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Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradburry

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The most powerful motivation is greed and it only can be stopped with proper mediators but they must not become too excited and act foolish or their cause will become too big to consume. Great ideas for good causes take time, and warnings must be kept in mind, no matter how much the plan is needed to happen. Even though the world of a dystopian society is absolutely horrible, no government is ever overthrown easily. The exempt people of such societies, who call themselves leaders, lead lives of too much decadence as they can as they choose the lives of others. In “Burning Bright,” part three of Fahrenheit 451, Beatty says, “Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he’s burnt his damn wings, he wonders why.” This allusion …show more content…

After Montag murdered Beatty and everything broke loose to stop him; the hound was the first thing coming. Ever since the first warning, Montag decided not to pay attention to the hound for a while and go about his law breaking business but the hound remembered. Then while Montag was in shock of Beatty’s dead body the hound, “made a single last leap into the air coming down at Montag… He felt it scrabble and seize his leg and stab the needle in for a moment before the fire snapped the Hound up in the air…” (114). The final battle with the hound was a quick one for Montag and as his leg began to fail him, the hound put him on the verge of giving up.
Beatty was a main character who warned Montag for trying to fly away and start a revolt against the horrible society they inhabited. He was trying to show Montag the consequences he would have to pay if persisted in reading books and telling the stories they hid inside. Beatty casually hinted Montag to stay away from the books for his next warning would not be as sweet when he said, “One last thing… once in his career, every fireman gets an itch… Montag take my word for it, I’ve had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing!” (59). Beatty was as clever as he could be and actually appeared happy at the sight of Montag’s newfound zealous for books. Perhaps he already considered the act of

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