Critical Montag Guy Montag is a fireman who is paid to burn books in the novel Fahrenheit 451, written by Bradbury, Ray. The setting of the novel is sometime in the future when reading and owning books is outlawed. In the beginning of the novel Bradbury portrays Montag as an immature thinker, who loves his job of burning books. In the opening scene Bradbury uses descriptive context of how Montag is handling a fire. This shows …showed first 75 words of 1207 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1207 total…dangers he is faced with in the novel. Stament 5 Works Cited Greenfield, Meg. “Kicking Away Your Freedom.” America Now. Ed. Atwan, Robert. 3rd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1999. 79-82. Johnson, Wayne L. Ray Bradbury. Ungar, 1980. 173p bibl index 79-4825. Mogen, David. Ray Bradbury. Twayne, a div. of G.K. Hall, 1986. 186p ill. Slusser, George Edgar. The Bradbury Chronicles. San Bernardino: The Borgo Press div. of Lynwyck Realty and Investment Company, Inc. 1st ed. April 1977: 52- 61.