One difference between Montag’s society and our society is the way people handle their emotions. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Mrs. Phelps started crying after Montag read a poem but, she didn’t know why she was crying. “Clara, what’s wrong? ‘I–I,’ sobbed Mrs. Phelps, ‘don't know, don’t know, I just don't know, oh,oh….’”(97). This illustrates that the people in Montag’s society don’t understand their emotions and they were never taught how to handle them. They usually avoid their emotions since they don’t know what they mean. In Fahrenheit 451, Mrs. Phelps was never taught how to process her emotions, so she started crying and didn’t know why. In contrast, in our society, we are taught how to handle emotions. We process our emotions through