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Fahrenheit 451 Dialectical Journal

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“For the love of God, let me be, woman!” Montag let out with a scream.
Beatty could not understand why Montag was acting the way he was. Why would he not let her just fix the pillow? Was he hiding something? Was the book closer than he thought?
Mildred’s hand seemed to finally grab what Montag was hiding. She seemed amused by the shape, being so innocently confused, just like a little girl. She was surprised, and then shocked. Her mouth began to look as if she was forming a question
“Get rid of it all. Everything that once was fun, get rid of it and replace it. Nothing would ever be the same, but that’s the way they wanted it. Do you like baseball, Montag?”
“Baseball is a decent enough game, I suppose.”
Montag got this look of confusion on his face, not understanding why they were now talking about baseball. …show more content…

“Oh, what in the world is this?” Mildred asked with curious delight. Montag threw himself back against her, almost as if he was trying to get her to drop whatever he was hiding. Beatty was acting as if he did not understand, did not care, but he knew exactly what Montag was hiding. “Montag, I just asked you a question. What is this that you’re hiding?”
“Sit down and stop talking!” Montag yelled at her. She jumped back and sat down. “Can you not see that we are in the middle of a conversation?!”
Beatty proceeded, acting as if that little incident never happened. “And bowling, Montag? What do you think of bowling?”
“Bowling is fine.”
“What about golf? Is that an alright

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