Character Analysis: Farenheit 451
Molded Into a Free Thinker It all took place within an unknowingly ruined society. Each citizen glued to their television and never paying more than five seconds worth of attention to what one another had to say. Vehicles roar up and down streets driven by people searching for that adrenaline they desire, and friends only talk to each other not because they want to, but because they feel they have to. Guy Montag, the protagonist firefighter who doesn’t see beyond his book-blazing job, is an extraordinary man who will stand up against everything he knew and lived for to pursue what he knows is right for not only himself, but more so for society as a whole. When the novel begins, Guy emerges as only an average man who is proud to be a fireman
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Montag proves to be a prime example of both traits. As he discovers the importance of literature and the positive impact it can have, the whole situation has bewildered Montag leaving him confused. Without having the best judgement, Montag makes decisions that contribute to Faber’s and his plan’s decimation. When at Faber’s house, Montag decides to commit, what it seems as in Faber’s eyes, one of the most heinous crimes man could commit as Faber would not agree to try to help solve their problem: “Montag stood there and waited for the next thing to happen. His hands, by themselves, like two men working together, began to rip the pages from the book.” (84) Montag, being in the bewildered state of mind he is, deemed tearing pages out of the book acceptable. Furthermore, when Montag returns home, he is met by his wife and two of her friends. After a brief conversation, Guy became enflamed with rage at their ignorance, and begins to read a poem from a book. The words spoken frightened all three women and led one to cry. When one of the friends spoke about Montag in a negative way, he snapped into a malicious monologue: “ ‘Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out […]’ “ (98) Though once he is chased out of the city and wades through the river, he finds his bearings and calms down when he meets Granger and his
Montag proves to be a prime example of both traits. As he discovers the importance of literature and the positive impact it can have, the whole situation has bewildered Montag leaving him confused. Without having the best judgement, Montag makes decisions that contribute to Faber’s and his plan’s decimation. When at Faber’s house, Montag decides to commit, what it seems as in Faber’s eyes, one of the most heinous crimes man could commit as Faber would not agree to try to help solve their problem: “Montag stood there and waited for the next thing to happen. His hands, by themselves, like two men working together, began to rip the pages from the book.” (84) Montag, being in the bewildered state of mind he is, deemed tearing pages out of the book acceptable. Furthermore, when Montag returns home, he is met by his wife and two of her friends. After a brief conversation, Guy became enflamed with rage at their ignorance, and begins to read a poem from a book. The words spoken frightened all three women and led one to cry. When one of the friends spoke about Montag in a negative way, he snapped into a malicious monologue: “ ‘Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out […]’ “ (98) Though once he is chased out of the city and wades through the river, he finds his bearings and calms down when he meets Granger and his