Fahrenheit 451 Montag Character Analysis

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Montag’s Influence
Mother Teresa once said “If you judge people, you have no time to love them”. Before people become acquainted with others they begin to judge them and then are unable to move past their preconceived ideas. In Fahrenheit 451 people consider Clarisse McClellan as very abnormal for their society, but instead of judging her Guy Montag learns about her. Since Montag stays away from judgment and learns about Clarisse, he becomes fond of her including her lifestyle. Clarisse influences Montag’s life in many ways, because he allows her into his life as well as learns from her. Clarisse affects Montag’s life by evoking his unhappiness, shows him how their society is, and changes Montag way of life by her death.
People all over the world are miserable but hide it with fake happiness. Clarisse evokes Montag’s feelings of unhappiness. Before Clarisse enters Montag’s life, he feels generally happy. …show more content…

Clarisse’s death majorly influences Montag. Montag notices Clarisse’s absence right away “at first he [does] not even know he [misses] her" but he feels “a vague stirring of dis-ease in him”(Bradbury 36). Montag feels uncomfortable with Clarisse’s sudden disappearance. He begins to wonder about what happened to her, until he learns about her death. Clarisse's death motivates Montag to live life just like Clarisse. Montag believes gaining knowledge from books will make him happy plus understand life better, so he can live it happily and get as much out of it as possible. Montag continues to struggle with what leads Clarisse to be such an unique individual compared to others, but strives to find people similar to her. Montag notices that people view Clarisse as weird and out of place in their society, but feels Clarisse lives the right way while everyone else lives the wrong way. Montag’s life undergoes a major revolution when Clarisse arrives in his life then continues but more dramatically after she

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