quotes on Fahrenheit 451 part 2 explained

Faber is an English professor who encourages Montag to start reading books. Faber mention “’Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality’” (pg 83). Faber tells Montag that books are important because they have quality. He helps Montag to read and to understand why books are important. Also, Faber believe ‘”we do need knowledge… The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are’” (pg 86). Through Faber’s suggestions

This quote is when Montag first realized that he was not happy, and that he would become happy when he had what Clarisse had. “He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.” Montag began to realize that he was not happy with his way of living, he did not want to hide behind a mask of happiness and conform to the government's oppression. In addition, Bradbury writes, “‘I’m seventeen and I’m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane’” (Bradbury 5) Clarisse said this the first time she talked to Montag, she was a lover of life and nature and was always quite happy. Claims were made that Clarisse was later murdered because she knew too much about the government's orders to burn all printed books. This affected montag's happiness because she was different than all the other citizens and allowed for new spontaneous conversations. The government takes away people's happiness which makes it difficult for them to feel passionate about their

Montag is someone who is shy and keeps his thoughts to himself, but thinks many things. He shows that he is distracted instead of being happy throughout the book. At the time, he was walking home from work and was looking at Clarisse. Clarisse is a girl who would roam the streets and was also Montag's neighbor. She walks over to Guy and they start to have a conversation while walking to their houses. They discussing if talking about to see if Montag is really happy or if he was lying. She keeps questioning him. Bradbury explains “He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as true state affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run across the lawn with the mask and the way

It was revealed that Mildred and her friends are the people that reported Montag to the firemen. Earlier, Montag offended Mildred’s friends by reading a melachony poem that caused emotion. Mildred did not stay loyal to her husband and instead reports him to the government, abiding to society. The main rift in their relationship was that they are on opposite sides of society, Mildred is very devoted while Montag challenges the society standards. Deep down, she knows that if she is instead devoted to her husband then her life would go down the drain. She would lose everything including her ‘family’ and therefore has no hestiation in turning against

Beatty states, “Any man's insane who thinks he can fool the Government and us.”(Page 31). This quote proves Beatty’s confidence in numbers rather than one person as Beatty has the government and other firefighters on one side compared to just one on the other. Furthermore, he also states that, “... the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally 'bright,' did most of the reciting and answering… bright boy you selected for beatings… Of course it was. We must all be alike.”(Page 55). This account by Beatty expresses his belief in strength in numbers because of the power groups can have over a single person. This also shows his belief in people being the same in numbers. Faber also believes numbers are stronger when he says, “Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I'm one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the `guilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself... I grunted a few times and subsided, for there were no others grunting or yelling with me, by then. Now, it's too late.”(Page 78). This shows Faber’s understanding of how numbers is more powerful as he was put into that position when books were being banned. Faber also states, “I've heard there are still hobo camps all across the country... keep an eye peeled, they

“Well, wasn’t there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it?” (Pg. 44) This quote indicates that Montag has a poor relationship with Mildred. Mildred is unfaithful to Montag and gives him a lack of attention. Because of this lack of attention, Montag would show no emotion or cry if his wife passed away. Also, when Montag was conversing with Mildred about Clarisse’s death, Mildred had knowledge of it. Clarisse was hit by a car, but Mildred forgot her death and only told Montag when she remembered it. This emphasizes that Mildred was absorbed in her TV shows and was only thinking about herself and what was occurring in her fantasy

“That’s awful! ...Why should I read? What for?”(Bradbury, 73) Mildred hates the fact that her house and her ‘family’ would burn down if Beatty and the other firemen found out about Montag and his books. Mildred doesn’t understand why Montag wants to reason with her and what he finds so special in books. Mildred is a selfish woman who cares only about herself and her friends. As long as nothing happened to her ‘family’, she’d be fine.

Thesis The theme of actions have consequences, applies in both Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut. First Example from Fahrenheit 451: To begin, in Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, a citizen tipped off the firemen about her neighbor, who might own unauthorized book. Almost instantaneously, the firemen appeared at the suspicious neighbor’s front door.

Montag decides to find a teacher who can teach him about the wonders of reading books, this is also when Mildred and Montag begin to see their differences. “This is the Old and New Testament, and….” which Mildred responds “ Don't start that again” (pg 76) In this part of the book Montag begins to see that he wishes he had a better relationship with his wife: Bradbury uses imagery and punctuation to express the loss that Montag feels. As a writer Bradbury captures the imaginations of the reader to show the stepping stones of Montag's journey.Imagery is a key element to this book due to its importance to the reader to know the atmosphere of the society in which these character live in. Ray Bradbury uses his skills to create a mood in which a reader could feed upon and want to keep reading the book. The second part of the book distracts from the first as Montag's attitude changes towards society. In Bradbury's work he uses his style to capture the reader.

First is the use of repetition to convey that society has made it impossible to think and read. This passage takes place on a subway where Montag is trying to read. He is trying to focus on the Lilies

Montag stops and slaps her, causing her to cry. The presence of the books stresses the mass’s fear of possessing books because they believe that books are a threat to human happiness by feeding them knowledge. As for Mildred, she feels

Now he is showing the books to Mildred and her friends who are not pleased with their lives. “Then he began to read in a low, stumbling voice that grew firmer as he progressed from line to line, and his voice went out across the desert into whiteness, and around the three sitting women there in the great hot emptiness” (page 99). Since Montag has now exposed his books, and is now reading his books to Mildred, and her friends, he could be in serious danger. They could call an alarm on him, or they could be so pleased that they were able to hear literature for the first time. Mrs. Phelps, has no children and has many divorces. Her third husband, has just been sent off to war, and she acts oblivious about it. When she hears the poem, she just lets her emotion out. Mrs. Bowles, had a very different reaction. She was furious at Montag, she found ways to connect poetry with all sorts of bad things. “I’ve always said poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness, and all that mush” (page 101). Mrs. Bowles, has two children that don’t like her. She sends them to school as much as she can, and puts them in the parlor for any other times she has to be with them. She also has three husbands, one being divorced, one being killed in a car accident, and one committed suicide. Their reactions makes Montag nervous, because they could call an alarm on him, and then his

Now on both of their behalves they really did not have the same view into the dystopian society. Montag believed it was wrong to burn books, and Mildred did not care about nothing including Montag and them books. “It is easy to read the women in Fahrenheit 451 as stock, one-dimensional characters, set up only to illustrate the opposite poles between which Montag struggles.” Montag does not realize he struggles to see the differences in him and women. “Although Montag has not yet recognized the problem with this reduction of happiness to a step below hedonism, a kind of vicarious hedonism, in which even sensation is often artificially provided, Beatty seems aware of it." Beatty realizes something different before Montag has the chance to. “Before Montag can begin to recognize his connection to others and to his inhuman society, however, he needs to reconnect with himself, reestablish his relationship with the world.”

Firstly, before one can understand how Mildred is misinterpreted, common misunderstandings have to be debunked. Because a single opinion of Mildred has become accepted as fact, any available information about her offers a one-sided, unflattering view, leaving little space for different interpretations. While popular reference sites often at least suggest that Mildred might not be entirely two-dimensional, they are closed to further exploration. Shmoop is the best example of this, referring to Mildred as “The epitome of the status-quo” (Shmoop Editorial Team) and “kind-of dumb” (Shmoop Editorial Team). These claims are easy to disprove. Despite her “stupidity”, when Montag goes off on a tangent that nearly exposes his book-harbouring to several guests, Mildred plans the same cover-up as Faber (a respected professor), except full seconds faster. This is exhibited in the following quote:

Clarisse says, “I tell them that sometimes I just sit and think”(21). Finally, Montag is made aware of this simplicity. When he is trying to find happiness himself, he remembers that Clarisse finds contenment through siting, observing and thinking. Montag begins to notice that his wife is a foil as she had never done either one of those things. Bradbury supports Jameson’s quote of happiness by showing how Mildred is suicidal and has no connection with people and her only connection is with her “Family” in the walls on Television. Montag begins to find himself and starts to realize that he really doesn’t care about Mildred, that she is an empty vessel. Later in the book Montage feels a stronger connection to a girl that he has only spoken to a handful of times versus his own wife whom he is suppose to have a strong connection. When Montage almost died by getting run over he says, “I wonder if they were the ones who killed Clarisse! He wanted to run after them yelling. His eyes watered.” (114). Montag knew Mildred for years yet he realizes that when she leaves him she will never miss him or mourn him; Montag feels closer with Clarisse as marvels at her idea of happiness. Montag starts to develop deeper feelings about thoughtful people like Clarisse. He would cry for this girl he barely knew more than he would for his own wife whom he felt no connection to.