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Appropriately named after a paper-manufacturing company, Montag is the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451. He is by no means a perfect hero, however. The reader can sympathize with Montag’s mission, but the steps he takes toward his goal often seem clumsy and misguided.
Guy Montag is a fictional character and the protagonist in Ray Bradbury's dystopia novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953). He is depicted living in a futuristic town where he works as a "fireman" whose job is to burn books and the buildings they are found in.
- Mildred (wife)
- Fireman (book burner)
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Guy Montag is the protagonist of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. He is a fireman who burns books and people who own them, until he rebels against the oppressive society.
- Guy Montag. A third-generation fireman who suddenly realizes the emptiness of his life and starts to search for meaning in the books he is supposed to be burning.
- Mildred Montag. Montag’s brittle, sickly-looking wife. She is obsessed with watching television and refuses to engage in frank conversation with her husband about their marriage or her feelings.
- Captain Beatty. The captain of Montag’s fire department. Although he is himself extremely well-read, paradoxically he hates books and people who insist on reading them.
- Professor Faber. A retired English professor whom Montag encountered a year before the book opens. Faber still possesses a few precious books and aches to have more.
Quick answer: Montag changes from being a drone of the oppressive regime he burns books for, and he becomes a defender of literature and culture. His encounters with the old woman who dies with...
Guy Montag is a fireman who rebels against the censorship and book-burning of his dystopian society. He undergoes a personal crisis and a transformation as he learns from books and experiences the destruction and reconstruction of his world.
A third-generation fireman, Montag fits the stereotypical role, with his "black hair, black brows…fiery face, and…blue-steel shaved but unshaved look." Montag takes great joy in his work and serves as a model of twenty-fourth-century professionalism.
