Question #3

Question 3) 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?


Guy Montag is a protagonist in this book. Unlike other people, and unlike other firemen, even if he has a job of a fireman, he starts to get interested in books, and starts to put political problems in his point of view and judge them. He takes some books from other peoples’ houses he was setting on fire, and read them, and study. Faber who used to be a professor helps him study and understand the past, the literatures and the politics that are held that same time they are living. He gives introductions to Montag to know more. I liked Montag as I read this book because not only because he was different from others or wanting to know about the books, but also he tried hard and always doing his best by risking to lose his job and being caught to the police and go to jail. He sincerely wanted to know what was like in the past and was trying to defend the society of being more dreadful and ironic. Also, I liked Clarisse who led Montag to get interested in books. She knew that he was different, and was pure, innocent, and always saw matters or objects around her positively. She thought positively, and she was always observing them deeply even if they were so obvious and was no wonder to ordinary people. Both Montag and Clarisse wanted to know about the past, they were always curious and trying to figure out the universal human quality and the society’s quality. By book, they were heading to a study for general thoughts of human in their society in the past which was close to the universal human experiences.