There are a lot of conflicts in this book...But before I tell you them I should update.
I left off where Captain Beatty (Montag's boss) came over to kind of persuade Montag into believing books are bad. Montag donst really listen to him. After the captain leaves Montag pulls books out from behind his AC vent. His wife freaks out. He convinces her to let him keep the books for another day or two so he can read them and judge for himself why books are so bad. He finally gets annoyed and goes to this old man's house. The old man's name is Faber and he is an old English Professor. Montag goes to him for help. He cant figure out why books are bad, or what their purpose is. So Faber gave Montag a tiny ear listening device and told him to go to the firehouse so he could listen to what Beatty had to say without him being there.
They got a call to go set fire to a house. Little did Motag know that it was his own house. When they get there Montag is forced to burn down his own house. Then he gets carried away and kills Beatty and the strange robot dog. He starts to run for Faber's house.
One conflict Montage has is between himself and Beatty (Man Vs. Man). He has never really liked Beatty. Beatty kind of always looked down on Montag. So obviously Montag had so much hate for Beatty that he killed him.
Montag also has conflicts with himself (Man Vs. Self). He is fighting within himself to better understand his world and history. He always asks himself why? He is struggling to become a better person. To become a real person that can think for himself.
Another conflict is Montag and the robot dog (Man Vs. Nature/Man Vs. Society). The dog for some reason never really liked Montag and I guess that is because he knew that Montag had books. To Montag the dog is like a wild animal. In the end Montag wins because he kills the dog.
One conflict I find interesting is with Montag's wife (Man Vs. Self/Man Vs. Society). She cant think for herself. No one in this society can think for themselves. So when Montag's wife is presented with these books she doesnt know what to do. She could do what her husband asks of her because she loves him, or she could call into the firehouse and tell on him because it is the "right" thing to do. In then end she call the fire house because she is scared what will happen to her if she doesn't. It is like there is a person inside of her trying to crack out of its shell.
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