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**Character Analyses**
Guy Montag was a fireman when the story of Fahrenheit 451 began. Guy Montag is the protagonist, because he is the main character. In the story, he has a wife, Mildred, his "boss" is Beatty. Faber was just a friend that Montag met in the park. And finally Clarisse was a friend of Montag that he met in the beginning of the book. It sounds like Montag had speech and dialogue. He had more then Mildred, but personally i think less then Faber. Guy Montag i think gets more "grammatically correct" and more professional speech, as the book goes on. Mainly because as the book goes on Montag begins to read and understand things, so naturally i think his speech and dialogue would get better.



Clarisse McClellan, a lone girl that shook the minds of people who could not think for themselvs. Clarisse McClellan was a young girl who liked to play outside and in the rain rather than watch TV all day. I believe that Ray wrote her this way because whe was a big role model to Guy. She was a protagonist because she helped Guy Montag to move forward in his journey to become and think freely about sho he really is. Clarisse McClellan was a friend of Montags that opened his eyes to the world around him. Bradburry even said in the book that his mask was taken away. The way Clarisse talks is that of an average girl. But in her era this is not average at all, in fact this behavior is punishable. Through her words she motivates and tries to change the way Montag knows the world. Bradburry has her do this so that Montag can take some bigger steps toward understanding what he is going through. Honestly, Clarisse may be young and small but with out her there would be no story because Montag would most likly never meet another person to remove the could sourrounding his mind.

Captian Beatty is the top dog basically. He is in charge of the firehouse. He is an antagonist because in the enitire novel he tries to prohibit Montag from all the books in the word. He is a very sneaky kind of guy. He knows a lot of things that people wouldn't ordinarily think that he'd know. The relationship between him and the characters is that he is really just in charge of everything. Within his speech and dialogue, he's a very persuasive and intelligent. He knows how to get around certain things.



__**Professor Faber**__ In Fahrenheit 451, Professor Faber is a retired english teacher. He is the antagonist because he helped out Montag a lot. He helped him overcome a lot of things like his emotion and Mildred. Him and Montag become pretty good friends by the end of the book. He was Montag's only true friend. He was a very intelligent man. He always spoke in very big words and I guess you could say smart words. A lot of the words that he said most people didn't understand. Probably most of our vocab words came from quotes that he said. He was a very smart man.

Next we have Granger. Granger comes in the story a little late, but still has time to play a part for Guy. Granger is a part of intelectual men who all memorize books. Ray Bradburry has Granger and this group of people to try to show the readers that its whats inside the books that count, not the book itself. Granger is also a protagonist because he helps Guy move forward in the story. He knows faber from part of the intelectuals and he meets Guy while Guy is on his quest. Granger is very good with words, being that he is intelectual, this makes sense. All in all Granger is just one of the many people who influence Guy to change his perception of the world.