... lack of compassion for anything that lies in his path (60). He cannot imagine a life without fire and exploits its use. Beatty states, "Fire is bright and fire is clean. " (60). Usually fire is not referred to with those adjectives. Fire can create a mess of ashes, large outbreaks, or chaos ... . The fact that Beatty describes fire as bright and clean shows a warped sense of what is right and what is wrong. Beatty uses fire as a destructively cleansing force to demonstrate his power over others ... and frees himself from the corrupt society, Montag has shown progression with himself. As...

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... . Not everyone's born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone must me made equal," (Bradbury, 65). This is the reason why they want to create equality by burning anyone and anything associated with knowledge. Montag, the protagonist is a fireman himself and this type of discrimination is engraved in him since the beginning. Discrimination is a huge issue in both ... guns," (Bradbury, 65) which is saying knowledge gives you power but then he uses his own knowledge to manipulate Montag. He gives an example to Montag where, "the bright kid in class that used to recite everyth...

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