Unlike the other two books I have blogged about his summer Fahrenheit 451 has an internal conflict. Some may say that it is external, between Guy Montag and the world. I do not see it that way though. He is confused in life and this novel is a lot about how he tries to solve that confusion. As I explained in my last post, the story is written in a third person limited perspective. Because of this we read about Guy Montag's thoughts and his thoughts only. A lot of the time we find Montag questioning why he does what he does, which is burn books. He knows that it is not really the right thing to do but he does it anyways because it is his duty and he does not want look weird and be an outcast in society. Occasionally Montag will steal a book that is going to be burned and bring it back to his home and put it away in a secret stash of books that he owns. After he steals the bible though everything changes. It sets off a trigger that makes the course of the book. The cause of the conflict is not very clear. I was going to say that he put it upon himself, but then I thought of Clarrise and the influence she had on him. Everyone knows that the government also plays a large part as well. It is probably a mixture of all of these things. As for the gains, in the end I think Montag gained a self-awareness that most people never reach in their lives. He is very inspirational in that way. The losses are obviously physical, but they were mental at the same time. The world lost a lot of books during this time which is obviously the physical part, but Montag also lost his way a little bit. In the end he found it and it turned out to be okay.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Del Rey Books, 1991. Print.
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