Mildred Montag In Fahrenheit 451

“Her hair burnt by chemicals to a brittle straw,” “Her reddened pouting lips,” “The body as thin as a praying mantis from dieting.” perfectly describes the appearance of Mildred Montag in the novel Fahrenheit 451. Mildred is Guy Montag’s wife. They married at the age of 20. Mildred’s appearance shows society’s impact on artificial outer beauty. Mildred characterizes mediocrity and banality. Mildred is a stubborn and independent character. She doesn’t change very much, because she isolates herself from her surroundings.
Some things she has done has made Montag change his mindset, such as at the beginning of the book, Mildred tried to commit suicide. “The small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay uncapped and empty in the
She tried to get rid of the books, but Montag wouldn’t let her. They sat down and read the books. “Here now, we’ll start over again, at the beginning.”(pg65) Beatty knocked on the door, so they got silent. Then they had to restart from where they were at in one of the books. She doesn’t care about what her husband thinks about the books. “Mildred kicked at the book, ’Books aren’t people. you read and I look around, but there isn’t anybody!’”She was mad that she could lose everything because of her husband’s idea.
Mildred ran off, after telling on Montag about having books.“The front door opened; Mildred came down the steps, running, one suitcase held with a dreamlike clenching rigidity in her fist, as a beetle taxi hissed to the curb...‘Mildred you didn’t put in the alarm!’” Mildred ran off after reporting Montag to get away from the situation. Mildred died from a bomb explosion at the end of this novel. “Mildred leaning anxiously nervously, as if to plunge, drop, fall into that swarming immensity of color to drown in its bright happiness. The first bomb struck ‘Mildred!’”. Mildred got killed by a bomb set off near