Fahrenheit 451 - Characters

This character inspired Montag to think deeply, and asked him personal questions, which he found strange.

• Faber

• Clarisse

• Mildred

• Beatty

This character felt like a coward for not speaking out against the repression of knowledge in society.

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Beatty

• Faber

• Montag

This character "socializes" with the television and friends she doesn't really talk to.

• Montag

• Clarisse

• Mildred

• Faber

• Beatty

This character is a paradox because they claim to HATE books, yet they often quote them. (Archetype: Devil)

• Faber

• Beatty

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Montag

This character undergoes the greatest amount of change from the start of the novel.

• Clarisse

• Faber

• Beatty

• Mildred

• Montag

This character betrays Montag and turns him in for the crime of reading.

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Beatty

• Faber

This character came to check out Montag at his home and suspected that he was breaking the law.

• Faber

• Clarisse

• Mildred

• Beatty

This character cried when Montag read "The Sea of Faith" because it depicted a dark society like theirs.

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Faber

• Mrs. Phelps

Which character's cold heart shocked Montag when they called a woman who had just committed suicide "a fanatic".

• Beatty

• Faber

• Mildred

• Clarisse

This character helps Montag and talks to him in his ear when he is at the firehouse.

• Beatty

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Faber