![]() ![]() "That's rich!" Stoneman and Black drew forth their rule books, which also contained brief histories of the Firemen of America, and laid them out where Montag, though long familiar with them, might read:Įstablished, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. He opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, "Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?" "I mean," he said, "in the old days, before homes were completely fireproofed-" Suddenly it seemed a much younger voice was speaking for him. At the last fire, a book of fairy tales, he'd glanced at a single line. ![]() "What kind of talk is that?"įool, thought Montag to himself, you'll give it away. Montag hesitated, "What-was it always like this? The firehouse, our work? I mean, well, once upon a time." I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames." Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it." They walked still further and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" When houses were fireproofed, firemen switched from putting out fires to burning books.įrom a conversation between Clarisse and Montag: ![]() ![]() Firemen do not also put out fires in Fahrenheit 451 because houses have been fireproofed. ![]()
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