As a Fireman, Beatty brings the passion of the converted to his work. He despises books because they failed him, and he embraces his work because it is simple and comprehensible.
He uses his knowledge in the service of ignorance. This makes him a dangerous antagonist, because unlike other truly passive and ignorant characters, Beatty is intelligent, and he uses his intelligence to keep society ignorant. A teenage girl living near Guy and Mildred, Clarisse rejects ignorance with childlike honesty and courage. Not yet broken by society, Clarisse still has a youthful curiosity about everything around her, demonstrated by her constant questioning of Guy—questioning that spurs his identity crisis.
Clarisse simply wants to know things. The character of Clarisse offers a thread of hope that society might be saved. As long as people like Clarisse exist, Bradbury seems to imply, things can always get better.
Clarisse disappears from the story very early on, but her impact is large. Not only does she push Montag closer to open rebellion, she lingers in his thoughts. The memory of Clarisse helps him organize his anger into opposition against the society that he serves. Professor Faber is an elderly man who was once a teacher of literature. He is positioned as the polar opposite of Beatty in some ways: he despises society and believes strongly in the power of reading and independent thought, but unlike Beatty he is fearful and does not use his knowledge in any way, instead opting to hide in obscurity.
When Montag forces Faber to assist him, Faber is easily intimidated into doing so, as he fears losing the little he has left.
Faber represents the triumph of ignorance, which often comes in the form of blunt practicality, over intellectualism, which often comes in the form of weightless ideas with no practical application. Granger is the leader of the drifters Montag meets when he flees the city. Granger has rejected ignorance, and with it the society built on that ignorance. Granger knows that society goes through cycles of light and dark, and that they are at the tail end of a Dark Age.
He has taught his followers to preserve knowledge using only their minds, with plans to rebuild society after it has destroyed itself. How does meeting Clarisse affect Montag?
Why does Faber consider himself a coward? Why are people so violent in Fahrenheit ? Characters Guy Montag. Popular pages: Fahrenheit Take a Study Break. Appropriately named after a paper-manufacturing company, Montag is the protagonist of Fahrenheit He is by no means a perfect hero, however. The reader can sympathize with Montag's mission, but the steps he takes toward his goal often seem clumsy and misguided.
Is Guy Montag black? A third-generation fireman, Montag fits the stereotypical role, with his "black hair, black brows… fiery face, and… In the last two years, however, a growing discontent has grown in Montag, a "fireman turned sour" who cannot yet name the cause of his emptiness and disaffection. How does Mildred die? Montag finds Mildred passed out, having overdosed on thirty plus sleeping pills. Her stomach is pumped and her blood re-circulated. Is Montag in love with Mildred?
Mildred and Montag almost have no relationship. Their lives are so very different, especially after Montag meets Clarisse, that there's no hope of reconciliation or even communication among the two.
In fact, the first time we meet Mildred, she has attempted suicide. Who is the hero in Fahrenheit ? Does Montag die? Montag was once a fireman who burned homes that contained illegal books, but ends up having to burn his own home down as he begins stealing books from his calls. When his boss, Beatty, mocks him and tries to arrest him, Montag kills him.
A duality evolves, the blend of himself and Faber, his alter ego. With Faber's help, Montag weathers the transformation and returns to his job to confront Captain Beatty, his nemesis. Beatty classifies Montag's problem as an intense romanticism actualized by his contact with Clarisse. Pulled back and forth between Faber's words from the listening device in his ear and the cynical sneers and gibes of Beatty, who cites lines from so many works of literature that he dazzles his adversary, Montag moves blindly to the fire truck when an alarm sounds.
Beatty, who rarely drives, takes the wheel and propels the fire truck toward the next target — Montag's house. When Beatty prepares to arrest him, Montag realizes that he cannot contain his loathing for a sadistic, escapist society.
Momentarily contemplating the consequences of his act, he ignites Beatty and watches him burn. As Montag races away from the lurid scene, he momentarily suffers a wave of remorse but quickly concludes that Beatty maneuvered him into the killing. Resourceful and courageous, Montag outwits the Mechanical Hound, but impaired by a numbed leg, he is nearly run over by a car full of murderous teenage joyriders. With Faber's help, he embraces his budding idealism and hopes for escaping to a better life, one in which dissent and discussion redeem humanity from its gloomy dark age.
0コメント