Fahrenheit 451 Quotes Analysis

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Society has one of the greatest influences on people’s lives. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Mildred is the wife of the main character, Guy Montag. Society has greatly impacted Mildred. Society has made Mildred is self-centered, robotic, and unfeeling.
To begin with, on Page 48, Mildred exclaims, “She’s nothing to me, she shouldn’t have had books. It was her responsibility, she should’ve thought of that. I hate her. She’s got you going and next thing you know we’ll be out, no house, no job, nothing.” The quote shows that Mildred is being extremely selfish and isn’t thinking of others. She is self-centered; she is only thinking about herself and isn’t considering the impact this has on Montag’s emotions, only that she is losing materialistic things. She doesn’t consider Montag, and how he is depressed from the traumatic event, only that she is going to lose a house and her “parlor walls”. Society has been changed to fill only personal needs, and so Mildred is only considering what makes her happy. Mildred only cares about the things
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On page 44, Montag asked, “Mildred do you know that girl I was telling you about?” and Mildred responded “What girl.” Whenever Montag had asked what happened to Clarisse, Mildred didn’t remember the girl despite knowing what had happened to her, and how long ago it was. Later on page 44, Mildred says, “I meant to tell you. Forgot. Forgot.” and later says “Whole family moved out somewhere. But she’s gone for good. I think she’s dead.” Mildred had know this entire time what happened to Clarisse and that she died, however she managed to forget about it. Mildred had forgotten even though the accident had happened four days ago, as stated by Montag on page 45. She has no sadness, or empathy for a little girl getting ran over by a car, and a girl that had clearly greatly influenced her husband. She has shown no emotion throughout the entire conversation. Society has made Mildred