Granger- Fahrenheit 451

Granger does not show up until the end of the story, but it seems like he has the most effect on Montag. After Montag gets caught with all the books he has his wife left him and then he burned his own Chief! While he was running away from the Mechanical Hound that was after him he met a guy out in the woods and his name was Granger. Granger was the leader of the "Book People". The "Book People" were a group of hobo intellectuals who were once professors that enjoyed reading and had bits and pieces of classic books that were stored away in their memory.

While Montag was on the run he met up with Granger and even though Granger knew who Montag was since he was all over the news he still invited him to stay with them. While the group of intellectuals and Montag were watching the news while they were trying to find Montag, Granger started talking about how they were going to wait until the society gives up and let people read books again. Granger had confidence and strength in the human spirit. He felt that once everything ends bad, the society will let people read books again. He said that they were in a network of thousands of people all over the country that had the classic books stored in their memory. They are waiting for humanity to let books back into their lives and Granger said that they will wait as long as it takes in order to be useful for the society. Even though if it does not happen in Granger's lifetime they will still pass it down from generation to generation if they have to.

Granger shows his dedication to books because he feels that he will waste his life if he has to just to get books back into humanity. When Granger says, "Welcome back from the dead" (Bradbury 150). After the man that the society decided to catch instead of Montag was dead, Granger gave Montag basically a welcome back joke. Granger became a real friend of Montag and was a good person overall.

Bibliography

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Print.