Theme Of Betrayal In Fahrenheit 451

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This part of the book was mainly consisting of Montag and Beatty’s argument towards each other. Beatty’s didn’t completely see that unhappiness in his life and him being so mean to others that cause him so much to his own death. Mildred’s plan to get rid of Guy is over, he realized that he Mildred would forget about Guy. I didn’t think that Montag was mad at her more that he had the feeling of regret of even marrying her after this betrayal. It something that Guy would end up dwelling upon because he spent so many years with her by his side, just to get ratted out by her to the police and sound alarms. Guy realizes he likes burning down houses it is a hobby of his, but Beatty told him that it wouldn’t solve any problems. I wouldn’t say that

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