Guy Montag

Montag is a fireman who has spent ten years burning books. He begins as a willing participant and takes pride in the spectacle. Clarisse’s questions, Mildred’s overdose, and the old woman’s death force him to notice the emptiness of his life. He steals books, kills Beatty when cornered, escapes the city, and joins the readers preserving texts from memory. His future beyond the ruins is open.