Answer this question from the perspective of Captain Beatty. Give the type of answer you think he would give – use quotes and other details from the book in your answer. Write a thoughtful answer – reread the section where Beatty and Montag talk to one another if you have to.
Is it better to be ignorant and happy OR is it better to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world?
Captain Beatty would say it's better to be ignorant and happy then to be aware, educated and disturbed. This is because, as Beatty says, you dread the unfamiliar. "With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be." He thinks everyone must be alike and made equal. His basc opinion is that it's all a waste and that there is no point in doing it so why do it? Also, that everyone is happy now so why change their ways of living right now.
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