Spiritual redemption inspired by books and oppressive government in Fahrenheit 451 People start to think about rebellion when the government rules people tyrannically for a long time‚ trying to control people’s thoughts in a forceful way. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury describes a dystopian society where no one is allowed to read books or think freely. The government’s strong control of people’s minds infuriated Montag so much that he even abandoned the job that his father and grandfather
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is Captain Beatty. Captain Beatty is the antagonist of the story and a fireman who works with Guy Montag. Even though Beatty is a fireman‚ he seems to be very knowledgeable on books. Many times in Fahrenheit 451‚ he quotes famous quotes and seems to be more knowledgeable than the average man: “All’s well that is well in the end.” (Bradbury 104) Beatty says this to confuse Montag even though Beatty obviously knows the actual Shakespearian quote‚ “All’s well that ends well.” Although Beatty seems very
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always live life the way it was written for you. In “Fahrenheit 451‚” by Ray Bradbury the contrast of the two characters‚ Faber and Captain Beatty‚ show the two sides of rebellion. For example‚ Faber is a paranoid man who believes it is okay to not always follow the law‚ while Captain Beatty is a tyrant believing the law should always be followed. Captain Beatty is a fireman whose arrogance gets in the way to accept that the act of rebellion is the right way for others to learn; especially for a man
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the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury focuses on the conflicts of Guy Montag in comparison to the “worlds” of Beatty and Clarisse. Each of these characters deal with their society in varying ways. These characters are in opposition to each other because of the way they deal with their society. Guy Montag is torn between two worlds‚ Clarisse is the rebel who inspires Montag‚ and Beatty is the authority who respects the law. Guy Montag deals with the society in a unique way. Montag is
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Captain Beatty informs the reader about the downfall of the book. During “The Hearth and the Salamander"‚ Captain Beatty explained to us how because of the population growth‚ people had to beware of offending the minorities. Beatty tells us how the authors‚ with their “evil thoughts”‚ had to lock up their typewriters and cease their writing‚ so no one would get offended. Also‚ Captain Beatty tells us how magazines were admissible‚ while books were unfavorable by the minorities. Beatty mentions
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“Like Penn’s use of slow motion within the bloody montage that concludes Bonnie and Clyde‚ which Penn said conveyed "both the spastic and the balletic" qualities of the gangsters’ death agonies‚ Peckinpah’s editing emphasized the brutality of physical violence while also giving it a graceful beauty” (Weddle qtd. in Prince 58). The ’falling man’ and the ’horserider’ shots‚ which have been already mentioned the above‚ are great to demonstrate this statement. Nevertheless‚ illustrating offensive and
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a dystopian society? Well‚ in the story of Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag is the protagonist. Montag is a firefighter‚ which is where they burn books instead of putting them out. Captain Beatty is the same as Montag‚ but not that quite… Ray Bradbury shows the differences between Montag and Beatty and shows how it affects Montag over the story‚ it also changes our perspective. Monag has achieved to think‚ with a help of a 17-year-old‚ named Clarisse. Clarisse keeps asking questions to Montag
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that he desired he decided to destroy them with fire. Beatty says in the book to Montag‚ “These are all novels‚ all about people that never existed‚ the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes them want to live in other ways they can never really be.” Beatty only sees novels as made up people and societies that make real life look unappealing and makes the reader long for something that they cannot have. Beatty does not understand that these made up societies and people
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