Explain Why Was Mildred's Turning In Fahrenheit 451 '

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Mildred was right to turn in Montag because he was breaking the law and conspiring against the Fire Department and it’s employees. She saw him for what he was but she was also going off of what society and her “family” has taught her. Society and the law have taught her that books are not legal and can potentially get you killed, so when Montag had the books she acted off of instinct.
Although she may be married I would have done the same thing. Montag endangered her and her friends. Just reading a poem to Mildred would have been fine and she probably wouldn’t have called but when he read it to Mildred’s friends he had crossed the line and scared the people in the house
Calling the Fire Department cannot go without it’s consequences and Mildred

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