The next morning, Montag feels sick, physically and emotionally. Realizing his wife would rather watch TV than care for him, and that things exist in the world that are worth dying for makes him even more so. After deciding to stay home from work, he receives a visit from Captain Beatty, the chief fireman. Beatty tells Montag the “evils” of books and that they make stupid people inferior to the smart ones, that they make some races feel more superior to others, that they invoke “unnecessary” feelings like sadness and anger. Apparently, his Utopian society remains one of no diversity and no independent thought. Upon the departure of Captain Beatty, Montag feels even sicker. Beatty hints that he knows of Montag’s stealing from the old woman, and warns him that he has twenty-four hours to return it. Montag forces himself to show his wife the collection of books, and she becomes uneasy by the boldness of his action. It is hard to say what Montag was feeling when he committed this action. It could be said that he became irrational by the traumatic events of the day: Beatty’s visit, Clarisse’s death or that he just desperately wanted to tell someone, anyone of his ambitions. Montag finds that someone in Faber, a past English professor. Faber sees the society as Mo

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