Cause-and-Effect Flow Chart Assignment

EVIDENCE FROM TEXT

In the first parts of the book he is called to burn down a house full of books. This action could only be described as maniacal. He stares in the fire and destruction, and "grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame." (Page 2)

APATHY

In the first part of Fahrenheit 451 we see that the protagonist, Guy Montag is emotionally numb and mentally indifferent. For he only finds pleasure in the destruction and fires that they create. He has followed and was very automatic as a result. He displays a variety of characteristics of being psychopathic.

EVIDENCE FROM TEXT

SELF AWARE

When Montag was walking home, he had run into this girl named Clarisse McClellan. She is a girl who described herself as " Seventeen and insane," She is one out of few characters that are emotionally aware, empathetic, and intelligent. The two character's meet was not very long, but this marks Montag's change, becoming and growing more self-aware.

His suddenly was triggered, and slowly expanding awareness leaves him feeling confused and curious, seeking more. After meeting Clarisse, he cannot stop thinking, and upon hearing her family next door talking, all he wants is for them to "let [him] in... [because he] just [wants] to listen." (Page 15)

EVIDENCE FROM TEXT

ACTION

At Faber's house, Montag explains what happened and how he had stolen the book from the fire. As Montag's genuine, passionate personality begins to show through. Faber tells Montag that "he is a hopeless romantic..." and how Montag is not interested in the books themselves, "it's some of the things that once were in books." (Page 78)

After Montage heard about Clarisse's death, he began to change and starts to come out of his clouded brain and into reality and the right mind. When another call to burn another home of books, Montag steals a book by tucking it in his shirt. Lost and confused on what to do, he seeks out an old university professor he had met once in the park, a man named Faber, who had worked with books and has knowledge of how to understand the meaning of the books.

EVIDENCE FROM TEXT

EMPATHY

The whole book, leading up to this moment, cannot remember how he had met his wife. He cannot truly and entirely feel or empathize yet, despite it slowly developing throughout the story. However, as the city explodes and he knows his wife is killed, suddenly "he remembers... where they met... a long time ago... and he remembers part of that book" (Page 153) that he had stolen. He is awash with empathy and emotion. He is no longer the same man from the first page.

After much drama, with fires and grand escapes, Montag seeks out the small group of professors hiding in the woods. He is surprised by the positive use of fire. As he begins to travel with the professors, then the war begins. They watch as the city they had just escaped is bombed and explodes, and at that moment, he remembers and begins to feel again.