Hero- Fahrenheit 451

The "hero" in this book would definitely be Guy Montag. A hero is not only a superhero who could fly or destroy bad guys. A hero could be as big as a police man or firefighter, or as little as an accountant. Guy Montag portrays a big hero. Guy is a fireman who starts fires rather than stops them. He has always followed the rules in being a fireman. Then he realizes instead of burning these books why don't we read them? He decides that he is going to go against society in order to figure out why the society decided to burn books. Guys traits are very important to the book. His first trait is that he is honorable. Guy wanted to do the right thing for his society and he wanted to step out. He thought that hiding books from his society could get him killed, but he did it anyway. Once the other firemen found the books, Guys honor went away and he killed the captain of their "squad."

The last trait is bravery. Nobody ever during Guys time stood out against society and went against the law. It was very brave of Guy to go out on a limb and go against the law, even though he knew he could die or go to jail for trying it. Guy accomplishes a lot of things while going against society. He accomplishes his fear that he had against the society. He also accomplishes his fear against the mechanical hound that was watching him twenty-four seven. Guy is portrayed as a man that wants to do good things, but he does bad things while trying to do good. Just like when he killed Beatty, he was trying to save the books, but he ended up killing someone.

When Bradbury says, "It was only the other night everything was fine and the next thing I know I'm drowning" (Bradbury 131). Guy knows that he wanted to do a good deed for society, but he said it himself that he was "drowning." Guy represents an abstract idea of courage. It takes a lot of courage to stand up to your society and tell them something different. It was basically Guy against the whole society. Guy Montag showed that he was the true hero in this novel.

Bibliography

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