Blog #3: Climax

What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?

The climax of the Fahrenheit 451 was when Guy Montag killed Captain Beatty with the fire hose. This event is the climax of the Fahrenheit 451 since it was the point with no return. Guy Montag could not go back to time he killed the captain Beatty and save his life. Once he killed him, he could not remove his history of the murder. There was a fire alarm saying that the books had found. And the “fire fighters” went to the place where the fire alarm rang. However, the Montag’s wife betrayed Montag and turned him to the fire station. Mildred was so addicted to the media and thought the TV was her family that she turned him in to the government. In addition, after caught by captain Beatty, Beatty told Montag to burn his own house. However, Montag refused and had some conflict and Beatty punched Montag’s face and the green earplug fell off which the Faber was talking to him. Beatty held up the gun, about to pull the trigger, Montag sprayed fire all over Beatty. Beatty twisted like a squid and lay silently. I loved the quote he mentioned when he killed the captain. “You always said, don’t face the problem, burn it. Well, now I have done both. Good bye” (pg 121, line26) He now burned the Captain who was his problem. He killed him for his freedom. However, once he killed the captain, the mechanical Hounds were chasing after him and he could not go back to the city and live a life he used to live yesterday. That is why I chose the event for the climax. It was the point with no return, and point with highest tension. When I read the climax, I was very happy, since Montag got rid of his “problems” but somewhat nervous since he had to face other “problems” while running away from the “Hounds”. I know murder is bad but to get rid of the "problem" it was the good one ^^.