Fahrenheit 451: Hero

The hero in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, is obviously Guy Montag.  He stands up for what he believes in against his backward society.  He fights for the freedom of books and the freedom of thought.  He even risks his life just to read a few books.  Some qualities that Montag possesses are bravery, strength, and the ability to take risks.  These qualities helped Montag accomplish what he needed to.  His bravery helped him get started in this adventure.  He was very brave to take the risk of stealing some books to hide in his home.  He was risking his job and his life just to read some books.  His bravery also kept him reading and helped him challenge society and Beatty.  He even was brave enough to stand up to Beatty and show him why he liked books so much.  He was also brave enough to run into the country and start over with the other book lover that were exiled there.  Montag also possessed strength.  He was strong enough to carry on while he was being chased into the country.  He was strong enough to fight the Mechanical Hound and Beatty and the rest of society.  He was chased but he never gave up, and that showed his tremendous strength.  Montag also has the ability to take a risk.  He took his first risk when he took some books to hide in his house.  He was even risky enough to read a poem out loud to his book fearing wife and her friends.  He also was risky enough to run from the city and start anew in the country.  All of these qualities made Montag a very strong hero.

He accomplished so much as well. He bro ke through the censored world to find the new world that lay in books.  He found out so much more about himself.  He also accomplished to start a revolution by teaming up with Faber to reprint some new books.  He also will achieve a society because of the end of the other one because of the bombings.  He accomplished a lot for himself and for the world in this novel.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1996. Print.