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Tyrant, an absolute ruler who governs without restrictions. In the novels, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tyrants are played by the characters of Captain Beatty, and Jack respectively. Through character development, society, and foil characters, the reality of the man behind the mask is brought to life. Through a disturbed society and a state of savagery, ruthless control can be instilled over an individual. There are many faces within one individual. When the reader was first introduced to Captain Beatty in Fahrenheit 451 , he was a captain, in the local fire department. We thought he was a good friend to his peers. However, this fire department did the total opposite of what firemen do now. The system was simple, everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag was a fireman along with Captain Beatty. After encounters with a teenage girl Clarisse, Guy questions his role in society, and wonders if what he’s doing is right. Beatty senses this, but thinks Guy would never hurt him. Beatty provokes Montag, he tries to reassure him of what he is doing is right. Beatty calls books dangerous weapons, yet he uses his own book learning to manipulate Montag cruelly. When Montag was sick, Beatty talked of the knowledge in literature. “ Magazines became a nice blend of vanilla tapioca. Books, so the damned snobbish critics said, were dishwater” ( Bradbury, 1950, pg 57). He made Montag yearn to read by using the book as a weapon of mind games.
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Title: tyrant
Words: 1257
Rating: None
Pages: 5
submitted by: barn101
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