Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451 :: Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451

"Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten days and he had never questioned the joy of the midnight runs, nor the joy of watching varlets consumed by fervoursnever questioned whatsoeverthing until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were non afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could thinkand Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do (Ray Bradbury-Fahrenheit 451)". Was Guy Montag the same person at both the beginning and residue of Fahrenheit 451? The answer to this question is a definite no. Montag modify dramatically throughout the story. He started as a person of ignorance, just now ended a man of enlightenment and intelligence. Montag embarked on his journey as a fireman who lived to burn and destroy books, but returned a reformist who lived to save them.      "It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to overhear things eaten, to see thing s blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spurt its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of an astonishing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring run through the tatters of history. With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black. (Ray Bradbury-Fahrenheit 451, page 3)". In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag was happy on the outside. He enjoyed burning books for a living, and believed that his marriage and all-around life fulfilled him. However, cryptical within, Montag really wasnt happy. His marriage was far from perfect. He and Mildred seldom spoke of subjects which held any meaning. They showed little or no love for each some other. Seemingly, t hey had little in common. Deep within himself, Montag knew something was wrong. What sparked Montag to change was Clarisse, who was the catalyst of Montags huge transformation. Clarisse brought questions and emotions into Montags life that he had never experienced or seen in anyone before. She questioned things such as society, the world, other people, and everything around her. She thought about life, looking for real answers and meanings.