Role Of Montag In Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montag's purpose and role in this novel show that he is different than the rest of society because he wants to stand up for books, he tries to save society from being brainwashed by the government, and he wants to read books. Montag was a regular guy doing exactly what he was told to do burn books. Montag starts questioning as to why books are bad and why they need to be burned. Curiosity got the best of Montag making him heroic in the sense that he refuses to comply the government's rules, which makes him an outcast because he wants to save the books.

Montag doesn't want to burn books anymore he wants to stand up for them. His whole life Montag has been burning books until he meets this girl named Clarisse who makes Montag ask "why." Montag doesn't feel the same after he experiences something that traumatizes him.The thought of an old lady who doesn't want to give up her books who then decides to burn with them makes Montag feel disgusted by the fact that they let her die. Montag who hides books himself is in even more danger if he gets caught. Beatty knows Montag has books, so he interrogates him by saying that "At least once in his career every fireman gets an itch."(Bradbury 43-51) Beatty then proceeds to ask him random questions . Montag then suspects that Beatty knows that he has books.
Montags feels that people are uneducated and powerless because they can't think for themselves. Montag meets professor Faber who shares his views on books. They then plan on recovering the illiterate society. They want to bring awareness to the people so they hides books in the houses of firemen and call the alarm. The people will discover books in the houses of firemen and will lose their their