It seems like fighting fire with fire is the conclusion to Fahrenheit 451. Montag kills the Captain for trying to threaten Faber. The irony is the Books, the very thing the firemen burn, have infiltrated the firemen s' ranks.
The suppression of literature is highly important in many societies. My own experience, in relevance to this, was reinforced by reading books. My parents were always afraid of their children being exposed to books that were sexually explicit in content. I remember reading a book in the fourth grade called "Sign of the Beaver." The cover depicted an American Indian with long hair and a young pioneer. My parents assumed that the Indian was a a girl and took that book away from me. My parents were from another country that immigrated to America, they never once considered reading the book themselves and finding the evil that they believed lurked within.
That only gave ammunition to my thirst of reading. I bought books with my pocket money and went without snacks. I would read books with a night light so no one would hinder me. I was determined to feed my thirst and didn't understand what my parents were trying to save me from.
This led to the alienation between me and my parents. To this very day, I dont have a good relationship with my mother, who is my sole surviving parent. Montag is alienated from the firemen and I am from my family.
In the end Montag joins a group of rebels and considers himself a book. Books made me question and at the same time isolate me. Isolate me from not just one culture but two, the West and the traditional South Asian.
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