Blog#5: The passage

Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you.
Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries
In addition, comment on what you think about the passage.

“So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.” (pg 58, line 29)
Captain Beatty spoke this quote when he was telling Montag why books are bad. Reason why I chose this quote is, the Quote from Captain Beatty appealed very strongly to me. As you see in the text, it gave unique symbol of the books, the guns. However, this quote gave me an idea about Beatty is a hypocrite. From this book, I can tell that Captain Beatty also has books and read it before. It is interesting that books are loaded guns. What do people use to wipe out all the guns? They use guns to wipe out the guns in the world. People carry handguns, to protect themselves from gunshots. What do you see on TV when there is a robber who has a handgun that can blow citizens’ head? Yes, police use gun to protect the citizens. Moreover, the quote from the movie Training Day clearly states, “to wipe out all the drugs, we the cops have to know the drugs and know how to enjoy the drugs.” Isn’t it so ironic that people use same matter to wipe out the same thing? So for sure, I know that Captain Beatty read books to wipe out all the books in their society. It is so ironic that, we have to use the “bad” objects to wipe out the “bad” objects.