Wednesday, May 20, 2009

C) 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 hum

The main character in the novel Fahrenheit 451 is named Guy Montag. I actually like this character a lot beacuse unlike everyone else he is different and wants change for the sake of the world. In this story he was a fireman and his job was to find books and burn them until every book on earth was off the face of the earth. Then he started to change because his life was turning out miserable and thought that the books could help. He didn't follow the crowd. He read little by little and realized that what the books had for him was amazing and that without books so many things wouldn't be discovered etc. He is special because he pursues in what he believes in and doesn't chicken out or something even though he knew that he would get killed if he was caught with books. He reveals to me that in the world we need books although sometimes we think that all we need is high technology and computers. That is wrong. If we didn't have books from the past and history then we would have almost no education along with story books and even the Bible! Books are so important to the world and the whole world needs to know that we need to keep books alive forever and as long as we can. Now with improving technology the need for books is decreasing but we still need them in the future and it will come in handy when we need it the most.

3 comments:

Hyonwoo Kang said...

I remember liking Guy Montag alot when I read this book too, i liked him because he had this kind of a "passion(?)" for books although living in a society with no books. And like you said, we all know how important books are to us.

Christine said...

DUDE, i didn't read this book, but it sounds really interesting. i think you explained the reason why and yeah...
GReAT JOB 대안:)

Zach Kim said...

I also really like Guy Montag, he is a great guy, but sometimes his mind is corrupted and goes into a confusion or something.