Just As We Do On Our World Montag By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Just as we do in our world Montag, the protagonist, follows the laws of society and is just a ordinary fireman, living an ordinary life. At first Montag is portrayed as typical brainwashed member of society but throughout novel changes becoming a wise, confident, and brave leader that inspires followers. Montag’s duty as a fireman is to destroy knowledge that is in books and promote the burning of them in order to provide happiness to the civilians of the society. Montag later encounters Clarisse, a young girl who questions everything about the society, and Faber an old professor who believes in learning. They both give him doubt about the society s rules; causing him to change his beliefs, which contributes to his struggles to conform and all the while starting to object the rules of society. After finding Faber and Clarisse Montage begins to release his tension voicing his questions to others in the society including his wife mildred. While Faber is a coward hiding in t he shadows, Montag is brave. He unwisely and naively mistakenly shares his questioning of the society with authority figures, Beatty and the other fire men, Mildred and her friends, and by bringing the books around in the subway. In this way Montag openly challenges the society, even if it mean being sent to jail. Montag is continually trying to fight against the lies and tactics, that the government is using to try to dominate the civilians. Finally Beatty sees what is happening and confrontsShow MoreRelatedThe Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury846 Words   |  4 PagesWe as humans tend to have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. We look for knowledge about everybody and everything that surrounds us from our day-to-day life. Sadly though, we must accept that in the grand scheme of life we (as a society) tend to put pleasure above our quest for knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge tends to take time and energy, two things we call invaluabl e, and it also shows us things that might depress us. Contrastingly, ignorance takes no time and energy. Also, (as the commonRead MoreThe Depiction Of Society In Bradburys Fahrenheit 4511335 Words   |  6 Pages451, Brave New World, and 1984 the authors depict what they imagine the future will be like. Society today is corrupted by advanced technology, plagued by censorship, and intimate communication has been shattered. Although each novel has something comparable to today’s society, Bradbury’s depiction of society in Fahrenheit 451 is very comparable to America today. The society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 uses censorship to eliminate one’s feeling of offense or uncomfortableness just like it is used