In my opinion, the conflict in the book Fahrenheit 451 is a conflict within the main character, Guy Montag. He lives in an extremely selfish world, and in the book he begins to find who he is withing that world. He always would live just like everybody else. Montag would do things that were pleasing to him, and would only think about himself. He would live a reckless lifestyle and not even think about the things that he was doing. He claimed that he was happy and that everything was good and how it was supposed to be. However, deep inside, Montag knew that he was not happy or satisfied with his life at all.
A girl, Clarisse Mclellen, moved into the house next to Montag. She was not like other girls. Clarisse took time to stop and think about things. She did not think about the things that most people thought about, like which television show to watch, but she thought about things that actually matter. Clarisse thought about things that were deep and actually took thought. She also asked questions. Most people around them did not ask questions, but Clarisse did. She questioned everything that happened. She did not live like the other girls, she cared about things that mattered.
Clarisse inspired thought in Montag. He had never witnessed a person who was like her, and it really got Montag questioning his motives, his morals, and his reasoning on everything that he did. The conflict in the book was Montag against himself. One part of him was comfortable with how he lived and it seemed like that was how he was supposed to live. The other part of him questioned the reasons that he did what he did and wanted to live for more and was sick of the culture, even though he was not quite sure at first what it was that he was sick of.
As the story progressed, Montag stopped living like he used to and started changing his mindset. He stepped out of his comfort zone and did things he never thought were possible. He did those things because that is what he believed to be true and right.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Print.
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