As I continue reading Montag starts showing his curious side. He stole a Bible from one of the houses that they were called to burn down. The house, in which, the lady gave up her life to stay with her books. Montag is fighting his conscience in this situation. He knows it’s wrong to have the book in his possession but he figures if a lady gave up her life for her books, then there must be something worth reading inside. I have just recently read that he has obtained many books over the pass year from fires. Mildred was appalled when she found out about all the books he had been collecting over the pass year. He begged and pleaded for her not to burn them. He said “If you love me at all you’ll put up with this, twenty-four, forty-eight hours, that’s all I ask, then it’ll be over, I promise, I swear! And if there is something here, just one little thing out of a whole mess of things, maybe we can pass it on to someone else (Bradbury, 66, 67).” I’m quiet glad that Montag has turned out to be such an independent character so far. At first he started out just like all of the others until he met Clarisse. She opened him up to help see the details that no one else notices. She also left him thoughtful and full of questions that he now wants to figure out on his own. I am hoping that he will find something very interesting in these books that will help get the great word of books out to people across the country. I also hope that Mildred keeps the books a secret since she is completely opposing the books.
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