This act forces Montag to flee from the law and become an outcast. When the firemen arrived at Montag’s house to burn it, Beatty forces Montag to burn his own house while repeatedly provoking him.īeatty continues to incite him, causing Montag to turn his flamethrower on Beatty turning him into “a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn” (Bradbury 121). By killing Beatty, Montag’s action evoked a serious consequence. In this way, the previous actions of a person had caused a severe consequence. These actions brought about the consequence of his own death a death he wanted to come. Beatty had seen the wrongs society had done, but still turned back to them. Perhaps this hypocrisy and the knowledge of the emptiness of their society had caused him to want to die.īeatty wanted to be killed because he no longer wanted to continue to support the “tyranny of the majority” (Bradbury 111) and the evils the society had committed. It demonstrates that he had the background of a potential revolutionist, but instead of following the right path, he returned back to the path of burning. This shows that at one point he had read books, and many of them. Throughout the novel, Beatty quotes sayings from several different books numerous times.
He had just stood there, not really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking, needling. He had purposely provoked Montag into killing him because he wanted to die: “Beatty had wanted to die. Go ahead now, you second-hand litterateur, pull the trigger” (Bradbury 121). Why don’t you belch Shakespeare at me, you fumbling snob? ‘There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not! ’. Hold a gun on a man and force him to listen to your speech. As Beatty continues to aggravate him, Montag turns his flamethrower on Beatty and kills him.īeatty had provoked Montag into killing him, inciting him, and saying: “Well, that’s one way to get an audience. After arriving at Montag’s house to burn it, Beatty orders Montag to burn his own house, all the while Beatty relentlessly taunts Montag. The effects of Beatty’s previous actions have caught up with him. This is a distinct example of how actions have consequences. By reading a poem to his wife and her friends, Montag caused the repercussion of Mildred and her friends to turn him in.
#Actions have consequences free#
It was pretty silly, quoting poetry around free and easy like that” (Bradbury 117). He is then told by Beatty that it was his wife and her friends who turned him in: “Was it my wife turned in the alarm?. When they arrive, Montag realizes it is his house they must burn. While he is there an alarm is sounded and he goes with the other firemen to burn a house. Later, he goes back to the firehouse to turn in a book so that Beatty, his fire chief, will not be suspicious of him. He, in anger, reads them “Dover’s Beach” a poem in one of his books. As he listens to the women talk, Montag is angered by their shallow and detached attitude towards the presidential election, the war, and their family. There his wife, Mildred has invited her friends, Mrs. After going to meet a retired English professor he had previously met in a park, Montag returns home. Montag’s act of reading a poem to Mildred and her friends caused a serious consequence. Beatty has already done many things and the outcome for those actions has finally caught up to him.īy having Montag’s actions produce consequences and the effects of Beatty’s actions catch up to him, Bradbury expresses the idea that actions have consequences. Montag has different actions he can take throughout the novel, but the actions that he takes causes certain repercussions. Two characters that best represent this concept are Guy Montag and Captain Beatty.
The idea that actions have consequences is repeated throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Actions Have Consequences “By the time the consequences catch up to you, it’s too late.
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