Fahrenheit 451

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   Captain Betty explains to Montag that the books must be burned because of their content.  He says that "we as a society just can't have all these books which contain so many controversial thoughts and ideas in them...it would make people think.  Then they would be uncomfortable and unhappy in their lives with the way things are.  We can't have people who are discontent and unhappy in society because then there would be riots and rebellions and then where would we be?  No, it is better just to get rid of the problem altogether before there is really a problem.  That is our job.  We are the firemen.  We ferret out the problem and get rid of it before is causes damage to society."

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   Posted by amy-lepore on Monday June 9, 2008 at 4:53 AM