How Did Montag Change Fahrenheit 451

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The book Fahrenheit 451 is about a man named montag who is a fireman who goes to each house burning books because it's against the law to read books. montag was a man who was looked at weirdly while you are in public he was rude to most people he would do anything to not talk to you,he was also one of those people who tried to commit suicide while with his wife.he later meet this girl named clarissa who lives in his neighborhood,she was very chatty and opened the world to the real world.montag moved from be mean to a person who really cleaned up his act in a matter of seconds.

Another example,montag tried to commit suicide while with his wife with sleeping pills which failed.he was very unhappy man with his wife when he tried the dandelion flower rude to his chin and it didn’t rub off.he also was a rude man to people who walked by he would look at them funny and growl at them and he would do anything to get in your head while you talk to him.He was also a man who burned books that were in houses because the government thought it would take over the person reading the books mind. montag was a really mean man before he meet clarissa he would do all this stuff before he got caught with the book that was under his pillow.

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