part three of Fahrenheit 451 is called burning bright and it takes its name from Romantic poet William Blake's iconic poem the tiger whose first lines are Tiger Tiger burning bright in the forests of the night as the chapter begins captain Beatty notices Montague looking at Clarice's house he mocks Clarice for being a do-gooder whose 1 talent is making others feel guilty Mildred leaves montague and her home in a cab Montague calls her asking if she put in the alarm she doesn't reply only moaning about her poor TV family Faber tries to talk to Montague through
his earpiece but it's too chaotic Montague feels stuck in place even though Faber is urging him to run Beatty demands Montague burned down his own house and tells him when he's done he's under arrest Montague torches his house with a flamethrower he realizes that his wife is the one that turned him in Bailey confirms it was indeed Mildred and her friends Beatty quizzes Montague on why he took books and then he hit him over the head the ear piece falls out Beatty tells him that they'll track down the person on the other end Montague flicks
off the safety switch on his flamethrower Beatty doesn't protest instead continuing to mock Montague Montague sets baby on fire and knocks two other firemen unconscious The Hound attacked Monty injecting his leg with a paralytic chemicals Montague sets the Hound on fire - and with his leg numb begins to make his escape once again the duality of fire as something illuminating but also destructive is highlighted Beatty's death also is a highlight a contrast between he and Montague Beatty's objection to literature is that the contradiction can cause conflict he rejects the intellect needed to question text and
draw one's own conclusions from reading books when Montag flicks off the safety switch on the flamethrower Beatty doesn't respond with fear but by taunting Montag calling him a secondhand literature the thinkers will rise up and assert their power and we see here that Montag has crossed a line he can never come back from his illumination has led to the destruction of those firemen who have been so oppressive and who he has blindly reinforced you
