Montag As A Hero In Fahrenheit 451

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Have you ever asked yourself or ever wondered if you were a hero? Have you actually done something good the benefited the society or even a small group of peers? If you have actually helped to make a great change in a positive way then you can consider your self a hero, a protagonist/hero. When a character is described as a protagonist, it doesn't always mean the character is the one making the right choices or the better choices. Being the protagonist of the story means he or she is the main character in any story, such as a literary work or drama. “The protagonist is at the center of the story, typically makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions”, which is basically a character based on no actions. On …show more content…

Montag is like every other character with the exception of a few people like Clarisse and Faber. He is heroic in ways that are only possible if he breaks the law and goes against his career. Montag recognizes the tragic ways of society and seeks the truth for his own personal knowledge.
He does not have the bravery of a classic hero or he would intend to have others know the truth also. He runs from his troubles instead of facing them. Montag’s actions result in him gaining a true knowledge of society but in order for him to be considered an archetypical hero, he would have done what was necessary to reveal the truth and begin a restoration of civilization. An anti-hero, such as Montag, could be considered a coward, despite the fact that Montag is one of the few who accepts the danger and the potential consequences of seeking the truth by discovering books and their …show more content…

In other words, an antagonist is a person or a group of people who opposes a protagonist. Mildred, Montag’s wife, a dynamic character has slowly and slyly changed character and actions. The book introduces Mildred as a shy and introverted character, giving examples of her staying at home all the time, taking a whole bottle of her medications, which makes you question was she trying to kill her self and why. The reader when introduced with a character like Mildred would think that she incapable of doing anything.
Things go a whole different way at the end of the story, she changes so much. Mildred is first 100% with her husband,( it's really confusing how they didn't know why and how they got married?!). Mildred didn't do anything when she found out he had books hidden (sorta), but then… at the end of book, she told on him, it sounds a little childish but she literally told on

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