Burning Bright

"For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to me others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there are! But let's not talk about them eh? By the time the consequences catch up with you, its too late, isn’t it, Montag?" As the chapter began I started to think that Beatty knew about all the books that Montag had been hiding. My thought was that Beatty was waiting to see if Montag would come clean about them first and if not Beatty would take it upon himself to show Montag the consequences to his actions! I also believed Beatty told Mildred about what was going to happen. Because when they arrived Mildred was already packed and ready to go. She brought the books back inside which then had made me wonder if she called in an alarm on Montag. Later it was interesting to find out that it was Mildred's friends who first called in an alarm. Although since Beatty ignored the women's alarm that’s when Mildred felt it was necessary for her to call in her own alarm, which this time Beatty didn't ignore! As Beatty said the words "me" and "I" in his quote it seemed coincidental that he was actually the one who found it to be uncertain that he would go on forever.

I thought it to be attention-grabbing that Beatty wanted Montag to burn his own home and clean up the mess he had made. The turning point in the chapter was when Beatty said "Montag, don't face a problem, burn it." Because once Beatty caused a problem for Montag that’s exactly what he did.

Montag's view of fire suddenly changed during the point when he's running from the police. He continued walking along the railroad as he saw fire, but this fire didn't look like the fire to burn things but merely for warming. As he approached the fire he met a group of men who offered him some coffee. Later in the chapter Montag learned some very valuable lessons from the group of men.

I think the climax in Fahrenheit 451 is when the city gets bombed because that is when all the loose ends get tied up and it is also the turning point for Montag.Montag is walking through the forest with Granger and the men. Granger had just finished telling Montag about what his grandfather once said, that “everyone leaves something behind when they die,” when all a sudden Guy sees the bomb in the sky. The war had begun. The bomb completely destroys the city and leaves nothing, just a pile of rubble and lost lives. At this point he is overcome by the fact that he finally remembers where he met Mildred. Montag suddenly is able to recall what he read from Ecclesiastes and the Revelations.

I found myself with many mixed emotions during the end of the chapter. I was happy for Montag and the men, they would finally be able to start a new life and rebuild what has been destroyed. This is an uplifting moment for Montag although for the innocent and blindsided people who died it was a devastating one. They kept on living their normal lives and had no idea what was even going on, and before they knew it everything was over, gone! They never even had a chance.