Fahrenheit 451 Post 5

Captain Beatty comes to check on Montag, as he figures he is sick after the experience the day before. He tells Montag that his curiosity of books is something that every fireman eventually goes through. Beatty recounts the real history of firemen to Montag, saying that books became obsolete, as technological advances allowed for information to be given much faster and that books caused many problems. Soon, people began to burn their books, and the only ones that remained were the simple ones that deliver instant gratification. He also tells that he has had a file on Clarisse's family for years, and that she is better off dead. After Beatty leaves, Montag is determined to search the books he has stolen for something to make him happy again, and he begs Mildred to help him.

Censorship began with the people, and the government acted accordingly, according to Beatty's recount of history. He claims that people quit reading long before books were every burned, due to technology.

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