The Character Is A Leader In William Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

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A) The character is a leader, because he stands out against most of the other citizen. He is different, for better or worse. At the beginning of the book he lives like his wife, the firemen and swims with the tide. During the book he changes his mind and at the end he swims against the tide and does his own thing. He quits his job and leaves his wife, his house and the superficial society behind and starts a new life.
He also tries to convince Mildred and her friends of his opinion by reading a book to them. That 's why I think Montag is a leader and not subservient. In the end Montag leads the group of intellectuals, as they go to built up a new city with new rules.
Motivated by reason or emotion???

b) I think Montag is abitious, because
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He shows, that he has got books at home by reading them out to Mildred and her friends. As a consequence they report Montag to the authorities. This was his own fault.
Maybe he also gets a little bit to easy irritated. For example as Beatty orders Montag to burn down his house. Beatty insisted on making Monatg angry, so that he would burn him and he did. After Beatty 's dead Monatg realizes, that he wanted to die. It would have been better, if Montag had stayed calm and let him stay alive. Maybe he also acts a little bit to fast out of his instinct and sometimes this action isn 't the best one.
Furthermore Montag sometimes has difficulties to refuse Beatty 's orders. For example as he didn 't want to go to work anymore, Beatty still tried to convience him to come despite his illness. Beatty has the ability of talking somebody into something by using clever quots and words. Because of this, Montag asks Faber for arguments during conversations
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Guy Montag isn 't afraid of books. He hides them at home and wants to keep them. He sees in them no danger. Additionally he also isn 't afraid of reeding the books. It 's said, that they have nothing to say and only make you unhappy. But for Montag it 's the other way around.
Besides this he wants to leave his old life behind and move on, experience adventures and meet new people. He 's curious about this and not afarid at all, in fact it,s his main aim and wish.
Furthermore Montag isn 't afraid of fire. At the beginning of the book is written: It was a pleasure to burn. It was a simple pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. (page 1)
He also isn 't afraid of Clarisse, like some of the other firemen are, for example

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