The fireman protagonist in Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451” is Guy Montag.
Montag works in a future society where firemen burn books rather than extinguish fires. At the beginning of Bradbury's 1953 novel, he takes pride in destroying books and enforcing a culture built around speed, entertainment, and avoidance of difficult ideas. His routine begins to unravel after he meets Clarisse McClellan, a curious teenager who asks questions he has stopped asking himself.
Montag's name is often confused with the names of other major characters. Mildred is his emotionally distant wife, Clarisse is his observant young neighbor, and Captain Beatty is his fire chief and ideological opponent. None of them is the protagonist.
The story follows Montag's transformation from a loyal book burner into someone willing to risk his life for literature and independent thought. His journey gives the novel its central conflict: whether a society can remain human when it suppresses curiosity, memory, and disagreement.