Monday, 27 February 2012

Character Traits

The protagonist in my novel is, in my opinion, open-minded because unlike his fellow mortals in this book, he wonders about the possibility of books being legal in the past and a fireman's job not being to burn books.
"Montag hesitated. 'Was-was it always like this? The firehouse, our work? I mean, well, once upon a time...'
'Once upon a time!' Beatty said. 'What kind of talk is that?'"
As the quote shows, Beatty is not very open to questioning the way things are, unlike Montag. (Montag is the protagonist.)
 Another character trait for him could be that he is determined.  He needed Faber to help him understand what books mean. When Faber refused, he grabbed a Bible and began to rip pages out of it until Faber agreed to help him. (Pages 88-89)
He is persistent because even when his leg is injured, and when the mechanical hound is chasing him, he keeps running, until the hound doesn't know where it is. (pages 122-124)
He is curious, because he begins to wonder why the Bible is so important (pages 88-89)

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