Captain Beatty In Fahrenheit 451

Beatty is the fire chief and everyone is feared by him. Beatty tries to stop Montag on going down the road of believing books are not a bad thing, he himself has gone down that road and does not believe it is one worth traveling. Shortly after Montag kills Beatty he realizes that he wanted to die, all this time he wanted to be a character of his own book and after he died he finally was. Beatty had wished he could forget his past life and be happy like everyone else. Captain Beatty did not feel that books provided him with enough information about life he felt as if all the pages in the book were blank. He believes that books only lead to confusion and thought, which should be avoided at all

The complex character Captain Beatty from Fahrenheit 451 wished to die. His character is very contradictory as he displays a different person on the outside, compared to the inside. He must have struggled with his internal thoughts as he encountered the world around him. Beatty was a very educated man, he often quoted authors, such as Alexander Pope, “A little learning is a dangerous thing”. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.

A Devil-related/evil presence covered in "thunderheads of tobacco smoke," Captain Beatty is the clever, cruel (person or thing that irritates and fights with someone or something) of the story; he is linked over and over again to fire (which in the end kills him) and to the (unavoidable, already-decided futures) as represented by repeating card games. As leader of a fire company, he hosts a (bad/ harmful/ morally wrong) friendship with the slow corporate or government workerized book burners who follow his orders. (in a way where one thing represents something else), he drives a "yellow-flame-colored hard-shelled insect with black, char-colored tires." Like the Mechanical Hound, he noses out information, such as the pattern of (not being true

Captain Beatty notices his detachment from the other firemen and his hesitation to burn the books. Trying to hopefully change Guy Montag's thoughts so he will not have him in a predicament where he must burn his house, he preaches at him daily of the fireman's duty. The burden and obligation of Montag's job is to eradicate the knowledge and endorse ignorance to equalize the population and promote repetition. Although he encounters Faber who keeps his flame burning. Montag is discovering his true beliefs of what is right and what is wrong with different points of views being thrown at him while he battles the underlying beliefs of

Ray Bradbury wrote the character of Captain Beatty to be a tragic figure, but people might disagree with me because there is evidence proving that he is a villain trying to control Montag because he lies to Montag and abuses his power. One piece of evidence is when Beatty is talking to Montag when he is sick, Beatty says “Well, I'd say it got started around a thing called the Civil War. Even though the rule book claims it was founded earlier,” (Bradbury 51). This evidence proves my topic sentence because Beatty is trying to control Montag. Beatty lies to Montag and the other firefighters about when the burning started.

By bringing up the origins of firefighting in the Civil War, Beatty is using the political shift of this war to present firefighters as the new peacekeepers and protectors of the common people from discord caused by the knowledge books present. Montag does not know any better, so by making the firefighter appear to be a benevolent entity protecting the people, instead of governmental tools being used to keep people in place, it may cause Montag to believe that books are dangerous and to keep firefighting. Another way in which Beatty tries to convince Montag is by using a metaphor which shows the relationship between peace, power and firefighting. As Beatty continues his speech on page 56 in the middle of the first paragraph, he is currently talking about the new purpose of firefighters on how, “They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors. That’s you, Montag, and that’s

At last captain, Beatty talks about society and how it used to be He gives Montag an entire history of their community, also on why books and what they talked about in them. Montag dreams of being a real fireman. They somewhat once had the same mindset about books. Beatty knew a lot about books while Montag wanted to know more about it. With the help of Beatty Montag felt better about the book which allowed him to stay happy.

These men were all mirror images of himself! Were all fireman picked then for their looks as well as their proclivities?”(Bradbury 33) Bradbury’s visual imagery is demonstrated here by creating the rough looks of these firemen. After working for years as a fireman, this is the first time that Montag looks around and really sees the world around him. The detail that they all looked the same yet their heritage shows, displays that originally these men had their individuality, but now their work has morphed them into thoughtless disciples of their profession. The difference in Montag is that he seems to be the first one that realizes what is happening around him. Until this turning point, he was just like the rest of them; all of them were content in the simple lives that they lead. Since they were just like everyone else there was no worries about conflict or arguments because these men had the same morals and ideas. Beatty the fire chief explains this further to Montag when he starts showing signs of independence. He says, “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.” (Bradbury 58) Beatty’s dialogue displays how although some people may realize that they have

Captain Beatty arrives to speak with Montag, somehow knowing that he feels ill and would be taking the evening off. Before he leaves, Beatty makes mention of the fact that firemen are occasionally overcome by curiosity about the books that they burn and may steal one to satiate that curiosity. Even though when this happens, they are given a 24-hour respite to come to their senses and burn the book. If they do not follow this rule, then their coworkers

Towards the end of the passage, Montag threatens Beatty with a fire hose, prompting a lengthy dialogue from Beatty. Beatty responds to Montag’s threats with an allusion to Shakespeare, saying, “‘There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass by me as an idle wind, which I respect not!’ How’s that?” Beatty’s ease and familiarity with Shakespeare confirm that Beatty has definitely read books, and that he is an intelligent man has some notion of what books have held deep within their pages. In this way, Beatty is similar to Montag, he is another book burner that is knowledgeable about literature. What separates the two is that Beatty is simply unable to diverge from societal norms, and his stubbornness takes over and refuses to admit the worth of books. This differs greatly from Montag, who is finally starting to rebel against society. In this same scene, Beatty also taunts Montag when the fire hose is pointed at him, urging Montag to, “Go ahead now, you second-hand litterateur, pull the trigger.” While this may have just been Beatty egging Montag on, later on Beatty’s lack of resistance seems to suggest that Beatty really didn’t care whether or not he died. Moments before his death, Beatty simply says, “‘Hand it over, Guy,” and then proceeds to smile as he knows he is about to be burnt. Through dialogue, Bradbury is able to reveal information about Beatty’s background and knowledge of books, as well as his

Captain Beatty’s character is one of intriguing qualities of which one of them can be his candid way of discussing how the social order that exists in Fahrenheit 451 is organized. In this particular section of the book, Montag had been clearly influenced to a certain degree by his interactions with Clarisse McClellan and was being confronted by Beatty about these obvious changes. Beatty is an important source for gathering insightful information concerning the reasoning behind certain aspects of this dystopian society; in this case, he is discussing education. Captain

Although Beatty decides to reject what he learned when given the opportunity to read books, Beatty is unhappy with his life as a fireman and persuades Montag to kill him by using pathos as shown through his words and actions. Firstly, Beatty orders Montag to burn Montag’s own house, creating anger and sadness within Montag. Messing with Montag’s emotions makes it a pathos appeal. This action alone does not make Montag kill Beatty, but it does push to that goal. In addition, Beatty continues to irritate Montag by insulting him, saying “It was the act of a silly, damn snob” (Bradbury 118). Even though Montag was acting like a snob, or a stuck-up individual, when he read the “Dover Beach” poem to Mildred and her friends, Beatty calling Montag

When Montag failed to show up for work, his fire chief, Beatty, paid a visit to him. Beatty explained that "it's normal for a fireman to go through a phase of wondering what books have to offer," he also explained how books came to be banned in the first place. Beatty told Montag to take about twenty-four hours to see if his stolen books contained anything meaningful and then to turn them in for incineration. Montag began a lengthy and frantic night of reading.

Beatty supports this by saying since he has read some himself, he can affirm that they are worthless and contradictory. Through this experience, Montag has a new understanding of his profession. Although he is still skeptical, he knows more than he did before, and most importantly, Beatty has started to get Montag’s mind thinking. An important quote from this conversation is, “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal. . . . A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it.” This is when Beatty is ‘confiding’ in Montag, making him finally piece together what he has been doing all of these years as a fireman. He finally can begin to comprehend the society he is in, and what measures the government has taken to subdue the population. Later on in the book, Beatty and Montag face each other once more. After Montag is brought to his own house and told to burn it down, and facing no escape due to the hound, he burns it down. After burning down his own home, Beatty tells him he is under arrest, and begins to provoke him. As Beatty clearly intended, Montag kills him, turning him into a charred corpse. The fact that he died by fire, and knowingly chose to die by the flamethrower is interesting. Nevertheless, this is the point of no return for Montag, knowing that he did what he had to do, and that he was now an enemy of the state. At this point, Guy

Beatty uses his knowledge to attack Montag after the fireman has made the decision to join the radicals and to oppose the burning of books. Montag returns to the fire station in order to surrender a book, creating the illusion of conforming to Beatty’s expectations. Before Montag has an opportunity to speak Beatty begins to confound him with contradictory statements from