Montag begins to ponder upon the happiness, or lack there of, in the life of him and his wife, Mildred, which happens to be a terribly ugly name. when random men come to his house with stomach pumping machines transfuse Mildreds blood and pump her stomach, they have a conversation about this happening 9 to 10 times per night. The large amount of suicide attempts show that it is a very unhappy society, though when the self destructive victims awaken they have a loss of memory regarding incidents of the night before. A conversation between Montag and his wife also revealed that the pills they take have some sort of chemical compound in them which gets you "all dopey", so the people in this society are likely often high on downers, making life around them seem absent and like nothing at all. If they are unable to really feel, then they have no interest in objectifying being ridden by the government. Montag is beginning wake up and realize that all is not how it should be, and it seems to really be driving its way into his head.