In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury criticizes the loss of interrelationship in a totalitarian society. Bradbury explains how relationships are important through Montag’s relationship with Mildred, Clarisse and parent’s relationship with their children. As Montag, the protagonist, meets a girl named clarisse Mcclellan, he starts to gain a strong relationship with him, they began to talk more about the society and he realizes that the society is losing importance of relationships. Bradbury criticizes the lack of interrelationships through Montag and Clarisse’s relationship. Montag and Clarisse’s relationship is much different than any other relationships in the book. What makes their relationship really strong is they both agree on the same things and have a lot in common. When Clarisse talks to Montag, her question make him think deeply about what she is saying in the conversation. In Montag and Clarisse’s conversation Montag wonders why she …show more content…
Parents in this society drop their children off to school and essentially forget about them. Parents don’t care about their children and let them do whatever they want. For example, in part 1, Montag experiences children driving really fast and violence. They don’t develop a strong relationship because they don’t care to spend time with their children. the children sit at home and watch T.V on the parlor walls. An example of some who does not have a good relationship with her children is Mrs. Bowles. “ Go home … to your children who hate your guts”! In this society parents constantly have babies and just abandon them. When Clarisse asks Montag if he wanted children, he told her that Mildred did not want kids. The society either has children that get abandoned or they don’t wants kids at all. This proves that relationships between parents and children in this totalitarian society have no
Firstly, Montag is influenced by Clarisse McClellan because she is the first person he has met that is not like the rest of the society. Clarisse is a young 17 year old girl that Montag quickly becomes very fond of. Clarisse influences Montag by the way she questioned Montag, the way she admires nature, and her death. Clarisse first influenced Montag by the way she began questioning him often. Her questions would make him think for himself unlike the rest of society. “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 in the moonlight” (Bradbury, 10). Clarisse was one of the only people that Montag had ever met that had ever asked him that. This question that she asked him influenced him because he thinks about, and Montag asks himself tha...
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 opens with Guy Montag, a fireman, reminiscing of the pleasures of burning. As the story unfolds, we learn that Montag is a fireman who rids the world of books by burning all that are found. Walking home one night Montag meets Clarisse, his strong minded neighbor. She begins peppering him with questions. Clarisse doesn’t go along with societal norms and Montag realizes that immediately. “I rarely watch the 'parlor walls ' or go to races or Fun Parks. So I 've lots of time for crazy thoughts, I guess.” (Bradbury 3) Clarisse uses her imagination brought by stories from books and family instead of watching television. Clarisse helps Montag realize that the government induced censorship and conformation is stifling society’s education and imagination. Montag’s wife, Mildred ,is incapable of having a personal conversation with Montag. She conforms to societal standards and is greatly
Mildred is not a questioning person at all. Mildred does not want to learn or know new things. Mildred's main worry is about her televisions. You would think Mildred would consider Montag more of her family than people on the television, but it does not seem that way. Mildred says her family is on the television's(69). Mildred is a very unsocial person. Mildred does not talk much even to her husband. Mildred would rather talk to her "family" in her television room. Mildred and Montag do not have much in common. Mildred seems to be selfish sometimes. Montag tells Mildred about the books and she wants to tell
In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag at first assumes his position as a fireman, burning books and enforcing the laws of the government 's policies, providing stability in his world. His job as a firemen allows him to obtain books without arising too much suspicion. At first, these books don 't have a big impact on Montag. However, after talking with Clarisse, and hearing of a past where people lived not in fear and mindlessly, Montag soon realizes an importance to the books. With this realization also comes the conflict of whether rebelling to achieve and bring back the way of the past is worth it, or if rebelling against the societal laws and norms isn 't worth it for him. With all factors such as family, current relations with
Montag finds himself starting to grow fascinated with Clarisse and her eccentric idea’s. He hopes that when he gets off work ...
She does not express her views of the world since she spends her days watching and “communicating” with the parlor walls. Because of this, she is very forgetful of personal events and careless of others. Bradbury 40, Montag thinks back to when he and Mildred first met. “The first time we met, where was it and when?” “Why it was at-” She stopped. “I don't know,” she said. Also in Bradbury 49, Mildred states, “..let me alone. I didn't do anything,” as Montag shares his book conflict. This shows how Mildred lacks in thinking and considering the feelings of others. Therefore, she is the opposing side of the theme of the
Montag feels this deep connection to Clarisse and feels there is some underlying reason they have
(AGG) Why might someone reject their society? (BS-1) At first, Montag agreed with his society. (BS-2) There were important events that caused Montag to start to change by questioning his society. (BS-3) Towards the end of the novel, Montag hated his society, and wanted to change it. (TS) There are some things that can cause a person to reject their society, and a person who agrees with their society can learn to reject it.
The first event that results in Montag becoming a dynamic character is his conversations with Clarisse McClellan. She is seventeen, and people consider her insane and anti-social. She is considered anti-social, because she is talkative and expressive. In Bradbury’s made up world, the meaning of social is staring at the parlor walls (large TV screens), and having no thought at all. Clarisse is very different from the rest: “I rarely watch the ‘parlor walls’ or go to races or Fun Parks. So I’ve lots of time for crazy thoughts, I guess. Have you seen the two-hundred-foot-long billboards in the country beyond town? Did you know that once the billboards were only twenty feet long? But cars started rushing by so quickly they even had to stretch the advertising out so it would last” (pg.7).Clarisse’s enthusiastic and cheerful disposition lightens Montag’s attitude, making him a more optimistic person. He is not so closed-minded anymore, and he learns to be himself, and sometimes care free. Montag learns to see the brighter side of things and believe in him...
During Clarisse and Montag’s first encountering, Clarisse asks, “Are you happy?” (Bradbury 10). The question Clarisse asked Montag motivates him to doubt about the meaning of his life and what he does as a firefighter. Clarisse’s interrogation revealed the absence of love, pleasure, and contentment in his life. Walking home after meeting Clarisse, Montag could not stop the inquiry of what he has done in the last ten years of being a fireman and why he does it. It encourages Montag to start his journey to find explanations of why the government wants their people to conform and the reasons behind burning books. This novel would not be able to function without the motivations of Clarisse towards
The lost of connections with people, and when people don’t think for themselves can lead to a corrupt and violent society. Thats why in the novel Fahrenheit 451, Montag learns that when thinking for your own self you can achieve your goals. Having connections with other people like Clarisse and Montag is a good thing and not bad. They both learn that thinking different and have a real connection with other people can help society and not turn it into a corrupt and violent society.
Montag is influenced by Clarisse a lot. And, her impact on him is tremendous. She questions his whole life, teaches him to appreciate the simple things, and to care about other people and their feelings. “You're peculiar, you're aggravating, yet you're easy to forgive..”(Bradbury 23) Through all Clarisse's questioning, Montag knows that she is trying to help him. Because of her help and impact on him, Montag is changed forever.
On page fifty-two of Fahrenheit 451, Beatty says that Hamlet, by Shakespeare, is not commonly known to most people in their society. He says to Mildred, Beatty’s wife, that she may only know it as a “one-page digest in a book…” Ray Bradbury uses this allusion of Hamlet in his book to describe the vastly different society that he had created. For that reason, classics were only known as quick, short summaries to help the reader appear somewhat educated. By using a classic reference, Ray Bradbury alludes to the fact that the society Guy Montag lives in does not know what we consider basic knowledge in our society.
In Montag’s society, everyone is the same, and no one questions anything that is happening around them. Clarisse, a girl who questions the way their society works, tells Montag, ‘“They
While many people might think that because Guy Montag started out as a firefighter he can not be considered a ‘good guy’ or a hero, but it should be noted that his thoughts and actions are those of a person with good intentions despite starting out as a ‘bad guy’. In my first paragraph I will be stating reasons on why guy Montag should be considered a good guy or a hero. In the second paragraph I will state why his actions and thoughts do not make him a bad person. Lastly, I will state why Montag's actions and thoughts make him a good person.