Thursday, January 10, 2013

Mildred is horrified by the thought of Beatty's visit in Fahrenheit 451. What does she stand to lose?

If Beatty finds out what Guy Montag has been up to (and if he chooses to make an issue of it), Mildred can lose everything that is important to her.


Usually, you would think that would mean that she would lose her husband and that is what would horrify her.  But Montag really does not mean all that much to her.  The real problem, for Millie, would be losing the parlour walls.  If Guy is caught, the house will be burned down and there will go her "family."


So Millie is afraid of losing all the "people" that are important in her life.

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