Who killed Clarisse?

Who killed Clarisse?

Mildred tells Montag that she thinks that a man called McClellan hit Clarisse in his a car and killed her.

Did Clarisse Mcclellan die?

Clarisse disappears from the novel fairly early, after she is killed by a speeding car.

Did Montag die?

Beatty Lives, Montag Dies. Perhaps the biggest change from the book comes at the very end in a major reversal of the main characters’ fates. First, Beatty accuses Montag of being a traitor outside his own home, but Montag grabs the flamethrower and turns it on his captain.

Why did Montag burn Beatty’s body?

Montag burns Captain Beatty because Beatty knows that he has been hoarding books and shows up to burn his house and threatens Faber. After Mildred turns Montag in for having books, Beatty tries to makes him take a flamethrower to his own house. Montag is frustrated with Beatty, and terrified.

Why does Montag say Beatty wanted to die?

Montag thinks Beatty wants to die because even though Montag is armed with a flamethrower, Beatty just stands there, “not really trying to save himself . . .

What does Beatty say is the real beauty of fire?

Beatty says that the real beauty of fire “’is that it destroys responsibility and consequences. A problem gets too burdensome, then into the furnace with it” (115).

Why does Beatty like fire so much?

Beatty fits into the symbolic message that fire represents in this society, as both a destructive force and a cleansing mechanism. Fire purifies through its destruction and for Beatty, destroying the old way of life, burning the books, is cathartic, because why have the books if they cannot be read and enjoyed.

Why can’t Montag run away?

Physically, Montag is unable to run as fast as he would like because of his confrontation with the mechanical hound. As Montag fights with the hound, he absorbs a shot of anesthesia, which numbs one of his legs. He wept.” This condition is what makes Montag unable to run temporarily.

Who snitched on Montag?

Mildred

How did Montag defeat the hound?

“He felt it scrabble and seize his leg and stab the needle in for a moment before the fire snapped the Hound up in the air, burst its metal bones at the joints, and blew out its interior in the single flushing of red color like a skyrocket fastened to the street.

Why did Montag enjoy burning his own house?

The burning is liberating because everything that ties him to the city is destroyed; it is emotionally trying because he feels a connection to the books; it is joyous because he is finally able to escape convention and conformity and do something wrong in public, without condemnation.

How did Montag get caught?

Montag burns everything, and when he is finished, Beatty places him under arrest. Beatty sees that Montag is listening to something and strikes him on the head. The radio falls out of Montag’s ear, and Beatty picks it up, saying that he will have it traced to find the person on the other end.

What does Montag realize about Beatty’s death?

What does Montag suddenly realize about Beatty and his death? Beatty had wated to die. He had just stood there, not really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking, needling, thought Montag, and the thought was enough to stifle his sobbing and let him pause for air.

How does Montag feel after killing Beatty?

Also, Montag destroys the Mechanical Hound with his flamethrower, but only after it injects his leg with anesthesia. Later, however, Montag regrets his murder of Beatty as he realizes that he acted irrationally against Beatty, perceiving him as representative of the ills of his society.

Why is Beatty’s death ironic?

There are several ironies in Beatty’s death: Montag believes that Beatty actually wanted to die; he was intentionally goading Montag into losing his temper. It is ironic that Beatty, who was supposed to be the face of calm, rational order and sensibility, and a figure of the government’s power, was eager to die.

Why is Montag sick?

Witnessing the woman commit suicide with her books has forced Montag to deeply examine his occupation. Montag feels guilty about burning so many books over the years and does not want to continue to destroy precious works of literature, which is why he gets “sick” and tries to avoid going into work.

Why is Montag guilty?

He suffers guilt for hiding books behind the hall ventilator grille and for failing to love his wife, whom he cannot remember meeting for the first time. But even though he harbors no affection for Mildred, Montag shudders at the impersonal, mechanized medical care that restores his dying wife to health.

What page does Montag find out Clarisse died?

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