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    Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis Guy Montag is a firefighter‚ where instead of being the “hero” or saving lives by putting out the fire‚ he starts them. Montag comes from a very unique society‚ where synergy with environment and books is inconsequential. Montag is not a chronic character‚ he is not competent with his own charisma. He feels the need to recuperate his personality traits to find a satisfactory way to live and love the society he is displayed in. Montag accepts the perception that he is

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    English November 20‚ 2012 Character analysis of Guy Montag “If they give you ruled paper‚ write the other way.” This quote by Juan Ramon Jimenez means that sometimes rules are meant to be broken and sometimes rules are not always for the betterment of society. Rules give us structure‚ but they can hinder our humanity towards one another. The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a dystopian society where books are burned and outlawed. Guy Montag‚ a fireman‚ comes along‚ and he learns about

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    Essay about Guy Montag Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag changes from a relatively "typical" fireman who follows the laws of his society into a person who challenges the laws and eventually becomes an "outcast". In the book Clarisse McClellan‚ the 17-years old girl‚ questions Montag about his life now and the life he has always lived. Near the start of the book Clarisse asks Montag "are you happy" (10)‚ a question that makes him admit later on that "he is not happy" (12). The fact

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    It was April 4‚ 2030 I‚ Guy Montag -but everyone calls me Montag-‚ was walking down the street with my boy’s‚ we were in our 20s‚ virtual holograms were invented‚ life was good‚ but what good was life without someone to share it with? I felt lonely and wanted someone to share my thoughts hopes and dreams with. A woman with lips as red as a rose‚ eyes that will draw you in with one look. Then‚ I smelt something‚ it smelt like the petals from the sweetest flower my senses have ever come across. As

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    Guy Montag: The Burning Rebellion In class we read the book Fahrenheit 451. The main character Montag has several qualities that change his views and decisions throughout the book. In the beginning of the story Montag was very confirmative and just went along with everything the government and didn’t really question anything but by the end of the book he was completely different. He had changed his views completely. One reason that motivated Montag to change so drastically was his curiosity. This

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    are outlawed and firemen no longer control fires- but start them. The main protagonist; Guy Montag‚ is a firefighter whom meets an angelic crossroad that changes his outlook of society. With a burning passion for books and the mindset to prolong the life of the books; he sets out to cherish every book he can obtain. Even if it means going against the law and having the chance of being arrested or murdered. Montag was introduced as a character whom was portrayed to be provocative with the sweet calls

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    character‚ Guy Montag‚ from the novel ​Fahrenhe​it 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ shows by his actions that human society can easily become oppressive and regimented — unless it changes its tendency toward censorship. Montag starts out with the personality of being brainwashed by a corrupt society. The dynamic character is a fireman‚ and Bradbury chose to start the story with “It was a pleasure to burn” (1). Montag believes that by burning the books‚ he was purifying society. The society Montag lives in

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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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    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

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    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 book there is a lot of modern technology like the hound. “ the hound was gone now there was only the cold river and montag floating in

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