The third section of the novel is the most suspenseful and exciting part of the whole story itself. A minute Montag burns down his own house. Then, he burns down Captain Beatty! All of Montag's emotions and feelings toward the society must have built up and caused his outrageous action. Reading the part where he blasts the flames onto Beatty, I cheered happily for Montag.
However, consequences soon arrive...
Montag was chased down by cops, other firemen, and another Mechanical Hound. Everyone in the city was looking for him, and how is he going to manage that!? Luckily, Montag escapes to Faber's house, and he acquires some tips and old clothes from him. He ran toward a railroad track and got the Mechanical Hound sniffing the wrong way. Thankfully, Montag meets a man named Granger. Granger gives Montag a liquid to drink that will alter Montag's chemical index of his perspiration. The police, on the other side, finds a scapegoat and kills that guy and announced him as "Montag."
Next, Montag is introduced to three other men. Granger explains that each one of them have a story memorized in their minds. He describes how he will pass the story down to the next generations if needed, or he will offer the newly reformed society the knowledge of the books.
Montag is the "back-up copy" of the Book of Ecclesiastes. All of a sudden, bombs start dropping down, and the earth starts to shake. After the aftershock, the men have breakfast and set off to the city to help the survivors rebuild their new society/new homes.
Ray Bradbury did a very good job in ending this book. He is a great author who had made the climax of the story very appealing. I believe Montag had did the right thing from the very start, though he had had some regrets in the middle of his journey. Clarisse and Faber had made a huge impact to their society because they were the ones who had influenced and helped Montag in reforming the society. They are the "heroes" of the book.
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