After Montag leaves Faber's house, he is determined to scare the hell out of Mildred and her superficial friends by making them confront reality. Mrs. Bowles is opposed to Montag reading poetry and says, "We can't do that!" (Bradbury 95). Mildred explains that once a year firemen can take home one book to show their family how silly literature is. She asks Montag to read a poem, and Montag reads "Dover Beach" by...
After Montag leaves Faber's house, he is determined to scare the hell out of Mildred and her superficial friends by making them confront reality. Mrs. Bowles is opposed to Montag reading poetry and says, "We can't do that!" (Bradbury 95). Mildred explains that once a year firemen can take home one book to show their family how silly literature is. She asks Montag to read a poem, and Montag reads "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold. After he reads the poem, Mrs. Phelps breaks down and begins to cry. Mrs. Bowles reacts out of anger and yells at Montag for reading the "silly awful hurting words" (Bradbury 97). Montag proceeds to insult the women about their superficial, wasted lives, and threatens to kick them out of the door. When the women leave, Mildred is silent and refuses to respond when Montag calls her.
Mildred and her friends would turn Montag into the police for several reasons. The first being that Montag has a book of poetry in his possession which is illegal in Bradbury's dystopian society. The second being that he is attempting to express intellectual views to emotionally assault Mildred and her friends. One of the main reasons why the government chose to censor books is because the populace was upset at authors for criticizing society and their immoral life decisions. Montag is essentially criticizing the women for their worthless lifestyle which would be another reason they would call the police on him.
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