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How Does Captain Beatty Change In Fahrenheit 451

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In this moment of desperation, Montag recalls, yet again, his conversation with Professor Faber, and remembers that he has his contact information in a file at home (Bradbury and Gaiman 71). He calls Faber and asks questions about how many copies of specific books still exist; Faber is scared and hangs up the phone (Bradbury and Gaiman 71). Montag decides he needs to see Faber in person, as he is the only person that Montag knows that can interpret books. Montag arrives at Faber’s home and must convince Faber to let him in, then he explains that he needs to learn how to understand what he is reading in the books. Faber is quick to disclose that there are three things that are necessary to understand books. Faber explains to process what reading …show more content…

One example of this behavior is Beatty constantly harasses and lectures Montag with the intention to encourage him to remain committed and loyal to upholding the fireman’s oath (Fox 30). Montag tolerates the verbal attacks from Captain Beatty before and during his transformation process where he is contemplating his future. Eventually, Captain Beatty’s aggressiveness towards Montag and Faber compels Montag’s betrayal of him and the rest of the society. Montag becomes very defensive when Captain Beatty discovers Faber’s communication device as it falls out of Montag’s ear. Captain Beatty taunts Montag, saying, “First I thought you had a Seashell. But when you turned clever later, I wondered. We’ll trace this and drop in on your friend” (Bradbury and Gaiman 112). Captain Beatty is implying that Montag is not capable of standing up or thinking for himself and he will find the person who is helping Montag. This threat against Faber was also a personal attack against Montag and sent him over the edge. Faber is now a part of Montag, he is his inspiration to make changes in his life, and he will do whatever it takes to protect the two of them. Captain Beatty was relentless and as the argument with Montag continued, Montag reacted and revealed that he would stop at nothing to set himself free, including killing the Captain. After this critical action, there was no turning back for …show more content…

Hoskinson expresses that “the new Montag, …can now see the life-sustaining properties of fire as well as its destructive powers” … (354). The ability to see a fire in a new light discloses the shift in Montag’s thinking and reveals his comprehensive thinking ability. The men acknowledge Montag’s existence and invite him to join them at the fire. Montag approaches the campfire and begins conversating with them. Montag feels out of place at first and believes that he has nothing to offer the group. Montag describes to them what his plan had been and the fact that he now knows it was a mistake. Granger, the leader of these intellectuals, conveys that every one of them has made mistakes and together they have learned from these mistakes which enabled them to establish the best way to preserve history and literature (Bradbury and Gaiman 145). Granger explains that each of the drifters has the responsibility to memorize certain books, which eliminates the books from confiscation and ensures that the material will be safe, and if they lay low and keep peace with the authorities, then this knowledge will exist forever (Bradbury and Gaiman 145). In Gonçalves’ analysis, he expresses that “This is a group … [who has] decided to wait for

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, However, when Montag aims a flamethrower at his adversary, Beatty simply “just stood there, Finally really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking, needling” (122). Beatty gives up his life to Montag, bereft of pure passion and pleasure in

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The novel's main characters are victims of the violent nature of society. Although he has read many books, Chief Beatty remains a true believe in the benefits of controlled society. Montag is confused, attempting to do the right thing as a firefighter, but soon discovers the benefits of books and knowledge and danger of censorship and an oppressive, violent society. When Montag discovers that his wife, Millie, has turned him in as a criminal, and he is ordered to burn down his own house, the critical, violent confrontation between Montag and Beatty, in which Beatty is killed and his body burned. This is followed by a violent confrontation with the mechanical hound, in which Montag fights for his life and with a leg that feels like "a chunk

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Semester One Final Prompt 1 I believe that when Montag was at the climax of his rage and holding a flamethrower to Beatty and threatening to kill him Beatty continued to insult him and then asked Guy to hand the flamethrower over he didn’t want to die. Though Beatty was insulting Montag even though he was being held at gunpoint when Beatty started talking about himself and then insulting Montag’s literature knowledge and asking for him to give the flamethrower back he proved that he really didn’t want to die. One of the key things that Beatty said to Montag was that “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am armed so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not! How's that? Go ahead now you second-hand

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but the narration on the human existence that they contain. Montag then goes and reencounters Beatty who fulfills his role as tempter when he quotes books to Montag and forces Montag to burn his own home. Montag then completes Beatty’s role as father figure by killing him and realizing that Beatty wanted to die because of the he sympathized with

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“...for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.” as said by Captain Beatty in Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, Captain Beatty is sought out to be the antagonist in the dystopian society in which he lives in. His views on happiness in the society being everyone is made equal, not given equal opportunities as shown in the quote cited above.

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He pleads with Faber to help him, “You’re the only one I knew might help me. To see. To see…I want you to teach me to understand what I read” (pg 81-82). Faber agrees to help Montag, he becomes Montag’s mentor, and has a large effect on him. He also gives Montag an earpiece, to continue to educate him when they are not together.

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Montag showed courage when he was standing up for himself and his right to read books. Beatty was going to track down Faber with the sea shell and find him. In the midst of a violent argument, Montag’s life is threatened as well as Beatty’s. When Montag realizes he wanted to die, Beatty “was ablaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering manikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him (Bradbury 113). Beatty just stood there, not trying to save himself as Montag used the flame thrower to kill him.

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Beatty had mentioned to Montag, that after taking a book from the job site he only had 24 hours to burn the book. Montag did not do so, and went to work as usual, which later led to him being asked to incinerate his home. I believe this was Beatty’s way of attempting to assist Montag, he knew that if he were caught or called into the fire station that he would be sent to an asylum, which Beatty did not want.

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Beatty 's motives were to protect himself from higher powers, revealing that people will do almost anything to protect themselves or people they love. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, after driving to Montag’s house, Beatty asked him to burn it down. Some would say that this was Beatty’s challenging Montag or that Beatty was doing right and protecting himself. However if Beatty had not taken the calls and burned Montag 's home down, he would have had consequences for disobeying the rules. The government in the book had been brainwashing their citizens into believing books were bad for society and were constantly distracting them.

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In this section of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury many events take place most being major but one stands out above the rest. This event is Guy murdering Beatty over a multitude of events such as Guy 's house getting reduced to ash, Beatty admitting to setting the hound on montag, and Beatty edging him on about the books. Although all of these events are major in Guy 's life the murder is defiantly more important because, it 's the climax of Guy stealing the books and his descent downward. While Guy stole the books many sections ago the repercussions of his actions are just meeting him like his wife leaving him, the destruction of his house, and the imminent threat of prison. From these harsh actions Guy goes into shock and then lashes out on

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“The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting,” was a quote by the English dramatist Ben Jonson. In Fahrenheit 451, Captain Beatty confronts Guy Montag and attempts to turn him away from the pursuit of reinstating books in the world they lived in. To do so, he makes a point, using Ben Jonson, that if Montag were to keep having violent bouts and shout his truth, the grace of it will be lost. However, the argument that Captain Beatty described and had used the quote was in a dream that he had. Consequently, Captain Beatty only used the quote to confuse Montag and convince him that his pursuit of bringing back writing was a lost cause.

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Beatty even explains to Montag, a fireman with growing inquiry, about “what traitors books can be” in attempts to deter him from reading. By traitors, Beatty means to express his coming away lost due to authors “all of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun.” He argues that rather than challenging people with discovering truth themselves, it is in their best interest to not “give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.” Rather, “Any man who can take a TV wall apart and put it back together again, and most men can nowadays, is happier than any man who tries to slide rule,

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Beatty's motives were to protect himself from higher power, revealing that people will do almost anything to protect themselves or people they love. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, after driving to Montag’s house, Beatty asked him to burn it down. Some would say that this was Beatty’s challenging Montag or that Beatty was doing right and protecting himself. However if Beatty had not taken the calls and burned Montag's home down he would have had consequences for disobeying the rules. The government in the book had been brainwashing their citizens into believing books were bad for society and were constantly distracting them.

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Captain Beatty visits Montag, Beatty realizes the signs of Montag stealing a book. Beatty gives Montag a lecture on why books are not good for society, but Montag doesn't listen to Beatty.

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Montag has done a total reversal since when he met Clarisse. He started out as a man who burned books and destroyed ideas to a man who now not only wants to protect them, but bring back the freedom of thought. He seeks out a professor, Faber, who lost his job after his liberal arts school shut down because of lack of interest. During their first meeting, Faber is scared that Montag might arrest him or turn him in because of his position. Faber denies knowing anything about how many copies of different books are left.

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