Captain Beatty In Fahrenheit 451

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is an obvious conflict between the main character, Guy Montag, and his boss, Captain Beatty. The conflict develops as Montag’s ideas do. Once Montag is introduced to Clarisse McClellan, he begins to reevaluate his beliefs toward his society. “You always said, don’t face a problem, burn it. Well, now I’ve done both.” (Bradbury 121) Montag was referring to Beatty. In Beatty’s eyes, books were the problem and instead of solving this so-called problem, he chose to burn them. In Montag’s eyes, Beatty was the problem. When Montag said that he did both, he was referring to the fact that he was able to point out the problem and set it to ashes. Various events contributed to the final action taken by Montag. To begin, Montag witnessed a woman setting her own house to flames to be able to burn with her own book. This sets as another reason to Montag’s new way of thinking. Once Beatty is aware that Montag has books hidden, he tries to make Montag to confess or turn in books. He then returns to work where Beatty begins to confuse Montag and convince him that books should be burned rather than read. All of sudden there is a report given to burn a house. Beatty takes Montag with him without telling him where they are going. They arrived at the destination which was Montag’s house. Montag is told to burn his home
People in this society have conformed to the laws established. Those who do not agree are held back by fear of the consequences due to non-conformity. In this society there are people who do not believe in the idea that books are danger and bring trouble. Faber is an example. The fact that there need to be firemen shows that there are still people who do not agree with the given policies. I predict that the death of Beatty by Montag can be what begine a revolution. This event is what releases people from their fear. This may be the push needed to spread the idea of