At this point, I have encountered all of the possible characters that one can encounter in this novel. While I have met all of them, I cannot say I remember them all. All weren't interesting to me; either due to the lack of time the narrator and the character spend with them, or that they were introduced at a time in the novel where I was much more preoccupied by the difficulties encountered by the protagonist and whether or not he would survive.
The protagonist's name is Guy Montag. He's intriguing to me because he is relentless in his pursuit of knowledge. In a world where books are banned, a chance encounter with an odd girl leaves Guy questioning his life--especially whether he is happy. Soon, he starts to question why firemen burn books--why he burns books--and what is special about them, so special that people are willing to risk their lives for them. He interests me because he is passionate and desperately wants to understand, he wants to care about something in a careless world that encourages people to be distracted and not think deeply. He interests me because he wants to feel something meaningful. …show more content…
I don't care much for her, but she is an important part of the novel--her relationship with Montag and how her disappearance affects him. So I feel compelled to include her. I'm not too fond of her because she's that one weird character the protagonists meets and knows for like two seconds and their "death" completely changes their life. To me, by the time I read the novel, it was a bit clichéd and made her feel more of a trope than a
The protagonist's name is Guy Montag. He's intriguing to me because he is relentless in his pursuit of knowledge. In a world where books are banned, a chance encounter with an odd girl leaves Guy questioning his life--especially whether he is happy. Soon, he starts to question why firemen burn books--why he burns books--and what is special about them, so special that people are willing to risk their lives for them. He interests me because he is passionate and desperately wants to understand, he wants to care about something in a careless world that encourages people to be distracted and not think deeply. He interests me because he wants to feel something meaningful. …show more content…
I don't care much for her, but she is an important part of the novel--her relationship with Montag and how her disappearance affects him. So I feel compelled to include her. I'm not too fond of her because she's that one weird character the protagonists meets and knows for like two seconds and their "death" completely changes their life. To me, by the time I read the novel, it was a bit clichéd and made her feel more of a trope than a