Character Comparisons of Winston vs. Guy in Fahrenheit 451 and 1984

Guy Montag is a fireman whose job is to burn books. Essentially, guy’s job is to start fires supposed to put them out. Books are against the law in futuristic USA, and have been replaced by wall size TV sets. Books were made illegal because they would provoke thought that would cause disagreements and they also offend the readers. Over time, books were revised to make them shorter. Eventually, the books were revised so much that the “books” were 1 page long. Later on, the government concluded that it is best if books no longer exist. Homes were constructed to be fireproof, and the fireman's job was changed to burn the

Other than Winston’s weak characteristic and his lack of planning, the main cause that contributes to Winston’s downfall is his indulgence. Winston lacks the ability to control himself from anything addictive in life. This personal flaw makes Winston lost in his cause to the destruction of “Big Brother”. In the novel, Winston constantly drinks and smokes to distract himself instead of focusing on a plan to take down “Big Brother”. Winston’s dream is to have a love affair: “Almost as swiftly as he had imagined it, she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside it was with that same magnificent gesture by which a whole civilization seemed to be annihilated” (Book 2, Chapter 1). His illegal love affair with Julia does no good to his objective of bringing down “Big Brother”. The only result that the love affair accomplishes is Winston’s

Guy montag, a future fireman who sets fires, and enjoys it. This society cant read books, it's illegal, all books are burned seemingly to everyone’s enjoyment, including guy. Largely defining his character as finding a fire-fueled smile that never leaves his face. Clarisse, a girl living next to guy, changes his mind with simple questions he’s never heard, “are you in love?’’ No one asks him a personal question, he doesn't know the answer. With books being burned for their knowledge, authenticity is scarce and people are feed what they “need” to hear, substance-less information no one cares to change or question because they don't know how, just hop in the truck and hit 90 mph for an hour if something bothers

But, books were illegal in this day and age, so he must keep the city protected. While watching the senior burn with her books, he learned that these books are so important to some people- there has to be something special about these books. As a result of this, he stole some of her books and took them to his home to read. This example proves that the old lady develops Guy Montag’s character considering he went from being fearful and weary about owning books, to becoming curious and wanting to learn the importance and significance of books. He begins to become intrigued, going against the law and putting his job- and life- at risk.

Guy Montag is a fireman who is greatly influenced in Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451. The job of a fireman in this futuristic society is to burn down houses with books in them. Montag has always enjoyed his job, that is until Clarisse McClellan comes along. Clarisse is seventeen and crazy. At least, this is what her uncle, whom she gets many of her ideas about the world from, describes her as. Clarisse and Montag befriend each other quickly, and Clarisse's impact on Montag is enormous. Clarisse comes into Montag's life, and immediately begins to question his relationship with his wife, his career, and his happiness. Also, Clarisse shows Montag how to appreciate the simple things in life. She teaches him to care about other people and

Guy Montag- (protagonist; determined) Guy Montag, an unhappy, conceited man, has been a fireman for ten years. He meets Clarisse and finds that her perspective on life and the world is imaginative. He then suddenly realizes the emptiness of his life and starts to find a way for meaning in the books that was supposed to be burnt.

Guy Montag is a man that cannot think for himself and enjoys following the government’s orders. The novel introduces him with one of his thoughts, “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (Bradbury 1). On his way home from work one day, Guy meets a young girl named Clarisse McClellan. She’s the only person who questions his actions and challenges him to start thinking about why he burns books. Clarisse asks Montag if he ever reads the books that he burns, Montag laughs and says, “That’s against the law!” (Bradbury 5). Montag has been so brainwashed and ignorant about burning books, but Clarisse gives him new ideas by continuing to create doubts in his mind. She talks to Montag about the firemen from the past and how they were different then they are now. Clarisse says to Montag, “Is it true that long ago

Guy Montag, a local ‘firemen’ lives in a despairing dreary world where instead of firemen extinguishing fires they create them, they burn and banish books. They believe that books are a sin and trouble to society. Although Montag is one of the main sources of the books being burned he meets a bright young girl that changes his ways of thinking and

Winston Smith is a thirdy-nine-year-old intellectual, fatalistic, frail and a thin man which is the minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London. We experience the nightmarish world that the writer envisions through his eyes. Winston is extremely pensive, curious and desperate to understand how and why the Party exercises has such absolute power in Oceania. He passionately hates the totalitarian control of his government and the Party. He has his own revolutionary dreams.He wants to test the limits of its power and he commits crimes, have an illegal love affair with Julia to get himself secretly into the anti-Party Brotherhood.

At the beginning of the novel, Guy Montag is a hero to the public because he is a fireman. This society’s definition of a fireman is someone that confiscates books

The main character in George Orwell’s book 1984 is a thirty-nine year old man with the name of Winston Smith. Winston Smith creates thought crimes, he also has anti-Party views. The story “1984” tells about all of Winston Smith’s struggles. In an effort to avoid being monitored, Winston physically conforms to society, however mentally he does just the opposite. Winston is a thin, frail and intellectual thirty-nine year old. Winston hates totalitarian control and enforced repression that are characteristics of his government. Winston hates being watched by Big Brother. He always has revolutionary dreams, he feels like he would be protected. Julia is Winston’s lover, a beautiful dark- haired girl working in the

Later that same day, the firemen burn a house and a lady who chooses to die with her books. In his altered state of mind thanks to Clarisse, Montag saves one of woman’s books from its fate and takes it home with him. That evening at Guy’s house, he realizes that he and Mildred do not love each other as they can’t even remember when they first met. Guy makes another startling finding when Mildred tells him that Clarisse has died as a result of being run over. The next morning Guy fakes sickness to get out of going to work. He argues with Mildred over the genuineness of his sickness. Then, Captain Beatty arrives at his house and lectures Guy on how a short period of resistance to being a fireman is common among firemen and how the destruction of books was caused by society, not the government. The captain concludes with telling Guy that the work of their job keeps everyone happy. Guy asks the captain what were to happen if a fireman took home a book. Guy is informed that a fireman is allowed to keep the book for 24-48 hours; if fireman hasn’t burned the book after two days, the other firemen will do

In the beginning, Winston Smith is a middle aged worker, living his life out in what Orwell (at the time) expects the future to be like in 1984. When first meeting Winston, his actions and his thoughts don’t connect. His actions and emotions follow the ideals of The Party, expressionless and robotic, yet his thoughts scream the opposite; his mind is human. Winston is not in agreement with The Party and their communist regulations, he wishes to fight against them, for a more liberal government, however, that does not mean he is not afraid of them, “Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing”. (3). He did not trust himself to not give anything away to the party, fear is always present even when rebelling Because one does not come back after death.

Both 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 predict a dystopian future where information is tightly controlled and the populace seems to care little for the fact that they are being lied to and manipulated into working for the ambitions of their government. Both governments in the story have taken control of the media and this the population, and both characters are apart of agencies that help keep the government in control of the people. In Fahrenheit 451 the man is a fireman and burns all of the books that he can find, this keeps the population dumb and easily controllable. In 1984 Winston works for the Ministry of Truth, its job is to help edit news and entertainment in order to keep the party in line and be able to misinform the prolls. Both of these characters unknowingly worked for the party and political establishment.

In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, the readers are introduced to Winston Smith. He is an average citizen from Oceania. Throughout