Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

1. Captain Beatty

   • Commits suicide by antagonizing Montag
   • Captain of the Firemen
   • Constantly recites poetry
   • Things he believes lead to happiness: ignorance and political correctness
   • Compares to conflict against Montag to Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
     • a work written by Shakespeare in which Caesar is assassinated by a conspiracy led by Cassius

2. Guy Montag

   • Courageous
     • Stands up against society by revolting against the burning of books; did not conform
     • Takes books home from his calls and quotes poetry in front of other citizens
   • Books of Ecclesiates
     • Book of the Bible in which the first line is, "To everything is a season."
   • Fireman, did not question his beliefs until meeting Clarisse

3. Clarisse McClellan

   • Asks Montag, "Are you happy?"
   • Curious about the world and is considered, antisocial
   • Describes herself as seventeen and crazy
   • Looks up to her uncle, who told her about the old days

4. Mildred Montag

   • Attempts suicide by pill overdose, then acts oblivious
   • Obsessed with the Parlor Walls, favorite show is the White Clown
   • Calls the authorities about Guy''s books
   • Guy's, unfaithful, apathetic, wife

5. Faber

   • Three things he thinks lead to happiness: quality, time to think, and rights to carry out actions.
   • Retired English professor
   • Recites Book of Job to Montag over radio

6. Granger

   • Homeless man Montag meets after following the railroad and river.
   • Wrote the books, "The Fingers in the Glove," and, "The Proper Relationship between the Individual and Society."
   • Plato's Republic
     • Work written by Plato that describes an ideal society