Fahrenheit 451 (Compare And Contrast)

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Beatty and Mildred: Alike or Different? Everyone is different from each other. In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, Captain Beatty and Mildred have many differences but are still similar. Beatty was once educated and Mildred was never educated. Both of them suppress something they do not want other people to know. Beatty and Mildred may seem like they are similar but they are different on many levels. Beatty may look and act like a normal person but he is a completely different person on the inside. Beatty shows some of his intelligence when he talks to Montag about what he knows: ‘Swahili, Indian, English Lit., I speak them all. A kind of excellent dumb discourse, Willie” (Bradbury 107). Beatty reveals that he was once educated and he is not afraid to use his knowledge to challenge someone. To hide his intelligence, Beatty acts like an uneducated normal person. Beatty cares about people even though he comes off as a tough guy. Montag did not get Beatty’s hint about the books until Beatty said “Didn’t I hint enough when I sent the Hound around your place” (Bradbury 113). He wanted Montag to take his hint and get rid of the books, so they would not have to burn Montag’s house. By hinting to Montag, Beatty was trying to give Montag a second chance to go back to his old life. Even though Beatty was a high ranking fireman he was not happy. After killing Beatty, Montag thought “Beatty wanted to die. He had just stood there, joking, needling…” (Bradbury 122). Fed up with trying to suppress his knowledge all the time, Beatty pushed Montag to the point of killing. The reason behind Beatty pushing Montag to kill was, Beatty was tired of trying to be a normal person. Unlike Beatty, Mildred is what she appears to be. In contrast to Beatty, Mildred is not willing to think about things. After being read a passage of poetry, Mildred says “What does it mean?

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