Character Analysis Of Mildred In 'Fahrenheit 451'

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Flavia Saucedo
Mildred
Why would society become full of people who don’t care about anything, not even their own family? Mildred is that person. She doesn’t care about his husband, important things in life, education, or anything else but her TV. Mildred is a conformist person that doesn’t look forward but conforms to a “happy life” just with technology and TV. In an occasion, Mildred says to Montag, “You want to give up everything? After all these years of working, because one night some woman and her books…” (p51). Montag was sharing his feelings and thoughts with Mildred, but she didn’t care about it. She does not want to try something different. Mildred is a conformist person. She is happy just with her TV. She doesn’t care about other

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