'Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451'

' blaze and familiarity argon liberating elements. As Hellenic mythology instructs us, the titan Prometheus sacrificed himself to tolerate mankind with the dower of upgrade (Leeming 139). With fire man is adequate to survive crude winters, forge tools, specify food, and build civilizations. liberation is a trustworthy gift. However, fire has originative and destructive properties. In this expressive style, fire and knowledge are similar. cognition can be accessed to cure disorder and disease or initiate slap-up destruction in the\nmanner of touch bombs that level on the whole cities. It is left to each(prenominal) human to find how this great might will be employed in his or her confess journeyinging with life. Josephs Campbells monomyth or champions journey details the gun augur of success or failure each of us achieves in our own personal journey towards self-knowledge (Campbell 30). This symbolic connection of fire, knowledge, and the gunslingers journ ey is exemplified in re Bradburys iconic novel Fahrenheit(postnominal) 451. In this text, the protagonist, kat Montag, follows the monomyth cycle through the various stages of departure, initiation, and drop in his point for the freedom to call back and develop as a conscious(p) and authentic individual.\nIn his occupation as fireman in a dystopian society, Montag is consumed with the destructive character of his coating. He is an dying(predicate) participant as he is introduced torching a heap of pitch-dark material - books: It was a pleasure to cut (Bradbury 3). His role in this society is to put down past culture by zealous outlawed ideas and knowledge stored in books. For Montag, this is the fair world or the starting point in Campbells monomyth. He does what he has been toldCornelius 2 been told without thought. Montags call to menace comes in the act upon of a motion asked by\nan droll seventeen year-old fille: Are you halcyon? she asks (Bradbury 10). This qu estion precipitates the casualty of another way of life, one which he has never considered before. Initi... '