Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: ChangeWhat is Change? Webster's Second Collegiate Dictionary defines change as a way of becoming different; alter; transform; convert. Many things, people and world events are capable of changing. Peace can be present for years and be destroyed by a disagreement over religion or a shift in political power. Technology changes people's lives and how they interact and work in the world. People change too. Many do not see any errors internally and remain as they are. However, there may be external factors that help them understand what is wrong with them or the lifestyle they choose to take part in. According to Preston Bradley, "I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, that he can change the thing that is wrong in his life whenever he is ready and prepared to do so. Whenever he develops the desire, he can eliminate from her life the thing that is defeating her. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag, a devoted firefighter and book burner, sees pleasure and excitement in burning books and destroying lives of important ideas When outside influences create confusion in he, begins a series of changes, eventually becoming a revolutionary in a society where books are valued. Many factors contribute to the changes found in Montag others in society who like to go to amusement parks to bully people,” or “break glass windows in the Car Wrecker.” She enjoys watching people, and observes Montag, diagnosing him as a "strange... .fireman." He is "not like the others" because when she speaks, he looks at her, and when she says something about the moon, he looks at her. Clarisse tells Montag that he is different from other people. He has something inside him that makes him "endure" Clarisse makes Montag look at himself for the first time when she asks him, "Are you happy?" Montag thinks he is talking nonsense, but realizes that he is not really happy. Something is missing in his life. Observing his lifestyle, he found that "the only thing [Montag] knew for sure was gone were the books I had [he] burned in the ten or twelve years that Clarisse had helped." Montag starts thinking for himself, instead of letting society take over and make decisions for him. He begins his transformation from a devoted firefighter into an infant, a reader