Guy Montag: The Burning RebellionIn class we read the book Fahrenheit 451. The main character Montag has several qualities that change his opinions and decisions throughout the book. At the beginning of the story Montag was very confirming and just accepted all of the government and didn't question anything, but by the end of the book he was completely different. He had completely changed his views. One of the reasons Montag changed so drastically was his curiosity. This led him to question things and this led to some of his other qualities such as his open-mindedness. Questioning everything and talking to new people to gain information has allowed Montag to be more open-minded and open to more ideas. Another quality of Montag that caused him to change in the story was his childhood memories changing over time. One of the main reasons Montag changed so drastically over the course of the book was his curiosity. Montag spent a lot of time thinking about his work and began to question everything he was doing. He begins to wonder why books have to be burned and why things are the way they are. Montag has a special interest in books and why things are the way they are. «Has it always been like this? The fire station, our job?” Montag asks Beatty showing his curiosity. Montag's curiosity is what drives him to discover everything he can about books, society, and how things once were. It's natural for him to start questioning everything, especially since his job involves burning hundreds of books a day, but he's never been told why these books need to be burned. Imagine destroying an object every day and being told how important your job is. Of course you would like to know why you are destroying these items. This is what happened to Montag and Beatty tried to explain it to him and told him not to get too curious. “A natural mistake, just curiosity,” Beatty also asks Montag. “Listen to me, Montag. Every firefighter, at least once in his career, wants to know what these books are about. He just wants to know. Isn't that so?" Curiosity is a very natural emotion and even Beatty, who tries to explain things to Montag and discourages books, also admits to having looked at some books but says: "I had to read some in my time, to know what I was talking about, and the books say nothing!” I think this would make Montag even more curious.