today in this dystopian novel, Montags curiosity begins sparking into infatuation when he ponders upon what could be locked away in these treasures thats to die for; literally. During a conversation with his nugatory shell of a wife: Mildred, Montag tried to explain to her on how he's beginning to realize that these books that he has been burning are so much more than just illegal objects that defy the government, the authors spent endless amounts of time putting their hearts and minds into these works of art; and then he and his merry firemen come along and turn them to dust with a marinade of kerosine and the click of a button.

Beatty stopped by later that evening to check on Montags well being. one thing led to another until beatty saw fit to answer Montags previous question; something like: "did firemen always burn houses?". what i gathered as a whole was that books and culture used to be a huge part of life, but then it began to become dumbed down as the population grew and people actually had thoughts. books began to get super short and society banned them before they were illegal to begin with (not literally, no one read them as if they were; though). the government then cracked down on everyone to make the people happy as a whole, which as we talked with the Professor today, thats not always the best way to go about solving problems.