In the beginning Montag finds pleasure in burning books and burning homes. He loves fire and the beauty that comes with it, but as the story goes on Montag finds more and more reasons to hate the job that he once loved. He finds a reason to risk everything even his own life to protect something he used to burn.
Evidence: Montag meets Clarisse and forms a friendship with her, and starts questioning society and the way they live. He questions it so much that he starts taking books from people. The first sign that shows him that society is wrong is when they burn the woman in her house. That’s when he steals a book because he realizes that she found some thing that she was willing to die for.
Evidence: Are you happy? Clarisse inquires him. Montag realizes that he is unhappy with the way society is. He starts going against the laws he starts questioning the control. The hound, burning books, unhappiness, death, and the electronics. He sees that the government only lets them see what they want the people to see.
Evidence: In the end Montag burns his own home down and loses everything. Until Faber is put in danger then he risks his own life to save him. Rebels against the government by burning Beatty to death, Killing the hound, ruining the televisions, and saving some of the books. Beatty tells him that fire fixes all problems all Montag had to do was take Beatty’s word for it. Montag finds something he’s willing to die for.
Life: Living in Orem for about two months I saw what fire can make you lose. The day before school started my neighbors house caught fire do to a cigarette. The whole house went down in flames, it blew out our windows, and took a family’s home. Imagine losing everything you love, all your belongings, and even you memories. When Beatty tells Montag to burn his home down he’s also telling him to burn his memories.
Life: I wanted to be a fireman, but if the job entitled me to burn books I would find a new job. I absolutely love reading, so I would have spoke up against my government. I wanted to be a firefighter, because I loved the idea, the adrenaline, and I love fire the beauty, and the heat, the shapes, and patterns it can make. It enticed me and gave me a dream. I think it did the same for Montag and that’s why he became a firefighter. He chose to burn books because he loved fire, but in the end he loved books so much that he gave up fire,
And his life for them. What has more control? Books over the people, or government over its people and books?
2 comments:
What has more control? Books over the people, or government over its people and books?
I think that is a very good question. I have seen a lot of books and many other things affect the people around me. Some for good or for worse. In a way i guess i think that books have a lot more control over us then the government. The government may give us rules we must live by but books can help us to improve our characters.
I agree with you almost completely. I agree that Montag had the chance to continue to burn the books but chose not to because of the new experience of reading. I also agree with the fact that you added that Montag chose to break the law after this experience and in some ways I would agree with Montag but I probably would have hadled it differently.
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