Who Is Montag In Fahrenheit 451

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Guy Montag is introduced as a devoted firefighter in the infamous novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In Montag’s society, the government controls the citizens through a Seashell radio, as well as many other forms of technology. Community members don’t think for themselves, and they are often found unable to hold a conversation. However, after a day of work, Montag meets Clarisse, a seventeen-year old girl who changed Montag’s thought process. He never realized the pure aspects of life, until he encountered Clarisse. Furthermore, Clarisse pushed Montag to think; she asked him if he was happy with his situation, which left Montag stunned. Suddenly, Montag was speechless and was unable to answer the question. As his curiosity grows, Montag …show more content…

Montag, who seems unnaturally nervous, reveals a small chamber of books after Beatty leaves. “He put his hand back up and took out two books and moved his hand down and dropped the two books to the floor. He kept moving his hand and dropping books…” (65). He decides to inform Mildred that he’s been collecting books from fires and stockpiling them. Although Montag thinks he’s safe from the government, he’s not. When Montag returns back to work, Beatty acts mysterious about their next call. “‘You’ll be fine. This is a special case. Come on, jump for it!’” (109). Beatty seems unusually happy, as he knows the next victim. For the first time, Beatty is the one driving the firetruck. After a while of driving, the truck comes to a screeching halt in front of Montag’s house. Once they hop of the truck, Beatty begins to taunt Montag; he tells Montag he has to burn and clean up his house on his own. Montag executes, unwilling to see Beatty satisfied with the thought of winning. However, he’s furious with the situation and strikes the kerosene, this time to burn Beatty. “And then he was a shrieking blaze… no longer human… flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent” (119). He watched Beatty cripple and die on his front lawn, unable to bark out commands, unable to taunt Montag. Montag makes a run for it, not knowing where he was going. Although he didn’t realize it, he was running to

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