People have forgotten that that once a long time ago the firemen used to put fires out and not start them. They are too educated and brainwashed by the government and society on that concept, they don't know what to believe. Another example of the theme is when mildred insist the tv parlor and the “people” inside it are her family, when Montag isn't feeling well. "Will you turn the parlour off?" he asked. "That's my family." (48-49) At this time, Mildred is so used to not actually having any actual connected family, she addresses them as blood-relative family. What she doesn’t remember, or chooses not to is that before her time, and even after, actual families existed and she is just using them as a fill in. She never knew the idea of actual family and relatives, so she is filling that idea in her mind anyway she can to keep herself happy. In addition to that, Mildred’s mind has been so altered by different thoughts, mainly from the government telling her what to think, she’s erased the feeling of needing or wanting to read and do things with books. “Why should I