Character Analysis Of Guy Montag In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag is another individual who goes against society to create his own tranquility. Instead of following society’s rules of burning books as a fireman, he secretly collects stolen books, “He carried the books into the backyard and hid them in the bushes near the alley fence” (Bradbury 98). Montag believes that books are of value, “Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes” (Bradbury 70). He rejects the way society reject books by rebelling against society and becomes a fugitive, “Police Alert. Wanted: Fugitive in city. Has committed murder and crimes against the State. Name: Guy Montag” (Bradbury 117). Montag goes as far as to hide books in a fireman’s home and turned him in, “And now since you’re a fireman’s wife, its your house and your turn, for all the houses your husband burned and the people he hurt without thinking” (Bradbury 124).

In Puritan time, children were not allow entertainment or freedom. They were expected to work and were forbidden to dance or go out into the woods. Parris, the minister of Salem states, “That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest” (Miller 10). Puritans regard dancing as a taboo placed on their religion and forbids anyone from doing such thing. Mary suggest to Abby, “You’ll only be whipped for dancin’, and the other things” which can suggest how strict the Puritans were (Miller 19). In a difficult society like the Puritans, there are often individuals who are willing to find their own peace even if it means going against the society,