Conformity Essay

A chapelgoer is a person whose behavior or views do not set to prevailing ideas or practices of the society. In the halt Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the main character Guy Montag was a nonconforming to his society, and in the movie Cool Hand Luke directed by Stuart Rosenberg, Luke Jackson was the non conformist. Guy Montag was considered a nonconformist because in his society you werent allowed to aim word of honors, and he did. In Lukes society he was considered a nonconformist because he went against the jail and ran away repeatedly. Luke is more of a nonconformist comp ared to Guy Montag because Luke was a man who refused to be nailed down or conform to the rules and regulations of a society.Luke from the movie Cool Hand Luke was sent to jail after(prenominal) he cut the heads off of parking meters. He was sent to prison where he later didnt conform to the rules. Luke is a nonconformist for blow reasons than Montag. Luke wasnt liked by the people in the prison at scra tch line, and kept to himself. After later having a caseing match with one of his inmates Dragline, and was repeatedly knocked down but kept getting up was esteem by the inmates. Luke never cared about what people thought of him, and never had whatsoeverone catch his actions or opinions. Luke did what he precious to, when he wanted to. Luke wasnt panic-struck to go against the law several measure after he already knew the consequences, and received them before.Guy Montag from the book Fahrenheit 451 was a local fireman for his town and was suppose to burn books but instead he read them, and had to be fugitive and flee his town. Montag is different than Luke by many reasons. Montag was perpetually respected by society for his job until he was caught reading books and was denominate dangerous by the news when he was on the run. Montag fought with the society as a whole and the government, where as Luke fought with individuals. Montag was influenced by one of his neighbors, a bantam girl named Clarisse. She opened his mind and make him think about things. For simulation she asked Montag if he was simply happy, and then Montag was left puzzled thinking Of bunk Im happy. What does she think? Im not? (pg10). Montag excessively blames other for his actions. For example when he blamed his hand for taking the book and putting it into his coat, Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand (pg 37).Luke and Guy Montag are both similar because they both impacted their societies, Lukes being in the prison and Montags being the town. Both had societies with an ultimate tool of conformity, the box and the mechanical hound. Both characters fought for what they believed was right. Montag wanted to rebuild the society after it was bombed, and Luke wanted to prove that he did know wrong from right before he was put in the box. Both Montag and Luke took major risks and both knew the consequences before they made their actions making them nonconformists . Montag used a little ear piece called the jet plane bullet that allowed him to talk to Faber for his great escape. Luke was severely beaten multiple times by the prison warden, and he still ran away.Luke is more of a nonconformist than Guy Montag. Luke went against the most important thing in a conformist society, the law. Luke became the leader after people followed him, and wanted him to be the leader. Luke had a slight of a need to be affiliated with anyone, like when he first got to the prison and just ignored what Dragline had to say about him or any other inmates. Most importantly Luke was more of a nonconformist because he went against the conformists rules and values, having to go in the box accepting the penalty and not running away.