Why Is Fahrenheit 451 So Important
“This is happening to me” (115).
Montag is confused of the fact that they are standing in front of his house, going to burn it, he understands why this is happening to him, but he doesn’t understand who told Captain Beatty about the books that Montag had in his possession, he thought about Mildred, and her friends that he had read the poem to, and he was correct.
"What a dreadful surprise," said Beatty. "For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to me. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there are. But let's not talk about them, eh? By the time the consequences catch up with you, it's too late, isn't it, Montag?" (115).
Captain Beatty is explaining that people …show more content…
Even your best friends couldn't tell if it was you. They scrambled it just enough to let the imagination take over. "Hell," he whispered. "Hell." (149-150)
Shows that the news has scrambled the image of Montag’s fake body on the television to where even the people that are very close to Montag cannot recognize him, so that no one asks question about who that actually is, and why is Montag still living, and Granger wants people to know that Montag is not dead, so that the people know that the media are frauds.
Walk carefully. Guard your health. If anything should happen to Harris, you are the Book of Ecclesiastes. (151)
Shows how important Montag had become in the last minute of conversation, and that Montag will be safe with the band of “ex-professors” that have taken him under their wing, and shows that they represent the book nation, and will help restore through the knowledge of books that everyone once
Montag is confused of the fact that they are standing in front of his house, going to burn it, he understands why this is happening to him, but he doesn’t understand who told Captain Beatty about the books that Montag had in his possession, he thought about Mildred, and her friends that he had read the poem to, and he was correct.
"What a dreadful surprise," said Beatty. "For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to me. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there are. But let's not talk about them, eh? By the time the consequences catch up with you, it's too late, isn't it, Montag?" (115).
Captain Beatty is explaining that people …show more content…
Even your best friends couldn't tell if it was you. They scrambled it just enough to let the imagination take over. "Hell," he whispered. "Hell." (149-150)
Shows that the news has scrambled the image of Montag’s fake body on the television to where even the people that are very close to Montag cannot recognize him, so that no one asks question about who that actually is, and why is Montag still living, and Granger wants people to know that Montag is not dead, so that the people know that the media are frauds.
Walk carefully. Guard your health. If anything should happen to Harris, you are the Book of Ecclesiastes. (151)
Shows how important Montag had become in the last minute of conversation, and that Montag will be safe with the band of “ex-professors” that have taken him under their wing, and shows that they represent the book nation, and will help restore through the knowledge of books that everyone once