:57:02
LISTEN TO ME, MONTAG.
:57:04
ONCE TO EACH FIREMAN,
AT LEAST ONCE IN HIS CAREER,
:57:07
HE JUST ITCHES
TO KNOW WHAT THESE
BOOKS ARE ALL ABOUT.
:57:09
HE JUST ACHES TO KNOW.
ISN'T THAT SO ?
:57:12
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, MONTAG,
THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
:57:16
THE BOOKS HAVE NOTHING
TO SAY !
:57:22
LOOK, THESE ARE ALL NOVELS.
:57:24
ALL ABOUT PEOPLE
THAT NEVER EXISTED.
:57:28
THE PEOPLE THAT READ THEM,
IT MAKES THEM UNHAPPY
WITH THEIR OWN LIVES,
:57:32
MAKES THEM WANT
TO LIVE IN OTHER WAYS
THAT CAN NEVER REALLY BE.
:57:39
[ Glass Shattering ]
WHAT'S HAPPENING ?
:57:41
THIS HOUSE IS CONDEMNED.
THEY SAID TO BURN THE BOOKS
HERE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
:57:44
BURNING THE HOUSE IS ONE THING.
BURNING THE BOOKS IS ANOTHER,
ISN'T IT ?
:57:47
IT'S NEVER ANY GOOD
BURNING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
:57:50
COME ON, MONTAG.
ALL THIS PHILOSOPHY,
LET'S GET RID OF IT.
:57:55
IT'S EVEN WORSE
THAN THE NOVELS.
:57:58
THINKERS, PHILOSOPHERS,
ALL OF THEM SAYING EXACTLY
THE SAME THING:
:58:00
"ONLY I AM RIGHT.
THE OTHERS ARE ALL IDIOTS."
:58:06
ONE CENTURY, THEY TELL YOU
MAN'S DESTINY IS PREDETERMINED.
:58:10
THE NEXT, THEY SAY THAT
HE HAS FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
:58:14
IT'S JUST A MATTER
OF FASHION, THAT'S ALL.
PHILOSOPHY.
:58:16
JUST LIKE
SHORT DRESSES THIS YEAR,
LONG DRESSES NEXT YEAR.
:58:21
LOOK.
ALL STORIES OF THE DEAD.
BIOGRAPHY THAT'S CALLED.
:58:26
AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
:58:31
MY LIFE. MY DIARY.
MY MEMOIRS.
:58:33
MY INTIMATE MEMOIRS.
:58:35
OF COURSE,
WHEN THEY STARTED OUT,
IT WAS JUST THE URGE TO WRITE.
:58:40
THEN AFTER THE SECOND OR
THIRD BOOK, ALL THEY WANTED
WAS TO SATISFY THEIR OWN VANITY,
:58:44
TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD,
TO BE DIFFERENT,
:58:47
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN
ON ALL THE OTHERS.
:58:49
AH,CRITIC'S PRIZE.
THIS IS A GOOD ONE.
:58:54
OF COURSE, HE HAD THE CRITICS
ON HIS SIDE. LUCKY FELLOW.