In the novel, “Fahrenheit 451”, by Ray Bradbury, Beatty is convinced that society is content without the knowledge obtained from books as it is a potential threat to the government and capital. As technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure appears, books start to be ignored and change the perspective in society. The information contained inside the books help solve the nuances of life, therefore, “firefighters” start to burn them to hide the negative effects. Beatty believes that the current society and culture prioritizes pleasure and happiness. All the books are “loaded [guns]” (pg 56) as it rather “kills” society than saving it from Beatty’s perspective. Books are represented as being offensive and burning them gives “serenity… peace” (pg 57). Beatty calls Clarisse “a time bomb” (pg 57) as it is unpredictable to when she would begin to change people’s minds against the government. Beatty thinks that filling people’s minds with “non-combustible data” (pg 58) to let them get a “sense of motion without moving’ (pg 58) is better than philosophy or sociology as it disrupts their thoughts instead. He feels that everyone should be equal without feeling “bestial and lonely” (pg 58). He states that people like Clarisse are making “everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought” (pg 59) as he has experienced reading books himself. In contrast to Montag, Beatty has no interest in saving the book as he thinks there is no significance and meaning that connects with the citizens. The current society needs to live in peace without any conflict and unpleasant feelings, so reading books only offends the reader with no positive impact. Books are depicted as being dangerous and futile as it is an act of hostility to conformity.