The pages quoted are from my edition of the book which is
ancient. If you cannot find the exact quote in the book, you may need to look at the
page ahead or behind it.
When Montag tries to communicate
his distress over the burning of the old woman, Mildred replies “She’s nothing to me:
she shouldn’t have had books. It was her responsibility, she should’ve thought of
that. I hate her. She’s got you going and the next thing you know we’ll be out, no
house, no job, nothing.”(pg 51. Mildred is worrying about a dead old woman having
this affect on Montag, and the fact of the matter is, she turns in the alarm on him.
She causes her life to have no house, no job, nothing by doing what the government says,
not by breaking the law.
Another example of irony is
Captain Beatty’s speech to Montag . He tells Montag
“Who knows who might be the target of a well-read
man? Me? I won’t stomach them for a minute.” Pg
58.
The fact of the matter
is, Montag is the target of a well-read man, Beatty. When Montag returns to the
firehouse, Beatty quotes John Donne, Sir Philip Sydney ,and Alexander Pope. He tells
Montag of a dream he had where Montag quoted Dr. Johnson. He continues to taunt Montag
with quotes from many different areas. Pg 107. When Montag is about to set him on
fire, he spouts Shakespeare. The man was well-read.
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