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Fanhrenheit 451 Compare and Contrast Do you know anybody that loves to burn books? Well, in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, he has such a great pair of characters. Montag and Captain Beatty burn books for living. While Montag is a kind of guy with a dual personality, ignorant, and loves to read books, and Captain Beatty is arrogant, intelligent, and afraid of books. In the society that described by Bradbury, people commit suicide everyday. It is against the law to have books. You can't neither read nor possess it. They believe that books make them unhappy. Montag is a fireman who supposes to enforce the law. One side of him is good and the other is evil. Book burning smells like perfume to him, but he actually steals some books while on duty. There's a quote from the book that said "Montag has done nothing, his hand had done it all, his hand with a brain of its own, with a conscience and curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief."(37) When he was at the old woman's house, he hid a book under his armpit. Captain Beatty is a heartless, cold-blooded kind of guy. It's his entire fault that the old woman commits suicide. He forces her to give up her books, but she refuses. Here's a line from the book described how cruel Captain Beatty is: "Besides, theses fanatics always try suicide: the pattern's familiar…' 'I am counting to ten', said Beatty."(39) I think what he means is these cases happen everyday. It's no big deal at all. He doesn't care that it is a person's life we're talking about here. In my opinion, Captain Beatty is the most intelligent character in the story, even more than Fabe... This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now! Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation! Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!
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