Fahrenheit 451: A Character Analysis

Chuck Palahniuk once said “The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” When Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy, he thought, and thought about it, until finally, he found out he really wasn’t happy. Guy Montag risked his family, his career, and his life, just to hold banished readings within his home. He went against society to do what he thought was right, even if that meant punishment or death. Montag was a hero because he tried to bring back freedom and independent thought, show off author’s greatest works, and even though he rebelled, and killed a man, he did it with good intentions to help the rest of society.
Montag was known as being a firefighter, meaning his job was to burn books to cease independent thought throughout society, but after realizing he really wasn’t happy the way the world was run, he went against it. Montag was stashing books in

Guy wanted to show off author’s greatest works, and what sort of knowledge goes into such delicate pieces of art. This begins with him reading poems to Mildred’s friends. “‘Why don’t you just read us one of those poems from your little book.’ Mrs. Phelps nodded.”(Bradbury 98) Even though Mildred’s friends weren’t like Faber, and were literally scared of the book and the troubles it possesses, he still decided to show off how great poetry is. Montag later met up with Granger and his friends, who believed in the same thing as Montag, the works within a book, is what truly matters. Granger says “‘All we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need intact and safe.’” (152) Montag had the same idea as Granger, though he went at it completely different. Granger attempted to keep everything on a low scale, and not raise alarm, while Montag put it on a national scale. All the two men wanted to do is share the knowledge of great readings with people as soon as an opportunity presented