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Looking at everyone’s Padlet answers, outline the following:

�1. Describe Beatty’s character

�2. How he chages (if at all)

�3. What he symbolizes in the novel/wider society

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"We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal.” 

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"We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal.” 

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Analyse the quote. What is Beatty implying? How does he view his work and purpose? What does this tell you about the nature of evil/power?

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"The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys... you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. We have our fingers in the dike. Hold steady. Don't let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world." 

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"The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys... you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. We have our fingers in the dike. Hold steady. Don't let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world." 

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Analyse the quote. How does Beatty view the work of the firemen? Do you think he really believes it? What is he saying about the nature of free thought?

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Pick one of the novel’s themes that you think Beatty conveys most strongly and explain why/how. (Answer in 1-2 sentences.)

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Pick one of the novel’s themes that you think Beatty conveys most strongly and explain why/how. (Answer in 1-2 sentences.)

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"Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog lovers, the cat lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that!... Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your typewriters. They did."

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"Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog lovers, the cat lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that!... Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your typewriters. They did."

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Why is Beatty saying about the nature of censorship? Is offence inevitable in a free society? Can you think of any real-world contexts in which Beatty's words here have come true?

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Write down one pre-existing idea you have about Beatty.

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Write down one pre-existing idea you have about Beatty.

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Captain Beatty is a conflicting-creating antagonist in the F451 novel. Beatty is a complex character that seems a bit hypocritical and contradictory at times. He burns books yet has a vast knowledge and appreciation for literature and seemed to be passionate about books before they were outlawed. This passion tells us that he has just simply conformed to society, abandoning his passion and exchanging it for the instant gratification that society values

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Although he is the fire chief, he seems to be well educated and read, as he quotes literature consistently. This means he's likely read books himself.
I would say that Beatty is mostly a conflict creator in the novel.

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Beatty throughout the novel seemed like a sceptical character. At the start although he wasn't bought up much, he was still an important character.
The type of antagonist Beatty is would be the conflict creator, this is because he isn't necessarily evil, he is just going forward with his opinions.

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Beatty is the fire chief, and also a person well-aware of the time when books were not censored in the society. He manipulates Montag as he suspects Montag to be changing ideologies and therefore, creates conflicts.

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Beatty is conflict-creating.

It is implied that perhaps Beatty was suicidal and was on the side of books all along, knowing so much about the role of books in society and what they supposedly represented.

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Beatty is a conflict-creating antagonist , and throughout the book, although being very strict responsible in upholding is duty as a firefighter, he is extremely knowledgable, yet does nothing to make a change (he likes the comfort that the community provides him and doesn't want anyone to change it)

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I think Beatty is a conflict-creator type antagonist, his intentions aren't evil in any way, he is simply conforming to the oppressive society imposed upon him by the government, and then acting upon his conformity. What makes him the antagonist is that these views oppose to those of the protagonist, Montag.

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Beatty is very knowledgeable about the way their society works and why books are banned, but even while knowing the truth he wants to keep things the way they are.
Beatty is a conflict-creator, he does not intend to harm anyone but has vastly different world-views to Montag.

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Beatty is a conflict creating antagonist. He knows a lot about the society he lives in and everything in it, such as why books are banned and burns them, whereas he doesn't want to change anything about this system and how it works, even though he knows about it all.

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Beatty is a conflict creating malicious yet intelligent antagonistic charachter which is able to manipulate Montag into certain negative rhetorics. He is a representation of the oppresvie totalian governments yet instead of representing the consequences and effects of the governmnet like Mildred he rather represents the oppresive force himself. He is not the problem itself but pushes the opposition to the protagonists will.

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Beatty is a conflict-creating antagonist. Beatty is a complex character, although he has a vast knowledge of literature, he chooses to burn books as he feels they foster unhappiness.

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Represents society in the story since hs is a fireman and believes that all books should be burned. He is considered a s a conflict-creator

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Beatty is a destructive phoenix fire chief. He is a conflict-creating antagonist as he creates problems in the story line that affects the main character of the novel, Guy Montag.

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i believe he is a conflict creator antagonist. Something i know about him is that he is educated, and can manipulate people's minds easily.

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Beatty is a conflict-creating antagonist. He is the fire chief, he is very strict, intelligent and manipulative.

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Beatty is a conflict-creator type of antagonist in this novel. He's not the bad guy he just has opposing and conformed views which impact the protagonists view of dispatching himself from societies ideologies. Beatty notices Montag changing his ideologies therefore poses conflict in this novel towards our protagonist.

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it seems that he is conflict-creator type and I almost see him as hypocritical in some sense. even though he agrees with the whole act of burning books, but yet he does quote a few literatures which may suggest he is somewhat knowledgable.

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Beatty represents the oppressive government, and illustrates how close this authority is to Montag at all times.

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Captain Beatty is the conflict creator antagonist, although he is a fireman he has extensive knowledge about literature

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When Montag says "We are the Happiness boys", he is being sarcastic and creating a specific direction which the rest of this conversation is leading to. He's saying what a captain should say, but in the sense of irony as he doesn't believe it himself.
Beatty says this in this specific way because he wants Montag to realize that he doesn't partly believe in the censorship of books and would agree with Montag, but as the captain of the fire station which burn books he can't really say that. Beatty refers knowledge to nature " small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.", this reference to nature is not the first in the novel. Beatty is trying to say that the closest thing to where society was built from is the knowledge represented in these books as he refers the books to a tidal wave which washes things to shore sort of implementing it's knowledge to the growth of a society.

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- Here Beatty manipulates montag and gaslights Montag as he notices Montag slightly leaning in to opening his awareness to the lack of freedom in the system. I believe Beatty is willingly manipulating Montag as he uses such language that envokes the feeling of power yet responsibility in Montag regarding defending his people. He also attempts to coax him back into the submissive mindset by eluding to the fact Montag is part of a greater coalition. He aims to manipulate Montag into feeling like hes part of the community to the point where he would be guilty for turning against them. He depicts the situation as a point between good and bad with their 'fingers on the dike' implying a sense of urgency. Beatty doesnt comand Montag to fall in line immidietly but rather demonizes the other party and belittles their efforts.  The author uses techniques such as describing the opposition as the 'small tide' to emphasise how weak they are making their cause seem hopeless compared to the emphasized mass in numbers the firemen have. He doesnt need to activly harm montag if he may control Montags perception.

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In the quote, Beatty is implying that the world should have a balance. There should be a balance of super heroes and villains in the society, in order to sustain a neutral environment. He also mentions that all the people in the society should be balanced and have an equal role according to what they do.

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Beatty views his work as the morally correct thing to do, and treats it as a necessity: "We must all be alike", implying that without this it would lead to conflict. The constitution states that everyone is born equal, Beatty knows this is false as everyone is unique, and he is fixing this to make everyone equal. This tells us that evil is subjective, Beatty believes he is doing the right thing by preventing conflict, this is why he is able to speak so passionately about the topic and make such great efforts to convince Montag of this. On the other hand, Montag sees him as a villain for forcing the people into ignorance. Beatty uses repetition to emphasize the importance of what he's saying, to keep the thought that equity is a necessity in Montag's mind.

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Beatty implies the oppression in society, through carefully framed sentences and a connection to the higher power i.e. the constitution. Here, Beatty, with a suspicion of Montag to be altering his ideologies and leaning towards the side of books, reminds him of the power that he works under. Moreover, through what he means by words of 'equality' and 'alike' is far off from the interpretation of people being fair with each other. Instead, it revolves around the interpretation of people thinking and working under restrictive circumstances. Hence, the way they are directed to behave. His intentions with this are primarily to generate fear within Montag, as he seems to be challenging the norms and slightly taking a step behind from conforming them. As a result, Beatty, a man well aware of texts before their censorship, not only gives rise to fear in Montag, but also causes Montag to land up in a conflict with himself.

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Beatty is implying that rather than equality, where everyone is given the same opportunities, everyone has to be equal, in the sense that no one is above anyone, no one is smart than anyone and no one has a louder voice than anyone else (as if they should all be replicas of each other). Beatty views his role in the society as just that, making sure that everyone is equal and no one has had the benefit of extra knowledge of opportunities, in this case through the use of books. This tell us that the constitution has has had enough power to make people believe that people must be equal in all aspects, no matter how they were born. Although, in some situations this may be seen as a positive within the community, this has created a unbalance amongst the community.

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Beatty is implying that everyone should be equal in everyway even though he know that it is nearly impossible for everyone to be equal. He also views his work as the ideal and correct thing, which everyone should follow accordingly making them all equal. Beatty uses repetition when saying this quote. he uses repetition to make his statement bold and clear.

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With this quote, Beatty asserts that the firemen are the "happiness boys," meaning they are responsible for maintaining peace/contentment in this society. A key technique to pick up on in this quote would be the extended metaphor, as he expresses that books are the "torrent" of unhappiness, waiting to be released in the world while firemen are the only individuals holding this back. The idea that firemen are the "happiness boys" is ironic considering Beatty is highly knowledgeable, meaning at some point he must have been extremely passionate about this idea. Simultaneously, Montag realized, later on in this chapter, how unhappy he is. With the quotation, Beatty makes an attempt to manipulate Montag, using such powerful language to invoke a feeling inside the protagonist that it is his job to protect society. He aims to manipulate Montag into feeling like he is a part of the community to the point where he would feel guilty for turning against them.

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Beatty ironically claims that him and Montag are the "Happiness Boys." Since Beatty is considered intelligent, there is a huge probability that he has been in contact with literature before. Nevertheless, he believes that books are meant to be burned no matter what. In this context, he means that burning books brings on happiness. However, he was also in contact with literature before. Another reason this statement is considered ironic is because around these events Montag realizes how unhappy he is. He is closer to determining his happiness off of books which makes this statement so ironic. Beatty believes that books should be burned and he influences people to do so. He signifies the antagonist of Montag's perspective since he is standing in the way of Montag's free will and happiness. Beatty fully believes it and acts as society by influencing others to stray away from books. One of his main purposes of the story is to burn books and stand in the way of literature. He wants to abolish every aspect of free thought and he does this by encouraging the burning of books. Beatty considers firemen as the backbone of society. Without firemen, freedom and prosperity would be released which is the opposite if what this dystopian society stands for.

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Beatty is explaining that the more people are exposed to niche categories or really any category present in books, the more people can be offended and the more can seek justice for that offence, "Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step of the toes of dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers...". Here we see Beatty's view of censorship and the role that it plays in the F451 society. Beatty sees censorship as a way to protect society against possible damnation through conflict between demographics in the population, no matter how small. To Beatty, censorship is a way to maintain peace and order for the greater happiness of the society. This view of society also shows us that free speech and freedom of expression will always lead to conflict, at least in Beatty's eyes. People will always fight with people, perspectives cannot always and forever be the same because there are multiple factors that affect our view of the world, and that view continues to evolve as we do. This is even reflected in todays society where religion is an ongoing discussion where different religions understand or see problems differently according to their faith. "The bigger the market, Montag the less you handle controversy, remember that!... Authors, full of evil thought". It is also ironic in a sense that in today's society, controversy and minority discrimination is more so based in social and mass media, Beatty sees books as the source of that 'evil' that needs to be eradicated.

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This quote taken from Beatty where he is implying that book writers are evil because they don't make their books for everyone and that the bigger the market, the less controversy there is because it is made for more people implies that Beatty thinks that censorship is a good thing because it means less people are able to get negatively affected.  According to Beatty, censorship helps keep peace between people and also helps to keep people happy by them not getting offended by a specific belief or perspective from the author of the book. In real life, we are able to see this in different countries not allowing different content on the internet or certain books that disagree with that country or religions beliefs.

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This quote from Beatty helps the audience understand the reason behind censorship in the novel; to stop people from "stepping on each others toes" and to eliminate controversy. He back this up with the claim that the more minorities there are in the world, the more likely they are to clash. However, I would say there is a point in implying there will always be offense within a free society, as when each person is allowed to speak for themselves, opinions are bound to clash. We can see this in the way topics such as religion are discussed today, where, with each person's varying stances on different religions and how religious one is, there seems to be a constant clash of opinions over who is "in the right" so to speak.

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It is evident that Beatty is manipulating Montag as he realized that Montag is questioning the system. He uses affirmative language to make sure what he says sounds believable even if Beatty himself doesn't agree 100% with what he is saying. He claims that the work they do is good and that they help and protect the society. This has a sense of irony as he is saying what he should say as the captain but he doesn't fully believe this. He represents an antagonist from Montag's perspective as they both have different views and perspectives and Beatty prevents Montag from being happy.

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In the above quotation, I think Beatty is being quite manipulative towards Montag. He clearly expresses that the work that they do is good, they make people happy and protect society - characterizing him as a conflict-creating hero, he does things that to the reader are bad, but Beatty himself thinks they are good - but this causes some irony as we learn that Beatty is very knowledgeable in terms of literature,  so the reader questions whether he really believes what he's saying to Montag. He also blames his knowledge and passion on his role as a captain so the others are less likely to question him, almost as if he is trying to hide or disregard something. Beatty also invokes feelings of inferiority in Montag as he names those thoughtful individuals, which I think Beatty is beginning to realize Montag is, as a 'small tide'.
Beatty also constantly compares factors of their society to water, an extended metaphor. A 'small tide' are those who oppose the government, the non-conformists. 'We have our fingers in the dike' - a dike is a large wall that holds back water. Saying they have their fingers in it implies that there are holes, through which water attempts to seep through (the non-conformists), and that the firemen are those holding them back, so that philosophy doesn't 'drown' their world.

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This quotation really helped show Beatty views in equality. the term equality can interpreted in many ways, but Beatty's view seems to entail equality in the sense that no can be different or better than one another. Although this is his view, he himself contradicts it as he is a pretty knowledgeable character. however, it seems his view only applies to society to be equal and in his perspective, this idea of equality would benefit and society become "happier". he is also implying that this type of equality would resolve the issues of conflict and unhappiness arising between the citizen.

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In this quote Beatty is trying to manipulate Montag into believing his work as a fireman, just as he refuses to accept that it isn't correct. Beatty himself later in the novel seems to disagree with his ideologies after a long time of trying to accept the way the world has gotten. This can show that Beatty is in denial, so even though he doesn't believe that the firemen are helping, and even if he thinks his society is wrong, he still comes off as convincing, because he's trying to convince himself. He states in this quote that free thought makes people unhappy, this could be because of his past, some philosophy he used to believe in that rejected him.

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We see in this section a sense of situational irony from bradbury, as in this scene he claims to be "happiness boys" yet subseuqently had an implied suicide a few scenes later. Beatty's reasoning on free thought is that they are partially screens that people see; on the surface, they bring happiness to others, to be paraded around but this may not necessarily be so underneath.

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Throughout this quote, Beety conveys his ideologies behind his support towards the governments censorships, as he believes that with free speach, conflict between different societies will initiate. This should not always be the case however, in which with respective debates and criticism, those issues can be resolved.

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From this quote we can understand that Beatty is insinuating that the authors and society are responsible for censorship and not the government because people would always find away to be offended and create unhappiness. Therefore, to prevent conflict, authors had to “lock up” their typewriters to maintain peace within society.

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With traits of complexity and manipulation, Beatty upholds the role of an antagonist and conflict-creator of F451. He develops a manipulative behaviour because of his knowledge in the fields of literature, as he belongs to a time where texts were not prohibited; using it to advantageously identify culprits. Although his passion for books touches the surface of his personality, he never commits to it and rather conforms to the constitution. Moreover, he is depicted to indulge even further with the enforcement of laws as he sticks to his job of burning books regardless of Montag having shown his true side. Hence, we infer from this that Beatty is an individual who is not easily influenced and far from gullibility. This sternity of his, is symbolic of the totalitarian power that benefits by ruling over a society, where no one can stop them from doing what they want and hence they would never look back, especially in terms of morality in society.

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Beatty is a conflict-creating antagonist. He is a complex character, although he has a vast knowledge of literature, he chooses to burn books as he feels they foster unhappiness. It is unclear exactly what has caused the idea that books foster unhappiness, possibly he cared deeply about books in his past and has experienced great melancholy because of it. He uses his knowledge of literature to manipulate Montag into believing that it is his duty to protect the community that he is a part of, in order to invoke a feeling of guilt if the were to go against societies beliefs. This speaks highly to Beatty's character.
Beatty's character does not change throughout the novel, he stays very set on his perspective, and is not easily swayed. Although, Montag's perception of Beatty does change throughout the plot when he comes to the realization of Beatty's true motives, and acts of manipulation that he thought to be genuine at some point.
Beatty is deeply symbolic of the wides society, and his character is used to portray the ideology of power. His character represents the totalitarian government that the society resides under. In wider society today he may also represent how some people may have certain intellectual advantages and how they are used to manipulate others in order to obtain something specific.

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Captain Beatty is a conflicting-creating antagonist. He is the captain of the firemen that are responsible for burning book in the F451 society, essentially controlling conformity in citizens and act as an enforcer for the governments highly oppressive regime.  Beatty is a complex character that seems a bit hypocritical and contradictory at times. He is a book burner yet has a vast knowledge and appreciation for literature who seemed to be passionate about books before they were outlawed. However, in Part 1 of the novel he is depicted as a cruel, morbid and the personification of the government and societies ruin of books and knowledge. Although he is extremely contradictory however, throughout the novel this complexity doesn’t seem to be rectified or explained. He is extremely perceptive and expertly manipulates Montag, constantly making him second guess himself and his secrets. His speech with Montag in critical in not only understanding his character but society, he provides the audience an insight into the history of this new world in a twisted perspective, showing that he has completely bought into society's new rules. He even goes as far as to say books are ’treacherous weapons’ that constantly contradict one another yet he himself is a contradiction to his own values. As a character, Bradbury uses him as a vessel of knowledge, serving as somewhat of an antagonist in the novel yet gains sympathy near the end through accepting his own death. Beatty is representative of the wider society and its power of thought, an example of the government ideologies at work.

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Beatty is the captain of the firemen, and so see's himself as being responsible for keeping everybody in their place (the gatekeeper of their society). At first Beatty seems to be a quite normal firefighter, following their guidelines, however, only towards the end of the book does it show how much knowledge Beatty has in terms of books, and how, even if unsuccessful, Beatty tries to manipulate Montag to fall back into the societies trap of a perfect community. Along with representing a figure of authority within the novel, Bradbury also uses the character to portray the power of thought, and maybe even, taking into consideration how knowledgable Beatty is presented, how these thoughts and knowledge have a negative impact on their society, specifically in terms of manipulating people (therefore, highlighting the danger of knowledge that the society is trying to censor).

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1. Beatty is a conflict-creating antagonist who believes he is doing the right thing. He sees himself as the first line of defence against the conflict that books and deep thought cultivate. He appears to have a history with books due to his  wide knowledge on them, and we know he is unhappy in life as he does nothing to stop his own death.
2. Beatty's character does not change throughout the novel. However Montag's perception of him certainly does, as Montag learns more about the truth and realizes Beatty's true intentions and world views.
3. Beatty symbolizes the government of Montag's world, as we never meet any government officials. Beatty is the one to demonstrate the intentions of the totalitarian government to suppress deep thought and forcibly make everyone equal to prevent conflict.

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1. Beatty's charachter is a intelligent yet manipulative conflict creating antagonist. He does seemingly believe he is on the right side and is genuinly making this better yet his innability to accomodate other perspectives leads him to manipulate and gaslight others. He is somewhat contradictory as allthough he is a advocate for book burning he has advance knowledge due to a history of ready books and uses this knowledge to exploit others.
2. Beatty does not change yet Montags perception of Beatty does, as he slowly learns about the oppurtunities of freedom and intellect he reflect and percievs Beattys lies with more and more betrayal and negativity as hes more aware to how fundamentally corrupt Beatty is for echoing and weaponising such sentiments
3. Beatty is a representation of the rabid totalitarian government but instead of being a product of the consequences of censorship and oppression like Mildred he represents the force itself. Hes also a representation of how demonizing and smearing oppositions in ideology can lead to  the mindset that they are on the good side even if fundamentally what they are doing is wrong. In wider society today he may also represent how some people may have certain advantages (in this case knowledge which is scarce in farenheit 451) and uses it manipulate others so they cant obtain knowledge like him putting him in a position of superiority.

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His character is  being manipulative but intelligent. He ie sort of a conflict-creating antagonist who thinks that everything he does is the right way, meaning that he has some sort of villainess in him. This makes him a complex antagonist. He is manipulative and oppressive in the way that he doesn't hear anyone's opinions or requests to change the system and thinks that only the things he does are correct. Throughout the book, we get to learn how knowledgeable he actually is. he does not change throughout the story, but Montag begins to know about the knowledge Beatty holds and his purpose to continue burning books, which changes his perception of Beatty. He represents some sort of an evil presence, who is shrewd and ruthless with his actions and decision making. He symbolizes a fire, in a way that he would ultimately bring himself down.

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Beatty represents the way this dystopian society works without having to go into much detail about it in the novel. He exemplifies the rules and conforms with them as he tries to inflict them on our protagonist as we encourage Montag to remove himself from what the society believes in. This makes him the antagonist in our point of view as he strongly wants the society to be equal and philosophies and knowledge drown. Beatty's change is not shown in the actions taken place in the novel however more in the way he sees Montag as the guy he used to be, and has since changed from the curious man he was into conforming with society.

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Beatty as a character is primarily the conflict creating antagonist; his role introduces challenges and conflicts through which Montag questions himself and changes. He is considered a representation of society as someone who believes that conflict is unnecessary, that society has to be rid of evils and controlled for the sake of happiness and abandoning freethought. Perhaps ironically, he is the same character who is implied to have killed himself later in the story.

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1. Beatty is considered a complex character with a deep meaning. In his eyes, he is not necessarily the antagonist of the story as he tries to rid the world of something so vile to him and in the process harming Montag. He represents society and how the government controls and tries to prevent every aspect of free will. He so firmly believes in the statement "All books should be burned." This further drives him to pressure Montag into refraining from reading books. In his perspective, he sees himself and the other firemen as the backbone of society and books as the villain in the dystopian society.

2. Beatty does not go through any change whatsoever in the story as far as we know. However, since he is painted as an intelligent person, one can assume he has some kind fo contact with literature. He is constantly quoting literature and considered as an intelligent person. Whereas, in the story he tries everything to stop in the way of free will and the spread of literature. Some major event could have caused this drastic change in his point of view. The government of the dystopian society Fahrenheit 451 is set in could have somehow brainwashed Beatty into becoming the person he is today. He believes that all books should be burned so strongly to the point this leads him to his death. To the very last minute he is still grasping to the idea that all books should be burned under any circumstances.

3. Beatty symbolizes the government tyrannical controlling hand on the innocent citizens of this society. He does everything in his power to stop the spread of books and knowledge. He is painted as the antagonist of Montag's story.

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Censorship
Ignorance vs. Knowledge
Life vs. Death
Technology vs Natural world
Alienation and Dehumanization
Power of Books
Role of Mass Media
Loss of Individuality

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1. Beatty's character is that of a conflict creator, whereas his confirmation and reiteration of societal norms come face to face with Montag's new mentality. However he appears to be much more educated than the rest of those around him, which is was highlights him as a more unique character.
2. If there is any change to be seen in Beatty's character, it would be in his attitude towards Montag, as he goes from seeing him as harmless, to becoming more hostile and taking action against him towards the end.
3. Beatty is the representation and the author's way of delivering across the societal way of thinking beyond just the censorship. Instead, Beatty provides reasoning and claim. With this he still does take on the role of representing the conformation of society.

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Beatty's character is not inherently pure evil, but rather a complicated one. as the conflict creator in this novel, he is the embodiment of oppressive government control on society. Even with his ideas and views of everybody must be equal by burning books, he himself is quite knowledgeable� which is pretty hypocritical. it seems his drive for equality may stem from his ideal image of society where everybody should be happy.

Throughout I feel like he hasn't change at all

I believe Beatty symbolizes the extreme side of selflessness in society. his intentions seems to ensure the breakdown of society does not happen and he wants what is best for the citizen, but he himself does not realize the damage he instills and the affects his ideals has on society.

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Beatty is extremely knowledgeable, which makes him powerful in a society of people who have been deprived of knowledge. He is proud, he sees himself as a hero and Bradbury portrays him as confident and well established with himself. However, he is quite contradictory as we see how he goes against what we may perceive as beliefs he had in the past, or the same ones that he still holds, his appreciation for literature and knowledge. Therefore, the reader may view Beatty as more insecure and unstable compared to how he first comes off, knowing that he faces contradictions within himself and puts on a mask of confidence and power to hide any weaknesses and protect his pride.
I don't believe Beatty himself changes in the short time span of the novel, rather the readers' perceptions of him change as Bradbury allows more insights into Beatty's internal world. Beatty is a highly symbolic character of the oppressive, deprivational and manipulative government of the F451 universe, as he characterizes the traits of the authorities that we otherwise are never introduced to. He abuses his power of knowledge to brainwash a society that he is ultimately a part of.

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A malicious, destructive phoenix fire chief, Beatty is a smart and perceptive manipulator.

Beatty ends up providing the reference point for assessing Montag's level of change and transformation throughout the novel. Beatty doesn't change.

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Beatty is the complex conflict creating antagonist of the novel, he shows hypocrisy by burning books while he has a large understanding a pond vast knowledge of literature because he strongly believes that they cause unhappiness in the society and everyone has to be equal. As captain of the firemen, Beatty makes an attempt to manipulate and gaslight Montag by making him feel guilty for betraying society and his role as a fireman from secretly keeping books at home. Beatty does not change throughout

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beatty is a fire chief, who likes to destroy and burn books. In addition, he is very educated and is good at manipulating people's minds. When Montag embarrasses him, he acts in an unethical way towards the society and Montag in general. In the novel, Beatty acts as conflict creator.

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Beatty represents censorship in the novel as he symbolises best the ideologies of the society through his conversation with Montag in which he puts himself in a state of supremacy when it comes to the censorships of the society.

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Beatty is a complex character, he is the antagonist in Fahrenheit 451. He believes in this dystopian society with book burners and yet he seems to have the knowledge of books. He tries to manipulate Montag to get him back to the fireman's side however, it is important to consider, is he even on that side? Through the novel he is seen to worship this ideology of book burning however it is towards the very end of his timeline that we realize he has changed. A sudden change from fighting for dystopia to giving up on his life, as though he didn't want to make that much of a difference anymore. Throughout the novel he symbolizes the society and ideologies, that free thought should be avoided, and books burned. However once it comes into consideration he seems like he used to be an academic, based on all his knowledge, we realize that his character did not change in the novel, however it did change to follow dystopian rules from free thought.

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I think that Beatty symbolises the relationship of ignorance vs knowledge, a rampant theme in the F451 novel, as he presents both sides of the coin. He shows that he understand the power of knowledge through his understanding of the power of literature and the government yet continues to live out his life in ignorance controlled by instant pleasure.

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I think Beatty symbolises censorship, as not only is he a key character, in terms of keeping books from society, but he is also representative of the 'damage' that this knowledge can do their community that their government/ constitution is trying to avoid.

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Through the novel Beatty represents the dystopian society, therefore symbolising the censorship theme of the novel. He has a lot of knowledge however believes in the dystopias ideologies. Censoring the knowledge he has.

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I would say that the theme Beatty represents the strongest is the role of censorship. This is a result of his expression on their reason for censorship and how it plays out in the novel.

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Beatty most strongly conveys the theme of Ignorance vs. Knowledge, as although he supports the burning of books, his goal behind it is to keep everyone happy by keeping them ignorant. His perspective is that knowledge is what leads to conflict and the solution is to remove that knowledge entirely.

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1. Beatty is a conflict creating character his societal norms impact Montag’s new mentality which creates him an antagonist in Montag’s mind. He is very knowledgeable, strict and more educated and powerful than anyone in the society. He sometimes contradicts himself and says and does things he doesn’t agree with and sometimes even goes against those things.

2. There is a visible change in Beatty’s character throughout the novel, his attitude towards Montag changes as it goes from seeing him as his coworker, innocent and harmless, to becoming hateful towards Montag and wanting to kill him at the end.

3. Beatty represents the societal ideology and way of thinking, he symbolizes the government controlling the citizens. He will go to extreme levels to burn books and stop the spread of knowledge and free thought.

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I think Beatty symbolizes censorship. He obviously has some kind of passion for literature due to his knowledge, but wants to conceal the source of it from the rest of the population.

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Beatty symbolizes censorship since his main purpose in the story is suppressing knowledge and intelligence by burning books. He believes that without books people would be ignorant and sees books as a threat.

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Beatty represents the themes of ignorance vs knowledge and in someways Beatty is both. He is shown to have exclusive knowledge due to his past of reading books and these skills are later demonstrated in his skills to manipulate others. Yet he is clouded by knowledge that he instigates with his own will, he stands against intellectual freedom even though he once read books himself. He has the resources to rebel yet the comforting group ideology holds him back and consequentially others too.

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I believe Beatty conveys the theme of censorship most effectively. He is the complex character, keeping books from society, whilst being representative of the "hurt/unhappiness" that knowledge of literature has on a person, expressing that it is this that the totalitarian power aims to avoid.

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the loss of individuality, as someone who is actively advocating for the erasure of books and tv as forms of control that make minorities a part of the whole by making them all included and equal through propoganda and enforcment of a government agenda.

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Beatty, according to me, most strongly conveys the theme of ‘Power of Books’. I think so because a person like him who is learned and has read texts from a time where they were not prohibited, is expected to be convincing the society into believing that books are the ultimate trophy to conquer the world. However, he is the complete opposite of that. Instead, he is shown to be extremely furious when encountering people with books because he himself is afraid of the constitution and somewhere, internally lacks the courage to go against it.

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Throughout F451, Beaty best conveys censorship, in which his job as a firman whom burns books and literature for a living is a symbol of the dystopian authorities censorship of ideologies and knowledge.

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throughout the novel Beaty conveys the theme of censorship the best as he is the character that keeps the books away from society. furthermore he is the complicated character in the novel as he knows the power books hold within them and he knows that thats what the government wants to hide from society.

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Captain Beatty best conveys the theme of censorship, we see this especially after his speech to Montag in Part One because we learn that he has an extensive amount of knowledge on literature yet he dedicates his life as the captain of the firemen that censors literature and spread of knowledge by burning books.

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Throughout the novel, we are able to see that Captain Beatty believes in strong censorship and we see this because he is the main person behind banning books and burning them. We learn that in his past, he has gained a lot of knowledge from reading and literature and now wants to keep those books away from anyone else to keep others from gaining more knowledge. This is what the government in Fahrenheit451 wants to keep away from society to make sure more people are on the same level of knowledge.

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In my opinion I think Beatty conveys censorship with ignorance and leadership with power specially after observing the way he thinks highly of himself and how he treats others.