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Essay on Fahrenheit 451

"Fahrenheit 451"

Description of Montag, day 1:

On the first day of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" seems to be the awakening of the protagonist Guy Montag. After fulfilling his duty as a firefighter, what means that he has to burn books, he meets the 17-year-old girl, Clarisse McClellan, that changes his life. She reflects things and thoughts he was dissmissed in the past, and asked him questions he cannot answer. She, definitely a thinker and philosopher asks why, rather than how, what annoys him much. Because of her, he realizes that there is something important missing.
His happiness is just an illusion.
Although trying to dismiss thoughts about Clarisse's words, she has left a big impression.
Later at home, he finds his wife Mildred almost dead after trying to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills. He does not know why she did it, but he was very shocked and surprised.
Since PayPal two operators of hospital acute new blood with a machine. There are too many cases so that the machines need to replace doctors. The guy realizes that people are strangers to him, while the world is changing, and everything changes with the world.

Characterization of guy Montag:

Guy Montag is the protagonist of the dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury first published in 1953.
He is a 30-year-old firefighter, whose profession it is to burn books.
Guy Montag is named after a paper manufacturing company.
Montag is a character, which is easily influenced by others.
Although he is clearly a hero, whose actions can be sympathized by readers, (because he is sensitive, compassionate and self reflect) his character is too naïve and simplistic, and his actions are not controlled or coordinated, what makes him such a stupid.
His character seems to change with the times.

At the beginning of the action like he sees things burn, (p. 9; ll. 1-3) "it was a pleasure to burn. It was a pleasure to see things eaten ...