wife Millie reported him. After burning his home and possessions by himself‚ room by room‚ as ordered by Captain Beatty‚ Montag is reproached by his boss‚ and the two men engage in a scuffle‚ during which Faber’s radio is knocked from Montag’s ear. When Beatty remarks that both Montag and his “friend” will be dealt with severly‚ Montag threatens him with the flamethrower. When Beatty continues to verbally abuse him‚ Montag flips the switch and kills the the chief. At once‚ the Mechanical Hound‚ a
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CRITICAL RESPONSE In Fahrenheit 451‚ Beatty exists as a paradoxical character which has a profound knowledge from the books he burnt but is still against the keeping of these intellectual products. Skillfully‚ Ray Bradbury has built up the important villain through whose arguments we can look at more aspects of the existence of books in our society‚ or generally the maintenance of knowledge. In the conversation between Beatty and The Montags‚ the fireman captain has indicated his
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During the scene when Montag kills Beatty‚ Bradbury says “And then he was a shrieking blaze‚ a jumping‚ sprawling gibbering mannikin‚ no longer human or known‚ all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him” (Bradbury 119). This quote from the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ shows that Bradbury purposely made Montag kill his fire department leader Beatty to show a way of challenging the establishment. Furthermore‚ killing Beatty slowed down the communication of the
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Throughout his dialect‚ Beatty uses irony and many other things to sort of captivate and almost trick Montag into thinking that burning books was a good thing. Beatty‚ at one point in his life had loved books‚ but when they were banned‚ he changed his happiness for society. “’We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought‚” (Bradbury 59) Beatty states that being a fireman is an important job and going
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conscious of everything‚ enlightened by the new world he is exposed to. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury uses three choric figures to shape the character of Montag. They are his next door neighbor Clarisse‚ Professor Faber‚ and the chief of police‚ Captain Beatty. Clarisse is the young teenage girl who moves in with
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Montag and Mildred don’t have much of a relationship or connection. In turn from this Mildred turned on Montag and called the firefighters. Beatty and Montag seem to have an okay connection in the beginning but in the middle to end when Beatty talks to Montag about the history of firefighters it seems to go down the drain and near the end Montag ends up torching Beatty so that shows a really great relationship. "The important thing for you to remember‚ Montag‚ is we’re the Happiness Boys... you and I and
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school because she is thought to be “anti-social” because she tries to talk to people and asks questions. When Clarisse is killed‚ Mildred does not want to talk about her because people in this society don’t like to talk about sad things or death. Beatty forces Montag to burn his own house because although he has read books‚ he still sees them as unnecessary. In Bradbury’s futuristic society‚ people don’t think for themselves‚ they just do. Clarisse McClellan is different from these types of
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demonstrate that violence is self-destructive and technology destroys lives. In the novel‚ Montag develops a man vs. man style of conflict with Beatty that justifies that violence is destructive to yourself and others. Guy Montag starts to get curious about books and thinking. He wonders why people would sacrifice their lives for books. On the other hand‚ Beatty notices this change in Montag’s behavior‚ causing him to break the rules
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Changes in Montag In life some people change‚ and others do not. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Guy Montag is a courageous‚ strong firefighter who constantly changes throughout the book. Reason how Montag is a dynamic character is when he kills Faber‚ when he starts to read Mildred’s friends the poem‚ and when he starts to take the books. Guy Montag is a dynamic character when he starts to take books. “His hand has done it all‚ his hand‚ with a brain of its own‚ with a conscience
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about marriages‚ it also relates to the song “03 Bonnie & Clyde”‚ by Jay-Z featuring Beyonce. In the song “03 Bonnie & Clyde‚” by Jay-Z featuring Beyonce gives a depth explanation about their love‚ and affection towards one another. In the song lyrics‚ verse number one‚ Jay-Z writes‚ “Whatever she lacks‚ I’m right over her shoulder when I’m off track mami is keeping me focused se let’s lock this down like it’s supposed to be ’03 Bonnie & Clyde‚ Hov’ and B”. Jay-Z makes it clear that he has his partners
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