Fahrenheit 451 Technology Quotes

Contrary to Montag, Mildred is someone who depends on technology and doesn’t really care about important things. Mildred lives her life inside the parlor all day, she doesn’t go outside and only socializes with her “family”. Montag however, loves to go on walks and doesn’t spend a lot of time on screens. Mildred focuses too much on technology and nothing in the real world like taxes and money, “‘It’s only two thousand dollars’ ‘That’s one-third of my yearly pay’”(18) It is evident that Mildred doesn’t take things into consideration unless it is to benefit herself. It is clear to the audience that Montag is trying to be careful with the money that he spends and thinks it is stupid to spend it on another screen. The difference of sides between

We burned a woman’ ‘Well?’”(47). In the society, everyone like MIldred would have no reaction to this type of news, but for montag, this has left an impact on him leaving him wanting more. When Mildred is able to easily move on, it lets the readers see that Montag isn’t the same as Mildred and isn’t able to move on from it. This contrast furthermore shows the loss of emotion in the society that they live in. The books are a huge difference in reaction between the two. Mildreds first reaction shows the fear in her eyes and face, “Mildred backed away as if she were suddenly confronted by a pack of mice”(63). The description of Mildred backing away can help the reader understand the contrast between them. From an outsider's perspective, it is easy to see that everyone is in a trance and Montag is trying to get

When the lady with the books was sticking up for herself, Montag was trying to help her get safe. Beatty however, didn’t care about the woman and was going to light the house on fire whether she was in it or not, “Beatty raised his hand in which concealed the igniter”(36). The lady pulls out the protective and safe side of Montag which also lets the reader see that Beatty will do anything as long as the job is getting done. Montag opposing the violence shows the raw uncovered violence and loss of humanity in this society. One main difference that Montag and Beatty had was Clarrise, while Montag was friends with her, Beatty despised her. Beatty is glad that she is dead while Montag is mourning the loss of someone he began to know and understand, “‘The poor girl’s better off dead.’ ‘Yes, dead’”(59). Beatty’s opposing reaction to Clarisse being dead, lets the reader see the true difference in not only reactions, but also actions. The fact that he has been okay will someone getting killed more than once, points out the fact even more that Beatty doesn’t care about the violence in the world like Montag. Clarisse is a sore subject between Beatty and Montag because Montag understood and agreed with Clarisse on things, but Beatty thinks that she was insane and weird. She was someone who believed in nature and loved going outside, which is the opposite of