Thursday, December 17, 2009

What are some external and internal conflicts that Montag has in Fahrenheit 451?

Montag's internal conflict
concerns the realization that
he is not happy and lives a meaningless,
unfulfilling life. After meeting Clarisse, Montag
begins to analyze and
examine his life, only to discover that he is unhappy and miserable.
Montag
also struggles with the reality that he is in a stagnant relationship, which is void
of
love and joy. Montag gradually begins to lack the motivation to continue
living his mundane,
trivial life each day. Fortunately, Montag ends up coming
to terms with the fact that he needs
to change the trajectory of his life
immediately in order to have a meaningful
existence.

The
external conflicts that challenge
Montag
throughout the novel include Captain Beatty, the government's firefighter agency,
Mildred
and her friends, as well as Bradbury's dystopian society. Captain
Beatty attempts to convince
Montag that literature is worthless, confusing,
and harmful. Beatty even makes Montag burn his
home and attempts to arrest
him. The firefighter agency stifles...

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