"It's perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did...It's a mystery...Its real beuty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences...clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic, practical."
This quote is found in the last section of the novel 'Burning Bright' on page 115.
These are the last words spoken to Montag outside his home before burning Beatty to death. Beatty accuses Montag of not considering the consequences of his actions. Beatty tells Montag that the beauty of fire has its ability to destory consequences and responsibilities. Montag soon turns Beatty's philosophy against him and imposes an "antibiotic, aesthetic, practical" death.
I chose this quote because it gave perception on what Beatty thought of fire. I get from this that Beatty is telling Montag that using fire in a situation, basically is taking the easy way out. If you don't want to do something, you can burn it and it will be gone and there's nothing you can do.
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12 years ago
This is an interesting quote, I feel that Beatty was trying to take the easy way out. Burning was his way of taking the easy way out. I feel that Montag recognized this and tried to stay away from this as much as possible
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