Montag's Character Development Analysis: Character Analysis Written Response

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Character Development Analysis Written Response-Vanessa Ramos-Zuniga
For my analysis I did Guy Montag, he DID change throughout the story. Montag changed by from burning books to not wanting to burn books. In the beginning of the book Montag was liking his job of burning books, until he met Clarisse, she was the one that made Montag realize why do they have to burn books. When Montag and the other firemen got a call to go to a house, at the house Montag took a book (The Bible), but it was actually his arm that took the book because he was not thinking of taking the book. It turned out that Montag had about 20 books in his ventilator, when he told his wife, Mildred, she freaked out, but Montag wanted a chance to read them all. When Montag started

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