He reads an excerpt of “Dover Beach” to Mildred and her friends, and this can be an extremely dangerous thing to do because he has a book. It takes extreme courage to break the law at all for the purpose of a good cause, which is what Montag was doing. ‘Behind each of these books, there's a man. That's what interests me.’ This quote can mean several things, but what sticks out the most is that Montag is actually trying to read them instead of just following everyone else, and burning the books. All throughout the book, Guy Montag stands up for what he believes is right and not like the dystopian government that takes place during that time.
Meursault then finds himself on trial for murder and loses, mostly due to his unnatural behavior. All of the events in the story seem to happen to Meursault, rather than Meursault creating the events themselves. His carelessness are what get him pushed into these situations and he does little to encourage or stop them. Meursualt lives his life indifferent and unattached. Mersault’s view of the world is a purely physical one and sees no reasoning to the nature of the universe.
In saying this however, Holden is often recognised as a phony himself such as when he gives himself the identity of Rudolf Shmidt on the train or when he refuses sexual opportunities despite always thinking, questioning and desiring sex e.g. lying to Sunny the prostitute about having a “clavichord injury” to avoid having sex. He also contradicts himself by having a strong desire for innocence and an immature mind, yet undertakes adult activities e.g. drinking & smoking. * Through his personal insecurities and rough past (such Allie’s death, flunking a number of schools and losing valued relationships) Holden explores self hatred/disappointment and in turn presents a phony persona to hide his flaws.
Montag had been looking for the incorrect thing. The only thing he thought was gone were the books that he had burned. To his astonishment Faber corrects him, using his education for good, and tells him that he doesn't need the books. He needs what used to be in books. The knowledge is what he is seeking.
Due to General Zaroff’s savage doings for satisfaction, he seems to have lost his humanity and de-valued human life far more than the Villagers and their customs did. Both characters in these two short stories felt that what they were doing was the right thing. In “The Lottery,” they mention “that over in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery.”(Jackson, paragraph 32). Old Man Warner calls the north village a “pack of fools” stating that, that is not the way to go. He believes they must carry on this tradition and he never has come to realized how awful it is.
Bledsoe says to the narrator greatly help move the plot of the novel. First, the narrator sees that Dr. Bledsoe is not who he thought he was. The narrator once looked up to Dr. Bledsoe because he thought Dr. Bledsoe got to where he is through hard work, not by manipulating and going against what he likes. The narrator lost the only idol he had, and in a sense is now all alone. He has nobody to look up to or to get advice from.
I was close to being complete” shows that the Narrator was never emotionally satisfied with basing his identity on superficial factors, constantly searching for ways to escape it like anonymous support groups comprised of unconditional inclusion “ If I didn't say anything, people always assumed the worst”. The narrator subconsciously rejects his own identity to hide behind the idealistic façade of Tyler Durden, a representation of the identity the narrator strives for “All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look… I am smart, capable, and I am free in all the ways that you are not.” Ironically, the narrator is unable to fulfil any of his emotional needs until he accepts his true identity, and sheds that of
She says that the “analytic mind (Paul) cannot work magic” and that in order to believe, “one has to free himself from the shackles of everyday awareness and focuses his entire being in obtaining his goal” (Luhrmann 1989: 120). Another example of Paul’s shift towards belief is when Djibo was teaching him the citations: Paul felt frustrated and sometimes even sarcastic because he thought these rituals and experiments were just nonsense. Luhrmann explains what Paul is going through: “the non-magician feels confused, even angry, when listening to a magician because the conversation violates his common sense…” (Luhrmann 1989:
Unconventional hero through the character Guy Montag with following events Montage’s act very unorthodox. He does not know his quest. In the future and dystopian fiction our understanding of a hero changes. Impulsive To begin with, Montag, the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451 is by no means a perfect hero. He decides to defy the government in order to do what he feels is right, even at the loss of his family,
Santiago accepts fate making him see the vision and did not want to let fate control what he will do with that knowledge so, this helpful choice he makes to warn the council crucial in providing him with a real identity of who he is. This choice makes Santiago able to meet the alchemist who turns out to be a valuable asset in his search of his personal legend. If fate decides this decision, Santiago will not have went and told the oasis chiefs about his vision, the attack would leave him dead or lost in the desert alone and Santiago will then stop developing true identity because fate controls his