The character that I chose to characterize in Fahrenheit 451 is Montag. To me, Montag is a mysterious character. Although he may be a fireman, which are feared most everywhere, he does have a meaningful life beyond being a fireman. And he is one among very, very few people that actually realize that the way things are now, is not happiness. Montag is not happy, and he is searching for it. Since he is searching and does not know any better, he turns to books because he has been burning them for his whole adult life, and so naturally he will be curious to know more about them, and his search for happiness only supports that and pushes him more. So he begins to bring books home, hide them, and read them secretly.
Since Montag is in the search of happiness, he has more tolerance for new and abstract ideas and concepts. He understands them more than some people, but he still has a long way to go. He is not a common fireman, and he is unique because he is more intellectually advanced than most. When Clarisse, a very mysterious character, who likes to think a lot approaches him and tells him about herself, he is not as threatening as other people she has approached were, and he is much more friendly to her. He is more accepting of her ideas, who she is, and she even makes him to come to really realize that he is not happy. That is when he really starts to take action.
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