The others would never do that.". Repetition-“you’re a fool, a damn fool, an awful fool, an idiot, an awful idiot, a damn idiot, and a fool, a damn fool” (Bradbury 115). I've seen a few; I know. ", "Now, Montag, you're a burden. After Montag watches a woman burn with her books, he asks Mildred where they first met, and neither of them can remember. They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that someday it'll have to, "What is it about fire that's so lovely? Refine any search. Beatty threatens to show up to where Faber lives, however Montag turns the flamethrower towards Beatty and burns him. Fahrenheit 451. To lose the mechanical hound he changes clothes and drifts off into a river. I'm very social indeed. Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom. After finishing the book, I feel relieved that no matter what bad happens in the world, it can certainly always be reformed to start over and not make the same mistakes. Bang! Social to me means talking to you about things like this.". LitCharts Teacher Editions. You can’t burn this study guide because it’s on the Internet. New York: Ballentine Books. It's perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did. Uh! He arrives at the countryside and finds  railroad tracks and follows it. The whole time they should have been burning the current society. Hold steady. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. ", "Those who don't build must burn. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. As Montag sees that he is in front of his house Beatty notices and tells him he will be arrested. Fahrenheit 451 Quotes. A mechanical hound jumps to montag and injects anesthetic in Montag’s leg, and Montag puts the mechanical hound into flames with his flamethrower. The only thing I positively, "It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were it books....The same infinite detail and awareness could be projected through radios and televisors, but are not. To reform a society filled with lies, Montag must take risks by burning Beatty and to leave the city. Need analysis for a quote we don't cover? Teachers and parents! We assign a color and icon like this one, Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Simon & Schuster edition of. Montag goes to Faber to tell him the story and Montag is told to get out of town. Montag feels ill the morning after burning a woman with her books, so he asks Mildred to turn off the wall-size televisions in the parlor. ", "The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys... you and I and the others. ", "We're nothing more than dust jackets for books, of no significance otherwise. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents.". Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Beatty makes Montag burn  his own house down. Summary; Analysis; Characters (8) Essays (50) Quotes (113) All Books (2) ASK OUR MANAGER TO FIND A BETTER QUOTE OR IT'S PAGE NUMBER. It foreshadows Montag’s attempts to reforming society by rebelling and burning Beatty. character, He contemplates whether or not whatever he is doing is worth it in the long while. Montag runs to get some books from some bushes as he hears sirens of the police he escapes towards an alley. Fahrenheit 451 Quotes Showing 1-30 of 1,059 “Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?" This results in the bombing of the city because Montag was never found. Though he later discovers she has attempted suicide, seeing her unresponsive in bed, distracted by technology, does not seem to be unusual for her. It's so strange. print Print document PDF Heart of the Salamander "It was a pleasure to burn" (Bradbury 3) This quote was actually the very first sentence of the book. The Hearth and the Salamander (continued). Definitions and examples of 136 literary terms and devices. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our. And fire will lift you off my shoulders, clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. This is an example of how technology is used to replace human connection. He would be Montag-plus-Faber, fire plus water, and then, one day, after everything had mixed and simmered and worked away in silence, there would be neither fire nor water, but wine.