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What Are Montag's Attitudes In Fahrenheit 451

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Montag’s attitude shifts from oblivious to divergent in order to convey not to make decisions off of what others are doing, but to make decisions off of what you think. On page one the quote, “...to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn…”. Bradbury includes this desire of Montag to show that he is completely oblivious to the fact that the books can help him. Instead of Montag trying to make use of the books, he is unaware of the fact that they can help him as portrayed by Bradbury.
Bradbury further showcases Montag’s oblivious attitude by noting his unawareness of his job as a fireman. The quote on page 6, “ ‘It’s fine work. Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ‘em to ashes, then burn the ashes…’ ”. The quote talks about how firemen have a slogan, which makes it ordinary for Montag to burn down houses and books which Montag is oblivious to because he never follows what he thinks is right. What Montag does is that he makes his decisions basing them off of what others are doing. Montag also talks to Clarisse nonchalantly about being a fireman which means that Montag doesn’t realize how doing what …show more content…
On page 21, Clarisse is conversing with Montag and the quote, “... ‘You’re not like the others’... ‘you looked at me’... ‘you looked at the moon’... ‘ others would never do that’... ‘others would walk off’” states that Montag does what other people would not do. The section of the quote ‘others would never do that’ emphasizes the fact that Montag is indeed different from the others because he looks at Clarisse when she talks and he interacts with the things she says. This shows that Montag is being influenced by what Clarisse thinks and Montag eventually changes in the book to where he completely understands how the books can change everything that he thinks

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