Fahrenheit 451: More on Guy

Guy Montag really is a pretty good protagonist. He also shows a very large amount of character development changing into a completely different character by the end of the novel. The main character who has the most effect on Montag is a girl by the name of Clarisse McClellan. She is essentially a foil to the character (if you can even call it that) of Mildred. Mildred has a draining effect on Montag and they have a terrible relationship, I mean they even sleep in separate beds! Clarisse however has a much more positive affect on Montag and setting in motion his massive character development. Another quality of Montag's is that while working as a fireman he shows traits of being a bit of a pyromaniac which I guess would kind of come with the job. He takes a great amount of pleasure to watching the books burn. By the end of the book Montag is living with other people who attempt to keep books safe by memorizing them and when the times comes they will be able to re-write them all down. During the course of the novel Montag becomes more and more interested in books and at one point begins to horde them. Eventually Montag is hunted down by the firemen for hording the books but he is able to escape. He ends up finding a large group of people hoping to conserve novels and he lives with them until the end of the novel with hopes that they will be able to at some time rebuild society and write down all of what they have memorized. Another character with a large influence on Guy is Captain Beatty. Beatty once loved books but over time grew to hate them and he became a fireman. Beatty attempts to convince Montag to come back to being a fireman but after he fails he dies in a fire started by Montag. All in all I think Montag is a very deep character he is very likable and has an awesome name.