Part III Discussion What does Beatty mean when he says “[Fire] is a mystery. . . . Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences” (117)? How has this been true in the novel? Why does Montag turn the flamethrower on Beatty? Did Beatty think he would do it? Why or why not? What is significant about the incident with the car that chases Montag? What further insight does it give into this society? How does it fit in with the rest of the novel?

What is the difference between the small fire Montag sees and the ones he has known before? What is important about this difference? What kind of “resistance movement” are the men in the woods a part of? How do they go about their rebellion? Why does the novel conclude with allusions to the Bible? What’s important about these words and what do they offer as the feeling/idea/mood for the end of the book? What are we to learn from this text? Are we on a destructive path leading to a similar end, or are there positive elements of modern technology that the text doesn’t consider?