Sarah Barnes Mrs. Powell 26 February 2023 Guy Montag Character Analysis Ray Bradbury is an amazing author who wrote many great books, including Fahrenheit 451. The main character of Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, goes through a great transformation through the duration of the story. At the start of the book Montag is shown to be loyal, brainwashed, and does not question things. He is shown to have these traits for most of the beginning of the book, and they are shown through certain quotes. The quotes that I have found to show that he is loyal is part of a conversation between Montag and Clarisse, “Do you ever read any of the books you burn?” -Clarisse, “That's against the law!” -Montag. This shows that he is loyal to his job and he follows the rules and laws without a second thought. …show more content…
The first line of the book is, “It was a pleasure to burn.” This line gives us some insight as to what Montag is like in the earlier parts of the book. As in he sees burning books as a pleasure and sees no issue with the way things are. He also tells Clarisse that she “thinks too many things” showing how he hasn’t thought about almost anything besides burning books and following orders. Then for the evidence of the trait that he does not question things I have one long quote said to Montag by Clarisse, “You laugh when I haven’t been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I’ve asked you.” -Clarisse. This quote from Clarisse says a lot about Montag in the earlier parts of the book, about how he doesn’t question the laws that are set in place, he doesn’t question how people around him act, or why they burn books in the first place, or pretty much anything in his