Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis

Fahrenheit 451, a book by Ray Bradbury, takes place in an unnamed American city during 2053. This city is full of ‘drone-like’ citizens that make the mood of this book dark and depressing. Every citizen is this way because of their full attention being given towards technological devices. The devices included within this story are television sets, ear buds, and a machine that does blood diffusions. The reason the author sets his story in this time is because he likes to set his book 100 years in the future from when he wrote them. A well, thought out part of this book is the characters. Guy Montag, the protagonist and main character, is around 30-years-old in good health and condition. He is a very confident and unique person. “‘I’ll

It starts off where Montag is asked the question I mentioned on page 7. Beyond that point, Montag questions himself and becomes smarter. As a result, Montag starts reading books, which if you don’t already know is illegal. After hiding books he owns he eventually shows his wife who is uninterested and later reports it. This causes Montag to burn his own house with a flamethrower and actually burns his boss, Captain Beatty, due to the fact that Montag simply can’t stand his taunts. Before you know it, Montag finds himself in a manhunt with a mechanical hound and helicopters after him. Guy escapes and meets a band of rebels. A bomb drops on the city and they go back to find nothing but ruins, for that is what I think they’ll

Throughout the story Montag gains a sense of sincere understanding revolving around dominance and superiority. Everyone can confirm this when he kills Beatty because beyond that point he is really in charge and people will wonder, what is a firefighter without a captain? You can estimate Beaty’s death when Montag says to himself, “‘I’m going to do something, ‘said Montag. ‘I don’t even know what yet, but I’m going to do something big’” (62). Beyond this event, Guy will team up with Faber, a retired English professor that is currently retired, so they can change the way the government reacts and behaves. Faber understands what will happen whenever he states, ‘“The salamander devours his own tail!’”