The man’s name was Faber, and Montag still has his contact details. In Part 2, Montag recalls a chance encounter he had with a retired English professor the previous year. He asks her to help him begin to decipher them, but Mildred understands even less about books than Montag. After he leaves, Montag reveals to Mildred that he has a secret stash of books.
Beatty lectures Montag on the true origins of firefighting and tries to justify why censorship is necessary. He asks Mildred to phone in sick to work for him, but before she can do so, Beatty pays Montag a home visit. Back at home, Montag learns from Mildred that Clarisse is dead, which only adds to his despair. He realizes that books must contain an enormous amount of power. The lady chooses to burn with her books rather than face arrest, and for Montag, who has already secretly stashed one of the contraband books under one arm, this is a pivotal moment in his transformation. Things come to a head when the firemen are called out to an elderly lady’s home, a suspected book owner. The more time Montag spends with Clarisse, the more he realizes how empty the world is around him. In the firehouse, Montag begins to openly question the nature of his work, which draws the attention of Captain Beatty, who takes an interest in Montag’s changing demeanor. He begins to realize that his marriage to his wife, Mildred, is meaningless and that they are both shallow and unhappy people-symbolized by Mildred’s implied suicide attempt. A chance encounter with his 17-year-old neighbor, Clarisse McClellan, the antithesis of everything Montag stands for, forces him to begin questioning his life’s purpose. Montag’s journey in this novel is both literal and spiritual, as he tries to unravel the mysterious power of books while evading the clutches of an authoritarian government, whose ill intentions are epitomized by Captain Beatty, Montag’s conniving employer.Īt the novel’s opening, Montag is much like anyone else in this society, an unquestioning and fiercely loyal drone who takes simple pleasure from his work. Told in the third person limited omniscient, Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of Guy Montag, a fireman whose job is to burn books in this dystopian world that suppresses creative expression in favor of mindless entertainment.
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