... that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a mechanical hour-(Beatty 53). Beatty is stating that the role of technology, is to abolish a man's individual thought. The "family- that Mildred watches is the Parlor Family. This artificial family embodies the quality that the government seeks to most promote in its people, superficiality. The Parlor family knows ... to sea, so to speak, and lose sight of reality, which is what the government wants to happen. The people in the novel are afraid of themselves. They fear the thought of knowing, which leads the...

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... she think I'm not? " (Bradbury 10) Montag becomes distracted when he finds out his wife Mildred had overdosed on sleeping pills and pushes the though aside. Later however, Clarisse asks another thought provoking directed at Montag that makes him deeply question whether or not he is really in love with is wife, Mildred. Clarisse rubs a dandelion under Montag's chin and concludes that ... leaves rubbed off on his chin, he is not in love. "It's a shame, you're not in love with anyone. Yes I am! It doesn't show"" (Bradbury 22). Both of the thought-provoking questions make Montag realize if ...

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