Author's Note: This is an outlook on Montag's life and the way I viewed it while reading the novel. I also include what I think is going to happen because to me it seems like the most likely explanation of what could happen.
Sometimes living isn't the best thing people can do. It can drive you to insanity or cause you question yourself at every turn. Death at least gives you peace and solace. Montag is in this situation. After killing Beatty and fleeing the scene of the crime he feels lost and confused. He undermined his entire world by killing the Captain, and it was an ultimate act of defiance that he wasn't ready to make.
Montag had been making decisions for the good of knowledge and life, but he wasn't ready for a real confrontation like the one Beatty presented. Montag's sub-conscious mind went into overdrive and chose simply to survive the situation whether he really wanted to or not. It was just a visceral response that he didn't want to die and so ended up killing in order to survive.
The way Montag killed Beatty is one of the most ironic parts of the book. Beatty lived by fire and worked with it day to day, but it was his downfall. Fire is a hungry beast. One minute your friend, the next it's devouring you whole. Sadly, no one being can control fire, and it ended up killing Montag's strongest source of inspiration and reason; Faber.
Faber convinced Montag that life and knowledge were worth the risk of getting caught, but now that Montag has killed he has desecrated the sanctity of life. Life is the biggest sub-theme in this novel and by committing this profane act Montag may have just pushed himself over the cliff into the dark abyss of insanity. He will try to escape the authorities and save his precious books but it will never work. His mind has been pushed to far and is turning against itself. It is only a matter of time before he will have lost all sanity and will be nothing but a shell of his former self.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Patriotism at its Finest
Charging over on open plain, bullets flying over-head like strange, deadly insects. Not many Americans get a chance to ever experience this because they fear it. Soldiers and veterans are the best America has to offer because they have the courage to either face their fear or they don’t have a choice but to face it. When people ask “Does patriotism still matter?” the answer is the most obvious one on the planet. Of course patriotism still matters; this wouldn’t be America without it.
Almost every person in this country has a deep love of this country even if they have immigrated from somewhere else. They love this country because of what it stands for and how it got here. We stand for freedom and liberty, and singularly changed the world. Veterans are the symbol of this country and inspire all Americans, whether born here or not.
Without the inspiration that our veterans of foreign wars provide, this country would feel a lot less safe. Veterans inspire younger people to join the military to help keep this country safe and free, needless to say, without those new recruits we might even have an invasion of U.S. soil by other power hungry countries.
Veterans mean a lot to me because they are a source of inspiration and stories that they bring back. Much of the older generations of my family have served and the tales they tell are just awe-inspiring. Four of my great uncles served in WWII and one was stationed in Okinawa. My grandfather was about to be shipped off the day after the war ended. My grandpa’s business partner was actually shot down over China and served as a POW for three years. He didn’t get to see his first born son for a year.
These are just some of the stories of people that gave part of their lives to this country, trying to make it safe for the rest of us. Most people could never give all of this up for our country. Veteran's give all they have and more so it’s for all these reasons and more that patriotism will always matter.
Almost every person in this country has a deep love of this country even if they have immigrated from somewhere else. They love this country because of what it stands for and how it got here. We stand for freedom and liberty, and singularly changed the world. Veterans are the symbol of this country and inspire all Americans, whether born here or not.
Without the inspiration that our veterans of foreign wars provide, this country would feel a lot less safe. Veterans inspire younger people to join the military to help keep this country safe and free, needless to say, without those new recruits we might even have an invasion of U.S. soil by other power hungry countries.
Veterans mean a lot to me because they are a source of inspiration and stories that they bring back. Much of the older generations of my family have served and the tales they tell are just awe-inspiring. Four of my great uncles served in WWII and one was stationed in Okinawa. My grandfather was about to be shipped off the day after the war ended. My grandpa’s business partner was actually shot down over China and served as a POW for three years. He didn’t get to see his first born son for a year.
These are just some of the stories of people that gave part of their lives to this country, trying to make it safe for the rest of us. Most people could never give all of this up for our country. Veteran's give all they have and more so it’s for all these reasons and more that patriotism will always matter.
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