant and he should try to put a stop to the burning of