Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis

When you think of a character from a novel you’ve read, you probably don’t imagine that they aren’t real. However, in Fahrenheit 451, it is something to be considered. One main character from the book is Clarisse McClellan. She lived a life in which relatively few people understood her. But one day, she met Montag, a hard working fireman who burnt every book in sight for a living. They became great friends and eventually she changed how Montag saw things, inducing him to read books and eventually get into conflict with his job. Some readers believe Clarisse is an imaginary character made up in his head due to how she changed him, but they are wrong. Clarisse McClellan is real because she can do things that other real people can do and multiple people other than Montag know about her existence.

“And he remembered thinking that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry” (Bradburry 47). Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the crumbling relationship between Mildred and Montag leads to the breakage of their marriage and Montag finding his place in the world. The couple goes through ten years of marriage without love. This unhealthy relationship causes a miserable life for both of them. They live is a damaged society where everyone is under strict control. Books and pedestrians are banned, while killing and hurting are allowed. Mildred goes through life knowing very little about the world surrounding her, she is comfortable with being ignorant. Montag, on the other hand, is on a mission to learn more about his and Mildred’s civilization. He wants to find the root of the problem and repair it. This difference in the two individuals leads to the breaking of their relationship, and the ending of their life as they know it. Mildred’s realization that she doesn’t love Montag, Montag questioning the ways of society, and Montag reading books to Mildred and her friends leads to Mildred giving up on Montag and turning him into the government.

Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and various other short stories once said, "Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations," and his observation is a perfect analysis of the importance of characters in fiction. The actions of characters in stories are what guide the most beloved ones. When a story is beloved it is most often driven by love of the characters, but the real question is why do readers love and relate to fictional beings. The types of characters that are most loved in fiction have roots in reality, and traits that make them more relatable to the reader.

Clarisse Mclellan and Mrs. Montag, otherwise known as Mildred, are the two strongest and most prominent female characters in Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451. They are both extremely vital and important to the story in the different ways that they influence the main character of the novel, Guy Montag. Clarisse however, is labeled as a threat t the fictional society of Fahrenheit 451. She is questioning and curious. Mildred is the society’s ideal and perfect citizen. She has been molded, conformed, and brainwashed into the character she is in the novel. These two important characters are wildly different, although they do share some similarities. In this essay, I will be observing, comparing, and contrasting the differences between Clarisse Mclellan and Mildred Montag.

Author Ray Bradbury once quoted, “There are worse crimes than burning books; one is not reading them”. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, a crazy-dumb society has banned books for no reason. If someone is caught reading or even owning a book, they will be brought to jail, and the book and the owners house perish by the hot flames of the firemen. It is up to Guy Montag to attempt to make the law like it used to be. In Fahrenheit 451, the foils to Montag, Clarisse and Mildred, serve as opposites by their different effects on Montag.

In researching the Fahrenheit 451 character, Guy Montag, “Guy” means guide, or leader.1 This is surprisingly suitable as a descriptor for this particular character because, as a fireman, he tries to lead people in the correct way of life. An example would be when he tried to lead the woman out of the house, since they were going to burn it. Later he tries to guide Mildred to the belief that the woman wouldn’t have died for nothing, and that there must be something meaningful in the books. In the beginning, the name doesn’t completely fit, because Montag seems more like a follower. Specifically, when Beatty comes to visit lecture him and he’s very afraid. Even when he first meets Clarisse, his name definition seems out of character because she seems to be guiding him out from under society’s spell, rather than the other way around. However, this is actually a pretty fitting name for this particular character overall, since he winds

Most people do not consider that committing suicide or bullying people is “fun.” However, in Montag’s society, they do enjoy doing those activities. In Ray Bradbury’s novel “Fahrenheit 451”, a firefighter named Guy Montag lives in a society where having books are considered against the law, and he realizes that this city needs books and tries to change people’s opinions. Montag molds from a person like everybody else in this world into an outlaw trying to bring books back into people’s life tying it with the theme of this novel and is impacted by the conflicts he faces in the dystopian society.

Did you know that firefighters are the ones who actually starts the fires and not put them out? Well, me either,but in Ray Bradbury’s story “Fahrenheit 451”Firefighters are different and actually go into homes and burn book collections just cause.Books are important but in Fahrenheit 451 not so much.one important theme in “Fahrenheit 451” is that technology will take over and we will no longer need knowledge from books that were created in the past.I know this due to the fact they are burning books with no reason but have tv’s that are the size of walls. In Ray Bradbury “Fahrenheit 451” people in the society seem to be clueless about everything.On page twelve chapter one Clarisse McClellan ask another character named Montag “Is it true that

Can you imagine a world where love is a swear word? Well Ray Bradbury did just that in writing Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury predicted innovative ideas that continue to be developed sixty five years since originally being published. While predicting earbuds was remarkable, what is truly breathtaking was the proposed danger of a disconnected society in the future. Mankind attempting to eliminate connections to people, knowledge, and the beautiful god given details appear to be a threat that we are refusing to acknowledge. The Author paints a picture of a world where emotion and love are nonexistent because of this disengaged civilization. Houses filled with smart televisions and dumb people, failing to make connection with non material things creating

Science fiction is a genre of books that focuses on the future of our world/society where one our problems or habits in the present day is amplified into extreme ends, this world is called a dystopia. For example, Fahrenheit 451 is a science book written in 1951 by Ray Bradbury. In 1951, Ray Bradbury noticed that many children was attached to TV screens but not to books. He took this into the extreme and created a dystopia where even books are outlawed and burned by fireman. To add on, in the short story "Harrison Bergeron,"the author created a dystopia where the government forces everyone to where hindrances to their body so no one is stronger, more beautiful, or even smarter than anyone else. The theme of the science fiction book, Fahrenheit

Clarisse made Montag wonder if he was really happy. Mildred tells Montag that she likes the way things

In Fahrenheit 451, it exposes the relational voids that a world filled with technology will produce. In the early stages of the book Montag's wife, Mildred is constantly ignoring her husband. This is because of the technology interfering with their relationship. She needed the television more than her husband. Clarissa demonstrates the value of human relationships. She is an outsider in this society as she does not comply with the social norms, as she constantly engages herself in conversations and walks the streets as a pedestrian. The firemen in the novel and movie burn books because they offer alternative perspectives to your own. Books also hold knowledge and ideals that could possibly threaten the government. It's much easier to control

In the book, The Giver, Lois Lowry stated, “Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” In Guy Montag’s society, they had to give up many things to achieve sameness. The current society may not have sameness, but we do have many other things that Montag’s society does not. Throughout Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, it has become apparent of how their society contrasts from ours.

Fahrenheit 451 begins with Montag our protagonist watching books be burned. This gives an offsetting of how Ray Bradbury is going to begin the novel. The beginning nonetheless is very important showing us his current lifestyle as a fireman. Being a fireman was one of the most important jobs. Burning books helped society always stay at a constant state of mind and actions.

Montag's determination and fast paced speed lead to further distancing of him and the others. His pumping heart felt like the constant beat of a pounding drum against his chest. The putrid smell of sulfur filled his nose with the stench of death and decay as the city grew near. Granger slowly catches up to Montag and with his voice cracking from the dust and heat says “here we stand at the gates of hell!” At this moment Granger with his knees weak from the arduous journey sat underneath from what resembled a once teaming underpass. “I remember joking about the cars that once filled this highway. I referred to them as ants marching in some meaningless manner, yet now I don’t even see an ant on this scorched pavement. Furthermore, I see nothing Montag, not even a bird singing, or even a