*Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?
Most of the characters in this novel were round characters. They seemed simple but were capable to change and were complex. Here are the reasons why I liked them or disliked them and what they revealed about the universal human experience.
Guy Montag was the protagonist in this story. He did not know the purpose of his life in the beginning of this book other than burning books for his pleasure with no reason whatsoever. Only because of the fact that he was a fireman, he thought that burning books was his duty. However, as he meets Clarisse and converse with her, he starts to seek a meaningful way to live. I liked him because even though he was easily swayed, he desired to change the status quo and hoped to discover the new world that he had never been to. He basically knew absolutely nothing about literature but secretly wanted to find the humanity in him. I thought that he was very special because often times, he didn’t really know what he was doing but in his actions. However, I could find his will to rebel against his status quo—being a fireman—and live a completely different life. He wanted to explore the nature and dig into the world of literature. He was actually longing for knowledge. Despite the fact that his wife has betrayed him, he read books even when he was hiding from the firemen, running away not to get arrested.
Guy Montag has revealed many things about universal human experience. He represented the significance of one’s own desire. If one wants something really bad, they ought to success in achieving that. When he killed Beatty, I knew that he was thinking about rebelling against the firemen—thinking about his goal. Guy Montag has shown that anybody could fall in love with literature because of a strong and firm desire to do so. Now that literature really became a big part of his life, he wanted to build a new civilization. This is not a simple thing to do but Montag had already made up his mind because of his courage, to start a new life.
Mildred Montag is Guy’s creepy wife who attempts to commit suicides for several times. She is neither a protagonist nor an antagonist in this novel because while she is Montag’s one and only wife, she betrays her husband simply by telling on him to the fire station that he had books hidden in his house. I did not really like this character but instead, I pitied her for her
fragile self-control and her hopelessness. Her true feelings were completely buried deep inside her heart and she just could not handle her stress. Moreover, she does not even try to admit her suicide attempts. Unlike her husband Guy, she is ignorant, straightforward, cold, and distant. Watching televisions is all she does every day. She is special in a way because she seems like she has been through many hardships and pains that she had to endure on her own strength. She doesn’t care about what is happening in her real life but cares about the relationships in the soap operas on televisions. She refuses to accept her reality, the truth but instead, falls into the wrong pitfall. Her betrayal was an unexpected reaction. It shocked me as I read through each line in the book because she showed no emotion whatsoever. I mean, how could she deceive her one and only family? Mildred Montag was portraying the anguish of reality that she didn’t want to feel. By looking at Mildred, I could realize that there were countless people in this world who lived in agonies but hid their feelings deep inside themselves so that no one could ever touch or see. I was both irate and woeful at the same time because on one hand I felt sorry for Guy but on the other hand, I felt sympathy for Mildred herself. Thus Mildred was an ambivalent character.
Captain Beatty, the chief firemen, is the antagonist in this novel. He gets killed in a very sympathetic way. He strongly opposed literature although he knew a lot about it. This tells me that he once had fallen in love with the books at one point in his life but because of his
tragedies, he is confused. When he was telling Montag about the books, he told him how his firemen were hesitant about censoring in the past. He tried to convince Montag that books were full of complex, useless information and they deserved to be burned in the hot fire. I actually liked this character because he was full of surprises. He is also a very complex character because at one point, he seemed to feel passionate about the books and this universe, but then at another point, he seemed to loathe books the most out of everything else in this entire world. However, in the story, it turned out that he chose to hate them because he sought for a carefree and simple life. He did not want to think about all the complicated issues but yearned for an uncomplicated or rather an effortless life; and this is what makes him so special. He reveals many people’s desires, which is to live a simple and easy life. Nevertheless, life is not like that and this cruel world will not let us live that simple life. We have to keep trying and seeking for what we truly want and what we truly long for.
Most of the characters in this novel were round characters. They seemed simple but were capable to change and were complex. Here are the reasons why I liked them or disliked them and what they revealed about the universal human experience.
Guy Montag was the protagonist in this story. He did not know the purpose of his life in the beginning of this book other than burning books for his pleasure with no reason whatsoever. Only because of the fact that he was a fireman, he thought that burning books was his duty. However, as he meets Clarisse and converse with her, he starts to seek a meaningful way to live. I liked him because even though he was easily swayed, he desired to change the status quo and hoped to discover the new world that he had never been to. He basically knew absolutely nothing about literature but secretly wanted to find the humanity in him. I thought that he was very special because often times, he didn’t really know what he was doing but in his actions. However, I could find his will to rebel against his status quo—being a fireman—and live a completely different life. He wanted to explore the nature and dig into the world of literature. He was actually longing for knowledge. Despite the fact that his wife has betrayed him, he read books even when he was hiding from the firemen, running away not to get arrested.Guy Montag has revealed many things about universal human experience. He represented the significance of one’s own desire. If one wants something really bad, they ought to success in achieving that. When he killed Beatty, I knew that he was thinking about rebelling against the firemen—thinking about his goal. Guy Montag has shown that anybody could fall in love with literature because of a strong and firm desire to do so. Now that literature really became a big part of his life, he wanted to build a new civilization. This is not a simple thing to do but Montag had already made up his mind because of his courage, to start a new life.
Mildred Montag is Guy’s creepy wife who attempts to commit suicides for several times. She is neither a protagonist nor an antagonist in this novel because while she is Montag’s one and only wife, she betrays her husband simply by telling on him to the fire station that he had books hidden in his house. I did not really like this character but instead, I pitied her for her
fragile self-control and her hopelessness. Her true feelings were completely buried deep inside her heart and she just could not handle her stress. Moreover, she does not even try to admit her suicide attempts. Unlike her husband Guy, she is ignorant, straightforward, cold, and distant. Watching televisions is all she does every day. She is special in a way because she seems like she has been through many hardships and pains that she had to endure on her own strength. She doesn’t care about what is happening in her real life but cares about the relationships in the soap operas on televisions. She refuses to accept her reality, the truth but instead, falls into the wrong pitfall. Her betrayal was an unexpected reaction. It shocked me as I read through each line in the book because she showed no emotion whatsoever. I mean, how could she deceive her one and only family? Mildred Montag was portraying the anguish of reality that she didn’t want to feel. By looking at Mildred, I could realize that there were countless people in this world who lived in agonies but hid their feelings deep inside themselves so that no one could ever touch or see. I was both irate and woeful at the same time because on one hand I felt sorry for Guy but on the other hand, I felt sympathy for Mildred herself. Thus Mildred was an ambivalent character.Captain Beatty, the chief firemen, is the antagonist in this novel. He gets killed in a very sympathetic way. He strongly opposed literature although he knew a lot about it. This tells me that he once had fallen in love with the books at one point in his life but because of his
tragedies, he is confused. When he was telling Montag about the books, he told him how his firemen were hesitant about censoring in the past. He tried to convince Montag that books were full of complex, useless information and they deserved to be burned in the hot fire. I actually liked this character because he was full of surprises. He is also a very complex character because at one point, he seemed to feel passionate about the books and this universe, but then at another point, he seemed to loathe books the most out of everything else in this entire world. However, in the story, it turned out that he chose to hate them because he sought for a carefree and simple life. He did not want to think about all the complicated issues but yearned for an uncomplicated or rather an effortless life; and this is what makes him so special. He reveals many people’s desires, which is to live a simple and easy life. Nevertheless, life is not like that and this cruel world will not let us live that simple life. We have to keep trying and seeking for what we truly want and what we truly long for. 
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Theory concluded appears to be in place further thinking is needed of course simple are the need for happyness.
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