Redemption is a word that contains various meanings. It could refer to forgiveness or recovery. Maybe an escape from something. It's something everyone aspires to, but can't quite grasp. It's not something we can look for and find. Indeed, redemption often comes alone when we least expect it. Three characters from three stories go through different conflicts and redeem themselves in ways they never imagined. Some have even found redemption with the help of others. Guy Montag from the novel Fahrenheit 451 finds redemption through freedom and liberation. The lawyer's story The bet is redeemed through recovery. Edmond Dantes achieved his redemption through deception. These three characters redeem themselves in different ways, but something they have in common is that they all go through a process of redemption and reform in some way. Guy Montag, the protagonist of the novel Fahrenheit 451, was stuck in a time where society was set to one standard. Montag lived by the “rules” of his society which ultimately required everyone to live and behave equally. Any deviation from the “rules” or standards would be considered abnormal and wrong. Montag's journey to redemption began the day he met a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan. With Clarisse's help, Montag transforms from a reckless machine into a free-spirited intellectual. When the old lady burns herself with books, Montag realizes that burning books is completely wrong and that his society is messed up. The old lady said before she burned herself, “Be a man, Master Ridley; we will light such a candle today, by the grace of God, in England... middle of paper... he would never have escaped from prison and would never have had any chance of redeeming himself. Dantes completed his redemption when he took his revenge on Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort; the men who betrayed him. Redemption comes in many forms, and for the characters Guy Montag, "The Lawyer," and Edmond Dantes, redemption came in different forms for each of them. Redemption was undoubtedly part of the theme of all three of these stories. Each of these characters has been shaped and transformed in some way by redemption. Without redemption as the catalyst in each story, the plot and outcome of each would have been significantly different. While each character's redemption was achieved in different ways, they all gained some type of satisfaction from it. Works Cited Bradbury, Ray. "Fahrenheit 451." New York: Simon & Schuster Paperback 2013.