Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis

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The hero almost all the time is the main character in the story, he is the one who can save the girl/guy who needs help, stop the villain, kill the monster save the day. The hero can also start a revolution, like if a super villain takes over the world, usually the hero starts or is the leader of the uprising. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag is the hero, for example, in the scene where he kills the dog, he is fighting the dog and he kills the dog with the flamethrower, but not before he is injured when the dog sticks a long needle in his leg. The dog is the monster in the book, but who or what is the villain? The government can be considered the villain, they basically have control over society/people in Fahrenheit 451. They banned books, they made

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