Fahrenheit 451 Beatty Quotes

Beatty: the Man, the Myth, the Legend
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury follows the life of Guy Montag, and the people who shape the person he becomes. It all begins with Montag working happily as a fireman, but his job isn’t to put out fires-it’s to start them. In the society that Montag lives in books have become illegal, and it’s now firemen’s jobs to burn any books left in their world. As Montag’s story continues he meets a girl that makes him question whether he’s really happy or not. While Montag is trying to figure out his identity, there are some people who try to influence his decision; one of those people is his fire chief, Captain Beatty. Even though Beatty seems to be sure that books are bad he understands that everyone becomes curious. Montag soon starts to collect and read books. He meets an old English professor named Faber who helps him with his journey. Soon Montag gets in trouble for collecting book- and actually ends up killing Beatty. Montag is now on the run from the police as he tries to escape his old life. In the beginning of the story Captain Beatty tries to convince Montag that books are useless, but as the story goes on we see Beatty change, and show how he really feels about books.
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Yes, Beatty tried to convince Montag that books were bad, but that was just because Beatty didn’t want to see Montag get in trouble. Also, Beatty may have been telling Montag that books were bad, but he still showed interest in books,and he let Montag know that it’s okay to be curious about books. Lastly, it might not seem like it, but Beatty was a very dynamic character. At the beginning he says that the best thing you can be is a fireman, but towards the end he realizes that that’s not true. Sadly, instead of being like Montag and following his dream of reading books, Beatty decides to end his problems