Redemption is a word that contains various meanings. This could refer to forgiveness or recovery. Maybe an escape from something. It's something that everyone longs for, but can't quite grasp it in their hands. It's not something we can look for and find. In fact, redemption often happens by itself when we least expect it. Three characters from three stories go through different conflicts and redeem themselves in ways they never imagined. Some even found redemption with the help of others. Guy Montag from the novel Fahrenheit 451 finds redemption through freedom and liberation. The lawyer of the new The Bet redeems himself thanks to the recovery. Edmond Dantès obtained his redemption through deception. These three characters redeem themselves in different ways, but what they all have in common is that they all go through the process of redemption and reform in one way or another. 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 act the same way. Any deviation from the “rules” or norms would be considered abnormal and wrong. Montag's journey on the path to redemption began the day he met a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan. With Clarisse's help, Montag transforms from a thoughtless machine into a free-spirited intellectual. When the old lady burns herself with the books, Montag realizes that burning books is completely wrong and that his society is a mess. The old lady said before she burned: “Play man, Master Ridley; we will light such a candle today, by the grace of God, in England...... in the middle of a newspaper... would never have escaped prison and never had the slightest chance of redeem yourself. Dantès completed his redemption by accomplishing 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 has come in varying forms for each of them. Redemption was undoubtedly part of the theme of these three 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 very different. Although each character's redemption was achieved in different ways, they all gained some type of fulfillment from it. Works Cited Bradbury, Ray. “Fahrenheit 451.” New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2013.