Fahrenheit 451 Double Fool

“Who are a little wise the best fools be” pg 107

The origin is a poem called “The Triple Fool written by John Donne. The overall subject of the poem was that the author thought he was a fool for falling in love with a woman and then writing a poem about her. This symbolizes love, in Fahrenheit 451, because Montag is a fool for falling for Mildred because she doesn't show him the love he deserves. This impacts the conversation because Beatty thinks Montag is a fool for reading books.

“Sweet food of sweetly uttered revenge” pg 108

This quote is found in a poetic theory titled “The Defence of Poesy” by Sir Philip Sidney. The writing is also know as “An Apologie for Poetrie”, the overall message is around poor poetry. It is important to

The message is saying that he is being arrogant and only thinks for himself. It relates to the theme of trust in Fahrenheit 451 because it is saying the opposite; Beatty is saying that any body can contort somebody's words and make it for their own benefit. This quote impacts the conversation because arguing himself by saying this.

“The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose” (109)

As the last two, this quote is from the play “The Merchant of Venice”. The origin is ironic because it says the devil quotes scripture, which is a religious thing to do. The message relates to the book because the quote is saying how people will use lies to persuade people to take their side. The conversation is impacted because Beatty is trying to make Montag confused by lying about how books are not acceptable.

“This age thinks better of gilded fool than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school!” (109).

This quote is found in the play called “Old Fortunatus” by Thomas Dekker, the quote is saying that people that have larger amount of luck are better than people with knowledge. It relates to Fahrenheit 451 because Beatty is saying that Montag relies more on looks then he does intelligence. It makes an impact because Beatty is again making a false assumption about