Book montag essay

Montag also recollects on meeting a retired english professor named Faber. He was very impressed by the way that Faber spoke to him. They talked about meaningful things, not just what was on television the night before. Faber becomes a good friend of Montag and is aware that Montag is in possession of books.

Montag’s metamorphosis was drastically changed throughout time. He started off a fireman who burned books and followed societies rule. He never questioned anything and never thought twice about what he was told to do. For example, It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.

Although it might not be in a positive way, the reader got to witness, step by step how Montag evolved. Whether it was through his marriage, his job or just himself as a whole. Montag is a new person at the end of the novel, who finally has his own view on life.

However he begins to look at things a little differently. Montag is also a married man, however being married in their era is entirely different from being married in our era. After his encounter with Clarisse he heads home just to find his wife lying unconscious, she has overdosed on sleeping pills, again.