Knowledge is developed through living a free life and being able to make one’s own decisions. Humans do in fact learn from their mistakes and it’s important that people are given the opportunity to do so. The characters in the novel had no room to make mistakes, but they also didn’t have room to learn and grow. The book tells the reader that if society allows government to keep them ignorant then they can’t figure out what’s out there in the world and can’t seek true knowledge.
“But our way is simpler and, we think, better. All we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need intact and safe. Were not out to incite or anger anyone yet. For if we are destroyed, the knowledge is dead, perhaps for good” (152). This quote depicts their …show more content…
Read a few lines and off you go over the cliff. Bang, you’re ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority. I know I’ve been through it all” (106). Captain Beatty stated this quote upon Mantag’s return to the fire station from being ‘sick’. In this quote we can see Captain Beatty true feelings and thoughts towards books/knowledge. It is easy to see Captain Beatty’s ignorance towards true knowledge. As we know Captain Beatty has read books before and actually knows quite a bit about them. Although he has a lot of knowledge about the books he is ignorant to the fact that the books contain knowledge that is very useful. Him and Montag interpreted the books much differently, Montag found the books filled with abundant and Captain Beatty found them useless and a threat to …show more content…
And you, quoting Dr. Johnson, said ‘knowledge is more than equivalent to force!’ and I said… Well, Dr. Johnson also said, dear boy, that ‘he is no wise man that will quit a certainly for an uncertainly” (106). This passage contains things about both knowledge and ignorance. Montag is stating the fact that knowledge is equivalent if not greater then power, because with knowledge comes power. But on the other hand, Captain Beatty is stating that power is what’s important. Although Beatty thinks power is what’s important, he is also ignorant and oblivious to true power of knowledge. Maybe he doesn’t want to accept the fact that knowledge is beneficial or maybe he perceives it in a negative way. Either way he is saying why would someone give power, which is a certain thing, for knowledge, which he believe is an uncertain
“But our way is simpler and, we think, better. All we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need intact and safe. Were not out to incite or anger anyone yet. For if we are destroyed, the knowledge is dead, perhaps for good” (152). This quote depicts their …show more content…
Read a few lines and off you go over the cliff. Bang, you’re ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority. I know I’ve been through it all” (106). Captain Beatty stated this quote upon Mantag’s return to the fire station from being ‘sick’. In this quote we can see Captain Beatty true feelings and thoughts towards books/knowledge. It is easy to see Captain Beatty’s ignorance towards true knowledge. As we know Captain Beatty has read books before and actually knows quite a bit about them. Although he has a lot of knowledge about the books he is ignorant to the fact that the books contain knowledge that is very useful. Him and Montag interpreted the books much differently, Montag found the books filled with abundant and Captain Beatty found them useless and a threat to …show more content…
And you, quoting Dr. Johnson, said ‘knowledge is more than equivalent to force!’ and I said… Well, Dr. Johnson also said, dear boy, that ‘he is no wise man that will quit a certainly for an uncertainly” (106). This passage contains things about both knowledge and ignorance. Montag is stating the fact that knowledge is equivalent if not greater then power, because with knowledge comes power. But on the other hand, Captain Beatty is stating that power is what’s important. Although Beatty thinks power is what’s important, he is also ignorant and oblivious to true power of knowledge. Maybe he doesn’t want to accept the fact that knowledge is beneficial or maybe he perceives it in a negative way. Either way he is saying why would someone give power, which is a certain thing, for knowledge, which he believe is an uncertain