Fahrenheit 451: Characters

The main character of the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is Guy Montag, who I would refer to as a dynamic character due to the many changes he has undergone throughout the book. In the beginning of the novel we do not have much knowledge of Guy's background but we see him as an ordinary person in a society different from ours today. When Guy meets Clarisse, another important character in the novel, he quickly shows the first signs of being a dynamic character because Clarisse's enlightening thoughts make Montag start to question his society, which is something us as readers did not see Guy do in the exposition of the novel. After meeting Clarisse, Guy truly starts to see how society is crumbling and tries to show those around him that they need to change their society, but they can not se what Guy is trying to show them and do not want to help. This causes Guy to start making bad decisions in hopes of changing the society and again we see change in Guy because he begins having feelings of regret since he is losing so many important relationships in his life. I do not want to give out the resolution of this book so I will end this post here but I wanted to show how Bradbury's use of characterization helped add meaning to the story and also developed a character with several useful writing strategies to help the reader have a better understanding of the novel.