Guy Montag

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Guy Montag
Fahrenheit 451 character
Oskar Werner as Guy Montag, from the 1966 film adaption
Created by	Ray Bradbury
Portrayed by	Oskar Werner (1966 film) Michael B. Jordan (2018 film)
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Fireman (book burner)
Spouse	Mildred (wife)

Guy Montag is a fictional character and the protagonist in Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953). He is depicted living in a futuristic town where he works as a "fireman" whose job is to burn books and the buildings they are found in.

In other media[]

Montag's fate is expanded on in the semi-canonical 1984 video game Fahrenheit 451, which acts as a sequel to the novel. In the game, Montag has continued to evade and resist the Firemen for over five years after the end of the novel and is sent on a mission to break into New York Library and transmit its microcassette archive to the Underground. He succeeds and reunites with Clarisse (who is alive in this version) during the process; however, the Firemen storm the building and immolate them both.

Historical notes[]

• Montag is portrayed by Oskar Werner in the 1966 film version.
• Montag is portrayed by Michael B. Jordan in the 2018 television film version.^[1]
• In the afterword of the 2003 50th anniversary edition of the book, Bradbury states that only upon later reflection of his work did he realize he had subconsciously named Montag after a paper company, making him the counterpart to Faber, which is also the name of a pencil manufacturer.^[2]

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