This impacts the story because Captain Beatty is the one that makes Montag feel better about himself. Beatty is smart but he despises books. He’s unhappy like Montag is but makes sure Montag is okay because he protects happiness. This reveals how nice Beatty can be towards others because of how much he cares about Montag’s happiness. This passage now helps me understand that Montag is never really happy and neither is Beatty but Beatty always wants Montag to be happy in some
