Fahrenheit 451 Page #5

ONLY ONCE BEFORE HAVE I SEEN

SO MANY BOOKS IN ONE PLACE.

I WAS JUS AN ORDINARY FIREMAN

AT THE TIME.

I WASN'T EVEN QUALIFIED

TO USE THE FLAMETHROWER.

IT'S ALL OURS, MONTAG.

LISTEN TO ME, MONTAG.

ONCE TO EACH FIREMAN,

AT LEAST ONCE IN HIS CAREER,

HE JUST ITCHES:

TO KNOW WHAT THESE

BOOKS ARE ALL ABOUT.

HE JUST ACHES TO KNOW.

ISN'T THAT SO ?

TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, MONTAG,

THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

THE BOOKS HAVE NOTHING

TO SAY !

LOOK, THESE ARE ALL NOVELS.

ALL ABOUT PEOPLE

THAT NEVER EXISTED.

THE PEOPLE THAT READ THEM,

IT MAKES THEM UNHAPPY

WITH THEIR OWN LIVES,

MAKES THEM WAN TO LIVE IN OTHER WAYS

THAT CAN NEVER REALLY BE.

[ Glass Shattering ]

WHAT'S HAPPENING ?

THIS HOUSE IS CONDEMNED.

THEY SAID TO BURN THE BOOKS

HERE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

BURNING THE HOUSE IS ONE THING.

BURNING THE BOOKS IS ANOTHER,

ISN'T IT ?

IT'S NEVER ANY GOOD

BURNING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

COME ON, MONTAG.

ALL THIS PHILOSOPHY,

LET'S GET RID OF IT.

IT'S EVEN WORSE

THAN THE NOVELS.

THINKERS, PHILOSOPHERS,

ALL OF THEM SAYING EXACTLY

THE SAME THING:

"ONLY I AM RIGHT.

THE OTHERS ARE ALL IDIOTS."

ONE CENTURY, THEY TELL YOU

MAN'S DESTINY IS PREDETERMINED.

THE NEXT, THEY SAY THA HE HAS FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER

OF FASHION, THAT'S ALL.

PHILOSOPHY.

JUST LIKE:

SHORT DRESSES THIS YEAR,

LONG DRESSES NEXT YEAR.

LOOK.

ALL STORIES OF THE DEAD.

BIOGRAPHY THAT'S CALLED.

AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

MY LIFE. MY DIARY.

MY MEMOIRS.

MY INTIMATE MEMOIRS.

OF COURSE,

WHEN THEY STARTED OUT,

IT WAS JUST THE URGE TO WRITE.

THEN AFTER THE SECOND OR

THIRD BOOK, ALL THEY WANTED

WAS TO SATISFY THEIR OWN VANITY,

TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD,

TO BE DIFFERENT,

TO BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN

ON ALL THE OTHERS.

AH,CRITIC'S PRIZE.

THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

OF COURSE, HE HAD THE CRITICS

ON HIS SIDE. LUCKY FELLOW.

JUST TELL ME THIS, MONTAG,

AT A GUESS,

HOW MANY LITERARY AWARDS

WERE MADE IN THIS COUNTRY,

ON AN AVERAGE EACH YEAR ?

FIVE, TEN, FORTY ? HMM ?

NO LESS THAN 1,200.

ANYBODY THAT PU PEN TO PAPER WAS BOUND

TO WIN SOME PRIZE SOMEDAY.

AH,ROBINSON CRUSOE.

THE NEGROES DIDN'T LIKE THA BECAUSE OF HIS MAN, FRIDAY.

AND NIETZSCHE. AH, NIETZSCHE.

THE JEWS DIDN'T LIKE NIETZSCHE.

NOW, HERE'S A BOOK

ABOUT LUNG CANCER.

ALL THE CIGARETTE SMOKERS GO INTO A PANIC, SO FOR EVERYBODY'S

PEACE OF MIND, WE BURN IT.

AH, NOW THIS ONE

MUST BE VERY PROFOUND.

THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE.

NOW ANYBODY THAT READ THA MUST BELIEVE HE'S A CUT ABOVE

ANYBODY THAT HADN'T.

YOU SEE, IT'S NO GOOD, MONTAG.

WE'VE ALL GOT TO BE ALIKE.

THE ONLY WAY TO BE HAPPY IS

FOR EVERYONE TO BE MADE EQUAL.

SO, WE MUST BURN THE BOOKS,

MONTAG.

ALL THE BOOKS.

[ Fabian ]

SIR.

YES, WHAT'S THE MATTER ?

TROUBLE WITH THE OLD LADY

DOWNSTAIRS.

SHE WON'T LEAVE.

SHE WON'T LEAVE HER BOOKS,

SHE SAYS.

[ Captain Laughs ]

SHE WON'T LEAVE HER BOOKS,

WON'T SHE ? WON'T SHE ?

COME ON NOW, MADAM.

WE'RE GONNA BURN THE HOUSE.

NO.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ?

MARTYRDOM ?

I WANT TO DIE AS I'VE LIVED.

OH, YOU MUST HAVE

READ THAT IN THERE.

I'M NOT GOING

TO ASK YOU AGAIN.

ARE YOU GOING ?

THESE BOOKS WERE ALIVE.

THEY SPOKE TO ME.

GO AHEAD.

[ Lamp Shatters ]

[ Captain ] ALL RIGHT,

THAT'S ENOUGH. COME ON,

MADAM, YOU'VE GOT TEN SECONDS.

FABIAN, TEN COUNT.

ONE.

TWO. THREE.

FOUR. FIVE.

SIX. SEVEN.

[ Chuckles ]

EIGHT.

- NINE.

- NINE ELEVENS ARE NINETY-NINE.

NINE TWELVES:

ARE A HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

NINE THIRTEENS ARE A HUNDRED

AND SEVENTEEN. [ Continues ]

SHE CAN'T STAY HERE.

SHE REFUSES TO LEAVE.

LOOK OUT.

SHE MUST BE FORCED

TO LEAVE.

[ Captain ]

BACK THERE ! OPEN UP !

EVERYBODY, OUTSIDE !

COME ON,

YOU TOO, MONTAG !

MONTAG !

GET OUT OF THERE !

MONTAG !

COME ON, THIS WAY !

MONTAG !

MONTAG !

FINALLY,

DO REMEMBER TO TOLERATE

YOUR FRIENDS' FRIENDS,

HOWEVER ALIEN AND PECULIAR

THEY MAY SEEM TO YOU.

DON'T DESPISE MINORITIES.

DOESN'T COUSIN MIDGE'S

FACE LOOK SWOLLEN ?

THAT'S BECAUSE

SHE'S PREGNANT.

IS THAT WHY ?

[ TV Continues ]

I THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE

TO HAVE CHILDREN.

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO HAVE

CHILDREN, JACKIE. THEY

CAN'T LET THE RACE DIE OUT.

BABIES GROW UP:

TO LOOK LIKE YOU.

THAT MUST BE FUN.

STRANGLE VIOLENCE.

SUPPRESS PREJUDICE.

HERE'S MONTAG.

BE TOLERANT TODAY.

REMEMBER:

BEING JUST PRETTY

IS NOT ENOUGH.

THE WIFE WHO USES TRANSLUSIVES

KNOWS BETTER THAN THAT.

TRY SOME TODAY, BUT WATCH OU FOR YOUR FRIENDS' HUSBANDS.

THEY'LL BE AROUND YOU

LIKE FLIES.

[ TV Continues, Indistinct ]

[ TV Continues,

Indistinct ]

NO ONE WILL EVER NOTICE

THAT YOUR CHAIRS DON'T MATCH,

AND YOU'LL BE

AS POPULAR AS EVER.

[ TV Continues,

Indistinct ]

[ Linda ]

WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME ?

YES, I LIKE HER HAIR

LIKE THIS.

COME ON, MONTAG,

BE GOOD NOW.

[ TV Continues ]

COME ON OVER AND SIT WITH US.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN JACKIE

AND DORIS AND HELEN FOR AGES.

IT'S VERY RUDE,

YOU KNOW.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

AREN'T YOU WELL ?

ALL RIGHT,

BUT IT'S VERY NAUGHTY.

[ TV Continues, Indistinct ]

...ARE BEING RECLASSIFIED.

TWO CELLS OF ANTISOCIALS

WERE LOCATED EARLIER TODAY...

IN THE WESTERN:

METROPOLITAN AREA.

THE POLICE HAVE DECLINED

TO COMMENT SO FAR.

MEANWHILE, THE "REPORT THOSE

WHO THREATEN YOU" CAMPAIGN...

MET WITH PARTICULAR

SUCCESS TODAY--

WHEN AN OLD WOMAN, COUSINS,

CHOSE TO BE BURNED

WITH HER BOOKS RATHER THAN

BEING SEPARATED FROM THEM.

IF THAT'S A JOKE,

IT'S NOT IN VERY GOOD TASTE.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK

THAT, WOULDN'T YOU ?

DON'T BE SILLY, MONTAG.

THINGS LIKE THA DON'T HAPPEN.

YOU MEAN, YOU DON' WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

I SAW IT !

MY HUSBAND SAYS--

OH, YOUR HUSBAND ! YOU DON' EVEN KNOW WHERE HE IS !

MONTAG !

OF COURSE I KNOW.

HE'S BEEN CALLED ON RESERVE

FOR SOME FIELD TRAINING.

OR TO FIGHT A LITTLE WAR.

YOU NEVER KNOW,

DO YOU ?

WHY DO YOU:

CALL IT THAT ?

EVEN IF HE WAS,

WHAT ABOUT IT ?

HE'S NO ALLOWED TO CALL ME

UNTIL IT'S ALL OVER.

IT'LL ONLY BE

ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO.

HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

THE POINT ABOUT WARS IS,

IF YOU WANT TO CALL

THEM THAT,

IT'S ONLY OTHER WOMEN'S

HUSBANDS WHO GET KILLED.

THAT'S TRUE.

I NEVER KNEW ANYONE

WHO GOT KILLED IN A--

NOT ANYONE WHOSE HUSBAND

DIED LIKE THAT.

GETTING RUN OVER,

JUMPING OUT OF A WINDOW,

YES.

LIKE GLORIA'S HUSBAND

A FEW NIGHTS AGO.

BUT NEVER:

THAT OTHER WAY.

ANYWAY, THAT'S LIFE,

ISN'T IT ?

THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL IT.

YOU'RE NOTHING

BUT ZOMBIES, ALL OF YOU.

JUST LIKE THOSE HUSBANDS

OF YOURS YOU DON' EVEN KNOW ANYMORE.

YOU'RE NOT LIVING,

YOU'RE JUST KILLING TIME !

WELL, I THINK

IT'S TIME TO GO.

YES, I--

THANK YOU.

IT WAS A LOVELY:

AFTERNOON.

REALLY FUN.

YES.

[ Montag ]

SIT DOWN !

- COME ON, SIT DOWN.

IT'LL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE.

- WHATEVER IS THAT ?

DARLING.

IT'S NOT A BOOK ?

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A NOVEL.

OH, IT'S A BOOK !

OH, YOU MUSTN'T !

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW !

- QUIET. SIT DOWN AND LISTEN.

- SINCE MONTAG REALLY INSISTS.

BUT WHEN HE'S THROUGH,

I HOPE WE CAN DO AS WE PLEASE.

[ Montag Reading ]

"THERE CAN BE NO DISPARITY

IN MARRIAGE...

"LIKE UNSUITABILITY

OF MIND AND PURPOSE.

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