The final chapter of Fahrenheit 451 is called “Burning Bright.” This chapter was mostly about Montag on the run. He found out that he had to burn his house because they found out he had books. He burned his house, and took a certain joy from it too. Then Beatty told Montag he was going to take him to jail, and trace the radio that was in his ear to catch Faber. Montag then turned, said “We never burned right…” and used the flamethrower on Beatty (Bradbury, 119.) Montag justified this by saying that Beatty had no fear of dying in his last moments, and using something Beatty said. “You always said, don’t face a problem, burn it” (Bradbury, 121.) After this, Montag is on the run. He then stumbles across the railroad where the intellectuals live who read books. Their plan is to pass on the tales and knowledge in books by telling stories to the generations to come. Then atomic bombs are dropped on the city Montag has just left. The men plan to rebuild the city, and Montag comes up with what he will say when they reach the city. It is something from the book he was in charge of remembering and it fit the situation. It says “And on either side of the river was there a tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations” (Bradbury, 165.) This was a good way to finish up the chapter and the book. Everybody that is in the city is now gone, and the people who lived on the railroad tracks are now what is left. Their plan can now be put into action of passing on the importance of books and knowledge. Montag has lost everyone he knew, or thought he knew, and now he is going to be part of a new society.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 2003. Print.
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