the evidence in the book‚ Montag at the beginning of the book is asked the question are you happy by a girl named Clarisse. As the book goes on Montag never gives a direct answer to this question as he has to face challenges and never had time to think about it more. Montag begins to figure out his character and figure out what he wants to do with his twisted life. Montag gets to know other people like Faber and granger who influence his life in a positive way. Montag is happy at the end of the
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(MIP-2) Many people have “interfered” with Montag’s thinking pattern and put it on a curve to make him think twice about what he really has. (SIP-A) Some of the people that taught Montag were humane themselves. (STEWE-1)Clarisse‚ for example kick started his whole “adventure”. “She laughed at this. ‘Good night!’ She started up her walk. Then she seemed to remember something and came back to look at him with wonder and curiosity. ‘Are you happy?’ she said. ‘Am I what?’ he cried. But she was gone-running
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As the main protagonist of the book‚ Montag portrays a dynamic character‚ whereas his perception of society around him changes throughout the book. Not only did he question their actions‚ but also his own happiness. This showed that he was‚ in fact‚ more intelligent than the others. This is significant because society is administered by a single lie that happiness should only exist. Clarisse is open minded because she thinks distinctively from society. She does not believe in violence that of which
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boring‚ ignorant world. My life was always the same. I never really saw the world until I met Clarisse McClellan. She was not like the others. She didn ’t follow their mindless routine. She didn ’t just exist like everyone else; she lived. She didn ’t just look; she observed. She thought. She felt. Clarisse gave me something to live for. She showed me how to live and not just exist. Ever since Clarisse disappeared‚ life has felt empty. She was my life because I had no life before her. But even
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury describes different aspect throughout the book. Clarisse from the beginning appeared so sad and strange‚ as if she came out of jail. At the moment when Montag and she were becoming friends they felt almost in need of attention and it felt exact of one another. Like if they were met to be with each other‚ I was very weird as if two strangers would get connect with each other. Although Clarisse seemed to be strange and unusually talkative‚ I was a person just
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Fahrenheit 451 In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury portrays how Montag likes to burn and change things with fire. Montag can be compared with fire in many ways. Fire to him is pleasure‚ power‚ warmth‚ and happiness. Throughout the book‚ Bradbury demonstrates how Montags’ personality mirrors fire. Montag felt good when working with fire he did not care about anything else. He felt pleasure seeing things deformed “It was a pleasure to see things eaten‚ to see things blackened and changed.”(Page 3)
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Montag is going through a major transition at this part of the novel. He is actually thinking critically about why things are instead of how things are done. Montag is losing the fake sense of security and happiness that the government has instilled upon him. Clarisse‚ the girl who is mentioned in this quote‚ is the one who gets Montag thinking. She asks Montag if he is really happy and he responds that he is‚ but he later comes back to that question and thinks about it. Montag realizes that he is
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firemen of the town who if they find a book‚ they burned it in four hundred and fifty one degrees. Guy Montag is a third generation fireman. Being the typical stereotype men‚ he takes life a different approach. He takes pride in his work and serves as a role model for twenty-fourth century town citizens. He goes through multiple struggles and conflict. He is the hero in this story’s journey. This hero conflict starts when he meets his bohemian teenage neighbor‚ Clarisse McClellan. “I’ll hold onto the
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The novel’s protagonist‚ Guy Montag‚ takes pride in his work with the fire department. A third-generation fireman‚ Montag fits the stereotypical role‚ with his "black hair‚ black brows...fiery face‚ and ...blue-steel shaved but unshaved look." Montag takes great joy in his work and serves as a model of twenty-four century professionalism. Reeking of cinders and ash‚ he enjoys dressing in his uniform‚ playing the role of a symphony conductor as he directs the bass nozzle toward illegal books‚ and
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The book farenheit 451 is an fascinating book with a lot of attention-grabbing ideas. In the book farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the main character Guy montag is a fireman who burns books. He then realizes that books are important and he need to read the‚ which is against the law. Which leads to him getting Into problems. In the book there was a lot of modern tevhnology that helped out the community for example‚ the hound (is a mechanical robot)‚ the seashell radios ‚ and the parlour walls. In the
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