Montag wants to look at the books before they burn the house and the books that is contains. “We can’t do anything. We can’t burn these. I want to look at them, at least look at them once. “ The orders that the Government gives to the fireman are rules that they follow very closely. The citizens aren't allowed to read the books because the government doesn't want the citizens to retain the information that the books possess. Montag believes that the government cannot control the information the citizens want to retain. Montag says “But you can't make the people listen. They have to come around in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.”The government is unfair by letting the people
