Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

On page 116, "I want you to do this job all by your lonesome, montag. Not with kerosene and a match, but piecework, with a flame thrower. Your house, your cleanup." What does he mean by this?

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Beatty wants Montag to burn down his own house. He wants Montag to purge his own sins: he wants Montag to cleanse his deviant ways.

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