"It's perpetual motion, the thing man wanted to invent but never did. Or almost perpetual motion. If you let it go on, it'd burn our lifetimes out. What is fire? It's a mystery. Scientist give us gobbledegook about friction and molecules. But they don't really know. Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences. A problem gets too burdensome, then into the furnace with it. Now, Montag you're a burden. And fire will lift you off my shoulders, clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic, practical."
Q: 1. What does Beatty's speech about "the real beauty of fire" show about his character?
2. why do you think Bradbury has Montag's hand "move independently" when he steals the books and murders Beatty?
Thanks :]
Q: 1. What does Beatty's speech about "the real beauty of fire" show about his character?
2. why do you think Bradbury has Montag's hand "move independently" when he steals the books and murders Beatty?
Thanks :]