In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Montag, is not responsible for the carelessness he displays in his actions and words. After Montag finally informs Mildred of the books he has been stealing/reading, he casually states “‘we’re in this together’” to the shocked, petrified woman (63). Unfortunately, he puts pressure on Mildred to keep and hide his dirty, little secret which puts this innocent person in danger and goes against her beliefs. When he takes the book from the attic, he is not thinking about the way it would negatively affect anybody else, his mind only focuses on trying to figure out the government's classified information. While Montag is laughing at Clarisse’s comment on how firemen were once used to