If you are referring to the conversation between Montag
and Clarisse at their first meeting, his reasons are simple: It's against the law to
have unapproved books and it's fine work that he enjoys. The sense we get of Montag
early on is of someone who hasn't thought independently in a long time, perhaps his
whole life. The work of a fireman makes sense to him.
He
mentions how he likes the smell of kerosene on his clothes, the schedule, the black and
white rationale of it all. Clarisse is the problem with this. She interrupts his
regimented, flaming, detached life with simple, yet troubling, questions such as "Are
you happy?". Montag is forced to reevaluate whether he likes his job, his life, and the
answers for him become complicated.
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