Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag As A Hero

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I think Montag is a hero in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury because he refuses to conform to the dictates of the society around him because in this society books are frowned upon and to the people they cause nothing but chaos and here are some reasons why Guy Montag is a hero.
At one time, Montag blindly let the ways of the society and culture around him be his guide. However montag has a sense of right and wrong you could even say a moral compass. He begins to increasingly think for himself and for what he truly believes. This is his first heroic act of any real consequence. He has made a conscious choice to think beyond what the totalitarian regime tells him and others to think.
He is a hero in taking action that is opposed to society's

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