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We chose this topic over other topics because this topic /question gives us a better insight on Montag's morals and his views on killing people for his beliefs. In this book, Montag values his own beliefs and human lives more than his neighbors. Earlier in the book Montag was faced with the decision of burning the books and killing the woman that was guarding the books. He ultimately chose to burn the books and killing the woman but he hesitated because he has value for books and human life. In the case of this topic,  Montag kills Captain Beatty instead of trying to keep him alive and work the problems out. Both examples show how Montag regards his beliefs and human lives higher than most people do. We also chose this question because it makes you think about the society that Montag lives in, and how people act and live differently in the time period of the future. People in this time were so censored by the higher authorities that they didn't feel for themselves and they didn't value human lives. There are some people like Montag who do have their own opinions and value human life, why Montag felt guilty and anxious after he killed Beatty. This question makes you assess that factor of the book.

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This idea is although far fetched is a effective one if it works and is the best way to solve the problem without losing any lives. Also this protects Faber as Captain Beatty was going to put all of the blame on Faber.

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Montag could bring Beatty to the fire station and force him to publicly endorse to the station that we should read books and help Montag place books in the houses of firemen. The firemen trust Beatty and would most likely agree with him because they live in a world where they don't create their own opinions and their judgement is so clouded because or how evident censorship is. If all the firemen were convinced to be in favor of books then the firemen could then convince the citizens to also be in favor of books. This could even create a chain reaction of other communities and cities where people who are scared to speak out against authority and popular belief now have the encouragement and see the potential of doing so.

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I see how you think that Montag could use Beatty to help him cut off the problem at the source but how could Montag successfully do this?

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Looking back on this i agree with you as the Mechanical hound would be a obstacle if Montag had taken Beatty hostage. But I think that if Montag could have succeeded in taking Beatty hostage it would help them tremendously because he is the leader of  all the firemen and if he were forced to stop the firemen then the books would also be able to survive and the problem would be cut off at the source. This is very unlikely though.

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Montag could of built up a following by first informing the people in his society of the problem with banning books. The people in this society aren’t very educated on the past and if it began with some at first realizing they didn’t want to live this way and this idea spread, he could have built a following big enough to make a difference in the government. If Montag had focused on this for some time, he could have been more successful.

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I agree with zoe because there are not enough people to create a following except for a rare few.

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How could Montag have built up a following?

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I think that although maybe Montag could've talk his way out of it the most effective way of getting out to the esituation of him being arrested and Captain Beatty blaming it all on Faber was to in fact kill Beatty. In the text it say's  "Beatty switched the green bullet off and thrust it in his pocket. "Well--so there's more here than I thought. I saw you tilt your head, listening. First I thought you had a Seashell. But when you turned clever later, I wondered. We'll trace this and drop it on your friend."  I think at this point the best option that montag had was to in fact kill Captain Beatty. But I also think that Montag could've used Beatty as a hostage and used him to get what he wanted from the government and help his cause to get books back in to the society.

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How could Montag have solved his differences with Captain Beatty instead of killing him?

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I agree that with you that Montag’s most effective way of surviving was to kill Captain Beatty. But I don’t necessarily agree that Montag could of taken him hostage. I don’t think it would of done much good for Montag, in fact I think it would just put him in an even more dire situation. With the Mechanical Hound in the near distance while they are talking, it would of put a much larger weight on Montag’s back if he took Captain Beatty with him. This would make it easier for the Hound to track them both and would just slow Montag down. I also don’t believe it would make much of a difference to the government if he took Captain Beatty because they do not hesitate to try to kill Montag, a fireman, and many other civilians when burning down they’re homes so they seem to not have a great value for life. This means that Captain Beatty being taken would be a small problem for them but not something of great concern. When Montag kills Captain Beatty, the Mechanical Hound reacts very quickly. If Montag had actually taken Captain Beatty, who would of also called for help from nearby firemen, the Hound would surely capture him in an instant.

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I believe that Montag should’ve built more of a following from the beginning so that he would have more support and power on his side. If he had this, Captain Beatty would be more likely to listen to Montag’s opinion and maybe even agree to disagree, but because Montag did not have this and did not have anything in his favor, if he had tried talking it out with him, Captain Beatty would be very unlikely to truly listen to him and would view him as a threat easy to get rid of. In this situation, Montags choice was to kill Captain Beatty or be killed and if he had done anything different, he may not have survived.