That is a loaded question, but I will begin to answer
it.
Montag's former life was filled with technology. There
was so much automation that relationships and the meaning of life suffered. Montag did
not have to think, he just had to respond. This is clearly shown in the morning after
Mildred's stomach is pumped, because the scene places the two of them being served
breakfast by machines. This was just a subtle glimpse of what the technology must have
been like.
After meeting Clarisse, Montag knew there was
something more to this life, and this began his pursuit of books. He thought there was
something real in them.
When he finally arrives in the
great expanse of nature, he realizes that there are great details in nature, and they
are soothing. He found great licorice smells and weeds that arose "like a child". He
found a fire after walking the tracks that drew him in, not because he was a consumed
fireman, but because of the warmth that it provided to those sitting around it. The big
difference between his life prior to this moment and now is the fact that before his
life was fixed and meaningless. Now, his life is rich and
purposeful.
The silence and emptiness of nature gave him
time to comprehend all that Clarisse had described as beautiful in this world. The
moments walking along the tracks let him comprehend the sights and smells since he
wasn't flying in a beetle at 200 miles an hour.
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