The next irony in this story is
that Montag kills Captain Beatty using Beatty’s own advice against him. Captain Beatty told Montag, “A problem gets
too burdensome, then into the furnace with it.” (Bradbury 53) Apparently Montag listened to Beatty’s
advice, perhaps too well. When Beatty
informed Montag that he would have to burn his own house and then be put under
arrest this became a problem. What
really pushed Montag to kill Captain Beatty, however was that Beatty discovered
the earpiece in Montag’s ear and said that he would trace it back to whoever
was on the other end, Faber. Montag
would not let Beatty harm Faber so he killed him, thus getting rid of the problem. After he had killed the captain, he said, “Beatty,
you're not a problem now. You always said, don't face a problem, burn it. Well,
now I've done both. Good-bye, Captain.” (Bradbury 55)
Also ironic
in this book is that in today’s society, it is considered a good thing to be
educated, read books, go to college, etc...
But in the world of Fahrenheit 451, if one person is more
intelligent than another or is found to have books, he or she is either taken
away or killed (Bradbury 15).
The people
in this book ignore nature and animals.
I listed a quote from Clarisse in an earlier blog post which basically
says that people drive too fast to truly appreciate nature, animals, and their
other surroundings (Bradbury 3). Yet,
there are two machines used in this book that are named after animals, the
mechanical Hound and the electric-eyed snake.
Could people be naming things after animals to make up for not seeing
them like they call the television the “family”, which takes the place of them
spending time talking to their own family?
Another
irony is that Montag is often using God’s name in vain saying, “God damn” (Bradbury
52), "Jesus God" (Bradbury 33), etc…
What is funny about this is that Bradbury had the books that Montag
memorized be Ecclesiastes, which the dictionary describes as “a book of the
Bible that discusses the futility of life and how to be a God-fearing person”,
and Revelation (Bradbury 69). Maybe it
is a good thing that he is reading those books so that he can learn something
from them.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1967. Print.
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