and Montag
share some similarities. Each, for example, is an ordinary person in his society. However, each
possesses some small degree of status. Winston is an outer Party member, which sets him apart
from the proles as part of an elite. Montag is a fireman, which is an esteemed and feared
position in his society. However, neither man is part of the inner elite making the decisions
that influence their worlds.
Both men rebel against the restrictions of their
dystopian societies, but only after triggered by a catalyst. For Winston, the catalyst is buying
an old-fashioned journal in Mr. Charrington's shop and deciding to write in it, an act so
subversive he knows it probably means death. For Montag, the major catalyst in driving him
towards reading books is his meeting Clarisse. Through conversation with her, he begins to
realized how unhappy he is. A second catalyst is the woman who commits suicide rather than give
up her books.
Both Winston and Montag are betrayed by a
superior:...
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