Fireproof is a powerful film that has a powerful message never leave your partner behind. Taking the information from the movie and looking at the materials from the class there is a degenerative communication spiral between the husband (Caleb) and wife (Catherine). Stewart (2012) explains that degenerative spiral is a misunderstanding that creates damage in the relationship. In a degenerative spiral, the person will start to have less interest in others and start to have more concern in work. When watching the movie you can see that Caleb and Catherine are focused in their work. Caleb, in the beginning, tells Catherine that he is the captain of the local fire department, who leads his crew who are constantly saving lives of strangers. He is known for …show more content…
Caleb and Catherine are having several conflicts with a degenerative spiral. Folger, Poole, and Randall (2012), shows that this is a nonrealistic conflict which had expressions of aggression to hurt the other person involved. The couple has their own interest in mind and keeps moving away from one another. This shows the degenerative cycle and sees that the relationship is disintegrating because distrust feeds distrust causing the marriage to lead to me terminated. Caleb father steps in and gives him a challenge of forty days and see if anything changes. During the challenge, Caleb gets frustrated asking his father “How can I keep loving and she keeps rejecting” (Kendrick, 2006)? Caleb father answered him with a biblical view and said that what Jesus does every day for us (Kendrick, 2008). His father explains that love is not about feelings it is about sacrifice and to give at all times even when it is hard. 1 Corinthians 13:7 King James Version ‘beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things” (KJV). By Caleb taking on the challenge, he starts to alter the degenerative
Fire is a simple human necessity that is capable of sustaining life, but if misused can easily destroy it. Guy Montag a firemen destine to burn books, meets a young girl named Clarisse who changes his view on everything. His character slowly starts to change as he realizes books are in fact pieces of art, doomed to the flames. Montag digs deeper and deeper, until eventually it may tear the society wide apart. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character Montag’s view point of fire progresses from a weapon capable of destroying anything, eventually the fire disinfects Montags head, and in the end causes him to changes completely.
The library is on fire. The place is fuming with flames and the causalities are the books and the people who chose to read them. The classics are gone, so is the syfy fantasy. The biography of George Washington gone, all the knowledge and creativity wiped in an instant. All happen because of the fireman with the match who walked in. Its chaos and utterly almost impossible to believe because a fireman job is to relinquish the fire, however, within the novel however it’s not the case.
The beginning of the novel begins with the main character Guy Montag burning down a house. Montag uses a kerosene pack to burn down the home with the specific objective of burning all the books that are inside to ash. After Montag successfully destroys all the books and the home, he returns to the fire station. Montag, while at the station, shines his helmet, hangs his jacket and takes a shower. After a short period of time, Montag leaves the fire station to go to the subway and go home. After Montag gets off the subway and walks down the street, he walks into a girl name Clarisse McCiellan, who he later finds out during their walk to be his new neighbor. During McCiellan and Montag’s talk, they discuss his firefighter career, how long he has been a firefighter, how she is not afraid of him and if firemen put fires out instead of starting them in the past. After walking for a few streets, they reach their homes. Before McCiellan leaves, she asks Montag if he is happy. However, he is unable to respond because she leaves. Montag then enters his house and goes to his bedroom. Montag, before being able to make it to his bed, trips on an object on the floor. He uses his lighter to light his room. Then, Montag sees his wife barely alive because she has taken a bottle of sleeping pills. Montag grabs the phone and calls for medical assistance for his wife. Two men respond to the house and use two machines to pump her stomach and clean her blood. After the two men leave, Montag goes outside to the porch of McCiellan’s house. After a while, he returns to his house and goes to sleep. The next morning, Montag wakes up with his wife Mildred cooking breakfast in the kitchen. The two o...
Prior to meeting Clarisse, Montag is a quiet, unnoticed citizen of society. Montag is a fireman, but not in the traditional sense. In their society, the purpose of the firemen is to burn ...
In the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the primary conflict is an internal battle that Guy Montag has versus himself. He struggles by questioning his own thoughts on whether he is doing the right thing as a firefighter. Montag served proudly as a firefighter for ten years burning books without questioning whether or not it was morally right. Instead, he thought that he was doing his civic duty for his society. After having many conversations with his neighbor Clarisse, Montag became more thoughtful about his life and his society. This aspect of the novel contributed to Montag coming to the realization of his internal conflict he had within himself. He realized that he was not happy with the way he lived his life, to include his marriage.
Intro to Evidence: At the fire station, Montag puts his critical thinking skills into practice as he questions the firemen’s logic behind their action of burning houses full of books. Evidence: “He opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, “Didn’t firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?” (34). Analysis: The beginning of the quote shows the level of influence Clarisse has had on his critical thinking skills. His question starts out with “didn’t firemen” which signifies that Montag is critiquing or indirectly pointing out a flaw in the firemen's logic for burning books. Montag mocks them in a sense as he compares the firemen’s logic with something that is clearly more logical of what a fireman's job really is. Transition to next piece of evidence: As the story progresses, along with Montag’s finding of society's flaws, he uses critical thinking to pull apart all the problems with the women's lives during a conversation with them. Intro to Supporting Evidence: Mildred’s friends were chatting about politics and how they chose their candidates based on looks; how they valued their parlors (television) more than their actual family; and their lack of empathy for their lost family members and friends. Montag loses his temper and objectively criticizes their lives, telling them to think deeper than the surface. Supporting Evidence: “Go home and think about your (lost husbands), think of the dozen abortions you had, and your children who hate our guts. Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it?” (101). Analysis of Supporting Evidence: Montag foolishly sacrifices his safety in society to get Mrs. Bowles and the other wives to think critically of their situation, especially when he asks her to think of how it all happened and what you did to stop it. This whole passage shows how Montag
Love covers a multitude of mistakes and wrong doings. No one is perfect, so don 't expect your spouse to be. Spouses should show their partner the same type of love they would like to receive. Many marriages fail because couples give up when the struggle becomes too much to bear. To love one another under difficult circumstances is a true test of unconditional love. Beth and Casey 's marriage were tested throughout the story. As was previously stated, Beth asked Casey to visit and lay with Aunt Granny Lith; however, after making that tough decision for the family, she still loved him. She asked him to do this even though he didn’t want to thus, knew it would bring peace to her family. She was willing to let go of her pride and commitment to only be with each other in a marriage so her family can live in peace. For example, Casey says, “It ain’t right, me going up there…You’re my wife” (Offutt 143). Casey didn’t want to be with anyone else besides his wife. Although Beth told Casey to do this for their family, she didn 't throw the incident in his face for being with another woman nor become angry and spiteful. She didn 't allow the situation get the best of her. Beth continued to love her husband, despite what needed to be done because of the love she had for
In the beginning of the book, Guy Montag never once thought of what his job really entailed or why he was burning houses and books down. Until one night, he met a girl named Clarice; the girl who changed everything. She might not have been in the book long but her character was essential. Clarice was the start of Montag slowly realizing what it exactly is that his job is making him do. “ ‘Do you mind if I ask? How long’ve you worked at being a fireman?’ ‘Since I was twenty, ten years ago.’ ‘Do you ever read any of the books you burn?’ He laughed. ‘That’s
In an interview with Sherman Alexie, Alexie states that, "The smoke that originates from the first fire in the movie is what causes these events, and the smoke from the second fire brings about the beginning of resolution." The first fire is the tragic house fire and the second fire is a fire that the healing figure of the movie starts in order to burn down the trailer Arnold Joseph lived in. The trailer's fire symbolizes letting go of all the pain Arnold Joseph caused in the world. It helps show that Victor is slowly letting go of the pain his father caused which in turn means the fire that burns within him is starting to smolder as
In both our society and Fahrenheit 451’s society, firemen keep people safe, but the way our firefighters keep us safe and the way the firefighters in Fahrenheit 451 keep us safe is quite different. To start off firemen in our society put out fires and save lives, where as the firemen in Fahrenheit 451 start fires and will burn anyone who gets in their way (Bradbury 36). Since firefighters in our society save lives and put out fires they are very respected and loved. It’s exactly the opposite for the firefighters in Fahrenheit 451 they are hated
The first of all, Montag loses his control over his own mind. At the beginning of the story, he meets a beautiful girl called Clarisse. She is a peculiar girl who wonders about the society and how people live in there. She tells Montag the beauty of the nature, and also questions him about his job and life. Though he has been proud of being a fireman, Clarisse says, “I think it’s so strange you’re a fireman, it just doesn’t seem right for you, somehow” (21). Montag feels “his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other” (21) by her words. Everything Clarisse says is something new to him and he gradually gets influenced a lot by this mysterious girl. Actually, the impact of the girl is too significant that his mind is taken over by her when he talks with Beatty, the captain of the firemen. “Suddenly it seemed a much younger voice was speaking for him. He opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, ‘Didn’t firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?’” (31). His mind is not controlled by himself in this part. He takes of Clarisse’s mind and it causes confusion within his mind. It can be said that this happening is an introduction of him losing his entire identity.
Hence, The Wenders’ determination to protect their daughter in a hostile society, Uncle Axel’s willingness to love and guide his insecure nephew, and the telepaths’ devotion to their closely-knitted group remind us that no matter how corrupt the majority of society becomes, there will always be those who will keep alive the beautiful qualities that make us human. Thus, it is clear that Wyndham purposely incorporated loving relationships in the midst of suffering to keep alive our hope in the human race. Love is an unique quality that can emerge through hardships. The Chrysalids is meant to remind us that the power of this emotion can overcome despair.
...r strong faith, it causes more issues about whether what the correct thing to do is. This problem is too complex for the couple to rely on faith alone. Everyone has different beliefs and ways to handle things, but in the end we all face issues that are not easy. These tasks, even the smallest of gestures can make a difference in a person’s life as Ed realizes that “big things are often just small things that are noticed”(Zusak 221).
Catherine was born into a rich solid family, where her father, Mr. Earnshaw, was a strict man, and her mother, Mrs. Earnshaw, was a pretentious woman. Through her conceited youth Catherine’s immaturity is clearly explained. Born with a very strong attitude; she is the type that throws a fit when doesn’t get what she wants. An example is, “when she learnt the master had lost her whip in attending the stranger, showed her humor by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing” (33). Catherine was never love by her father, whom felt the need to tell her, “Nay Cathy, I cannot love thee; thou’rt worse than thy brother. Go, s...
On the face of it, it would seem that the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff is self-destructive to an extreme. Due to the lovers’ precarious circumstances, passionate personalities and class divisions, it seems that fate transpires to keep them apart and therefore the hopelessness of their situation drives them to self destruction. However, although the relationship is undeniably self-destructive, there are elements within it that suggest the pain Heathcliff and Catherine put each other through is atoned for to an extent when they share their brief moments of harmony.