So she couldn’t do anything more, but save herself. Her husband went against society and she didn't want to follow him and she couldn’t stop him now that he has made it known to her friends that they have books. Mildred called the fire station and told on her husband. It wasn't long before they showed up and took care of her house… When Montag and the other firemen showed up to burn their house, she packed up her things and walked out right as they got there. She left the house with her things and got into her car and started to mumble to herself, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now…” (108). Mildred uses anaphora in this statement by the emphasis of everything at the end of the statement. Mildred has just now lost everything, her friends, her husband, her future. But out of everything she can only think about her ‘family.’ Mildred saved herself by giving up her husband to be able to still be with her family.
Mildred is blind to society in Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 she only thinks about herself and being able to stay in so she can be with her family. No matter how much Montag tried to get Mildred to open her eyes and see how society really is, she decided not to and stay to her family who make her laugh and give her bright vibrant colors. Mildred is happy with her life and does not realize what is going on around her from the hidden books, to her husband