Fahrenheit 451 Character Review

The main character in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is Guy Montag. Guy is a firefighter but he doesn't do what you think he would as a fireman. In the future time that this book takes place in all houses are fireproof there fore there is no need for firefighters to put out fires. You might be wondering what he does if he doesn't put out fires, he creates fires. He and all the other fireman are trained to burn books and owning books is illegal therefore whenever someone is found whit books the firemen are called to burn the books to ash. I think its an odd process but it puts everything in a completely different perspective to the reader.

Guy has an interesting personal life and its on the verge of being destroyed. Hes been a fireman all his life since he was able to work. Recently he had to burn a house that had books in it and the lady that owned the books wouldn't leave the house and was burned with the books. This event made Guy wonder what was in the books that a lady would take her life to stay in a burning house with her books. Towards the end of part one Guy revels to his wife that he has been hiding books in the house and wants her to read them with him to figure out whats in the books. His wife is blown away at what Guy has done not only has he gone against everything his job works to stop he has also broken the law. I think he does this because of the trouble hes going through in his life. On page 62 Guy states,"I might even start reading books". This quote is so important because this shows how Guy is beginning to change his life he no longer wants to be a fireman and burn books. Hes also questioning his marriage and wonders if he loves her and if hes happy, which makes me think his life is going to start changing dramatically soon.


This is what i think he would look like.