Mind Map Example - GG
Guy Montag – Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag
SYMBOLS: Candle fire, torch fire,
books burning, books with wings…
Growing Pupil — of Clarisse, Faber,
Granger
COLOR: Soft fire light after / Harsh,
torching, exploding fires of Death
(Red = war) prior… Yellow = hope…
Purple = wisdom, enlightenment…
Green = renewal, nature…
MOTIVATION/VALUES, VIRTUES/VICES:
Blindly doing his job – enjoys it??
Wife so Shallow, wants another ‘TV’
wall to see babbling ‘family’ soap –
bothers him.
Later he seeks Truth, Illumination
Guy Montag
Quotes
“A book lit up almost obediently, like
a white pigeon, in his hands, wings
fluttering… a page… like a snowy
feather… shovelfuls of magazines…
fell like slaughtered birds.”
“For the first time I realized that a
man was behind each one of the
books… It took some man a
lifetime… and then I come along in
two minutes and boom! It’s all over.”
“The fire… meant a different thing…
It was warming… He hadn’t known
fire could look this way… never
thought in his life that it could give
as well as take.”
Guy Montag
CONFLICTS, CHANGES: Clarisse
questions life & his happiness…
Father, grandfather had been firemen
(burners), so he automatically took…
Gullibly accepts things, then wants
better, Brighter…
Fire was a Cleaner, but later he joins
Book people in the forest – against
his Boss Beatty’s destruction…
MIRROR, MIRROR, PEAKS/VALLEYS:
Thinks himself happy – Clarisse’s
free thoughts, questions makes him
realize he/society are NOT…
The public worker Awakens to learn
things weren’t always this way –
Goes from Trapped to Free…
SYMBOLS: Candle fire, torch
fire, books burning, books
with wings. Growing Pupil —
of Clarisse, Faber, Granger
Guy Montag
COLOR: Soft fire light after /
Harsh, torching, exploding
fires of Death (Red = war)
prior… Yellow = hope…
Purple = wisdom,
enlightenment
Green = renewal, nature…
MIRRORS, PEAKS/: Thinks
himself happy – Clarisse’s
free thoughts, questions
make him realize he/society
are NOT…
The public worker Awakens
to learn things weren’t
always this way – Goes from
Trapped to Free.
MOTIVATION, VIRTUES: Blindly
doing his job – enjoys it??
Wife so Shallow, wants
another ‘TV’ wall to see
babbling ‘family’ soap –
bothers him.
Later he seeks Truth,
Illumination
“A book lit up almost
obediently, like a white
pigeon, in his hands, wings
fluttering… a page… like a
snowy feather… shovelfuls of
magazines… fell like
slaughtered birds.”
CONFLICTS, CHANGES: Clarisse
questions life & his
happiness…
Father, grandfather had
been firemen (burners), so
he automatically took…
Gullibly accepts things, then
wants better, Brighter…
Fire was a Cleaner, but later
he joins Book people in the
forest – against his Boss
Beatty’s destruction…
“For the first time I realized
that a man was behind each
one of the books… It took
some man a lifetime… and
then I come along in two
minutes and boom! It’s all
over.”
“The fire… meant a different
thing… It was warming… He
hadn’t known fire could look
this way… never thought in
his life that it could give as
well as take.”
SYMBOLS: Candle fire, torch fire,
books burning, books with wings.
Growing Pupil — of Clarisse,
Faber, Granger
Guy Montag
COLOR: Soft fire light after /
Harsh, torching, exploding fires of
Death (Red = war) prior… Yellow
= hope…
Purple = wisdom, enlightenment
Green = renewal, nature…
MIRRORS, PEAKS/: Thinks himself
happy – Clarisse’s free thoughts,
questions make him realize
he/society are NOT…
The public worker Awakens to
learn things weren’t always this
way – Goes from Trapped to Free.
MOTIVATION, VIRTUES: Blindly doing
his job – enjoys it??
Wife so Shallow, wants another
‘TV’ wall to see babbling ‘family’
soap – bothers him.
Later he seeks Truth, Illumination
“A book lit up almost
obediently, like a white pigeon,
in his hands, wings fluttering…
a page… like a snowy feather…
shovelfuls of magazines… fell
like slaughtered birds.”
CONFLICTS, CHANGES: Clarisse
questions life & his happiness…
Father, grandfather had been
firemen (burners), so he
automatically took…
Gullibly accepts things, then
wants better, Brighter…
Fire was a Cleaner, but later he
joins Book people in the forest –
against his Boss Beatty’s
destruction…
“For the first time I realized
that a man was behind each
one of the books… It took
some man a lifetime… and then
I come along in two minutes
and boom! It’s all over.”
“The fire… meant a different
thing… It was warming… He
hadn’t known fire could look
this way… never thought in his
life that it could give as well as
take.”