The Role Of Beatty In Fahrenheit 451

Montag's desire to acquire knowledge through books is dealt with by the rulers is that Montag’s boss, Beatty, says it was normal for a fireman to go through these phases of fascination of what books have to offer. Beatty tells Montag,” What traitors books can be! You think they’re backing you up, and then they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives.” But, Beatty is missing the point on how valuable books can be. So Beatty tells Montag to read through all of the books Montag has stashed to see if the books contain anything worthwhile, then the next day turn them in to be burned.

Throughout the book, Montag notices that the Hound does not like him. The Hound is also frequently a part of his thoughts. Whenever he goes to the station he is kind of frightened of the Hound, and makes sure he knows where it is.

The professor showed Montag that books have details, significance, and are valuable. Through Montag’s encounters with Clarisse, the old woman and Faber, he realizes that the time he had spent burning books was wrong. This persuaded him to change his life.

Of all literary works regarding dystopian societies, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is perhaps one of the most bluntly shocking, insightful, and relatable of them. Set in a United States of the future, this novel contains a government that has banned books and a society that constantly watches television. However, Guy Montag, a fireman (one who burns books as opposed to actually putting out fires) discovers books and a spark of desire for knowledge is ignited within him. Unfortunately his boss, the belligerent Captain Beatty, catches on to his newfound thirst for literature. A man of great duplicity, Beatty sets up Montag to ultimately have his home destroyed and to be expulsed from the city. On the other hand, Beatty is a much rounder

In the essay written by Charles M. Blow he tells us a story about how when he was little the first thing he bought was a picture book. Charles is for books because they have a learning aspect to them. Beatty however does not think the same.In Fahrenheit 451 Beatty is one of the people who is against books. Beatty tells Montag how books are useless and they are bad. Blow and Beatty are almost complete opposites.

Although Beatty decides to reject what he learned when given the opportunity to read books, Beatty is unhappy with his life as a fireman and persuades Montag to kill him by using pathos as shown through his words and actions. Firstly, Beatty orders Montag to burn Montag’s own house, creating anger and sadness within Montag. Messing with Montag’s emotions makes it a pathos appeal. This action alone does not make Montag kill Beatty, but it does push to that goal. In addition, Beatty continues to irritate Montag by insulting him, saying “It was the act of a silly, damn snob” (Bradbury 118). Even though Montag was acting like a snob, or a stuck-up individual, when he read the “Dover Beach” poem to Mildred and her friends, Beatty calling Montag

Faber changed Montag from being a confused man, to an aware, thinking and analyzing person that is deferent from the society he lives in. after killing Beatty, the chief fireman at the station who has read many books and memorized most of them. Montag seeks Faber 's help again, he was confused did not know where to do to escape from the mechanical hound that was running after him. Faber tells Montag to go to the forest, where Montag rested and thought about what happened and whether he did the right thing or not. At the forest, Montag meets a group of men that was lead by Granger; an author who is the leader of a group that hopes to re-populate the world with books.

Finally arriving at Faber's house, Montag is told about a group of exiled intellectuals who will give him refuge. Through careful planning and determination, he manages to stay ahead of the new and improved Mechanical Hound, who is trying to hunt him down and destroy him. By jumping into the river and floating downstream, Montag cannot be detected by either the Hound or the helicopters. He finally comes ashore by a forest and finds the exiles within. They welcome Montag into their midst and share their plans of saving books and knowledge with him. Montag is given the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes to memorize.

Throughout the novel, Montag evolves as a character, he slowly comes to grips with reality. He begins the story as a happy, content, and everyday member of society, and after a few choice interactions, begins to feel progressively unhappy. In search of a solution to this confusing and growing unhappiness, Montag becomes rebellious towards the value of the commonly accepted facts of his society. This is most clearly demonstrated by Montag’s opinion of books. As he slowly eases into reading books, Montag comes to the realization that despite him not knowing the meanings of the books he reads, they do have a profound and deep impact. Once

As Montag is becoming more and more rebellious, he finds a confidant in Faber. Faber was once a college professor but lost his job when things started to change and books were burned. Though he is somewhat of a coward who does not want to rebel due to the fact that he does not want to face the consequences, he is a big help to Montag as he evolves. Montag is forced to burn his own house down and it seems as if all is coming to an end. At

Later Captain Beatty, Montag’s captain, stops by Montag’s house to talk to him. While Beatty is there Montag just lies in bed trying to conceal one of the books he took from the house

2. Montag goes to Faber 's house where he learns a new hound is on his trail.

There was evidence throughout the entire scene, Montag was holding a flamethrower and Beatty continued to pester and poke and even punch Montag, who was holding and was very capable in weilding a flamethrower. Beatty even saw Montag flip the safety off on the flamethrower and then continued to make fun of and pester Montag, blatantly ignoring the evidence of what Montag was going to do. Beatty was a smart man and probably one of the smartest people in the book, so he was clearly smart enough to realize that Montag was on the verge of a breakdown and Beatty didn’t have the common sense to back down. Much like Beatty in the Salem Witch Trials a women named Tituba came out and confessed she was a witch possibly hoping for a not so bad punishment or maybe she was tired of the suffering she went through (much like Beatty) after that many other “witches” confessed to their

A huge turning point for Montag's mind was when the firemen went to a house to burn the books inside, but the woman living there decided that she wants to stay in the house. Captain Beatty gave her until the count of ten to get out. After she still refuses to get out of the house, Beatty proceeds to burn the house down as planned but killed the woman as a result of her defiance. Montag saw everything as it happened and felt sick about it as he went home. He tells his wife about the incident and went on to say this,

A huge turning point for Montag's mind was when the firemen went to a house to burn the books inside, but the woman living there decided that she wants to stay in the house despite this. Captain Beatty gave her until the count of ten to leave the house. After she still refuses to get out of the house, Beatty proceeds to burn the house down as planned but killing the woman as a result of her defiance. Montag saw everything as it happened and felt sick about it as he went home. He tells his wife about the incident and went on to say this,