Fahrenheit 451 Romanticism- Sense of Darkness and sensitivity

Romanticism is composed of many different aspects of human thought and their nature along with the physical beings in the world and the habitat or living conditions that they live in.  Among these aspects are the ideas of darkness and sensitivity represented by the characters in a Romanticism piece.  This particular portion of Romanticism can be represented in the character's emotions or could be represented physically.  Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Montage portrays the emotional sense of darkness and sensitivity.

Montage displays darkness and sensitivity in his thoughts and actions throughout Fahrenheit 451.   He is consumed with darkness for many years of his life and only seeks to destroy any form of knowledge. This is how he was raised to think and act and his views do not change easily.  Once he begins to be exposed to the knowledge that had previously been forbidden to him, he experiences a sense of enlightenment and curiosity that is continually growing stronger, but realizes that this knowledge is not supposed to be known.  This causes him to become very sensitive and cautious whenever his peers mention the book burning or books in general, which is where he obtained the knowledge and understanding previously mentioned.  The sense of darkness continues to decrease as he falls in love with books and his curiosity strengthens.  As the sense of darkness and ignorance decreases, the sense of sensitivity towards the treatment of others that also have the same desire to learn more increases drastically.  As he sees others being treated unkindly because of the same curiosity, he becomes very cautious in his actions and increasingly sensitive to the way he treats others with the same desire to learn as he had.  This sense of darkness and sensitivity ruled his life and effected every one of his actions until he became associated with a group of men that share the same passion of learning that he possessed.