In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 he portrays few characters in the story that have a significant impact. They affect the main characters to further the plot and develop character identity. In Bradbury’s future society burning books is considered normal‚ and education and reading books are intolerable. Montag starts out a fireman who finds immense joy in burning books until he meets Clarisse. Clarisse is a care-free girl who sees nature not technology in a technology driven society. After one conversation
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Montag spends the rest of the rainy afternoon uneasily reading through books while Millie sits idly. As he reads‚ Montag is often reminded of Clarisse. Meanwhile‚ the already edgy couple is alarmed by a scratching at the door. Millie dismisses it as "just a dog"‚ but Montag knows it is the Mechanical Hound. Luckily‚ the Hound leaves without causing a disturbance. Millie whines that there is no reason to read books and that that their house will be burned down if anyone finds out. Montag responds
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books. Montag was a regular guy doing exactly what he was told to do burn books. Montag starts questioning as to why books are bad and why they need to be burned. Curiosity got the best of Montag making him heroic in the sense that he refuses to comply the government’s rules‚ which makes him an outcast because he wants to save the books. Montag doesn’t want to burn books anymore he wants to stand up for them. His whole life Montag has been burning books until he meets this girl named Clarisse who
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Guy Montag‚ is a fireman. But in his world‚ a “fireman”’s job is to burn houses that contain the burden called books. He quickly becomes eager to learn‚ and begins to steal books. He tries to share them with people he loves‚ but then the firemen came for his house. Because of his anger towards his job‚ wife‚ Beatty‚ and the fireman‚ he leaves the dystopian society. In the book Fahrenheit 451 the “known” for society is a government that controls the information that the public receives and gives
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In Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag changes by the end of the novel because at the beginning of the novel‚ Montag was very content and happy with his job as a fireman and his life in general and never questioned it‚ but as Montag met new people and experienced different situations‚ he realizes that he is not happy and was questioning many things‚ including books‚ firemen‚ and life in general. Montag explains at the beginning of the novel‚ “It never went away‚ that smile‚ it never ever went away‚ as long as
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In this passage Montag is speaking to Mildred‚ his wife‚ while they are in their house. In this quote it shows how Clarisse is different from the society and most of the people that live in it. She really was the only one who liked to know things about other people instead of herself. In the novel Clarisse is a huge turning point in Montag’s life. The quote is important because it show Montag’s feelings toward Clarisse. He starts to try to see the society in her eyes and he feel that one way he can
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In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Clarisse McClellan’s curiosity was crucial in the character development of Guy Montag. Throughout the novel‚ because of Clarisse‚ Montag faced a personality shift.Montag shifted from a very strict person that goes by the rules to a very defiant person. Clarisse was necessary for Montag’s self-examination. She showed him how he’s missing out on love‚ pleasure and being content in life.Although he did become rebellious to the government he potentially became more aware
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Fahrenheit 451 Having a “Foil” in a story can really change the outcome of the ending; this is exactly what happened in Fahrenheit 451. Clarisse’s character influence so much in the story that thanks to Clarissa‚ Montag realized how books played an important role in his life and his society. In the story Fahrenheit 451 Montag worked as a fireman‚ but in his society instead of putting out fires‚ they’ll start them by burning books. Their society prohibited books among their people because
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Fahrenheit 451 is based on a society in the future‚ where technology is empowering. Books of all kinds are burned to ashes. Firefighters no longer put fires out‚ but start them instead. Guy Montag was a firefighter himself. In a world where fire and the smell of kerosene bring pleasure‚ Montag needed someone like Clarisse to introduce him to happiness. While coming home from work one day‚ Montag runs into Clarisse Mcclellan. He notices her because she is doing something very different. She was enjoying
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Montag’s views on society changes throughout Fahrenheit 451 as he reads books and meets several characters. Such as Clarisse‚ Beatty‚ and Faber. Clarisse asks questions that open his eyes to the emptiness of his life and society. Beatty who ruthlessly manipulates and bullies him with his vast knowledge of literature. Then‚ Faber who uses him to do what he could not because of his cowardice. Montag is a very conflicted character‚ when he starts reading books he is overwhelmed and confused by the complexity
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