Hi, Im new here but just finished the book. thought provoking for sure. Could anyone offer their opinion on Captain Beatty, I am confused by the character. He is so well read, and quite obviously a "thinker" so why is he so contemptuous of books? i thought he was envious of Montag in one way. Is he part of an elite educated faction of an informed government who, to be able to control the masses, have to be programmed themselves to think certain ways or is he a free thinker with a personality disorder or psychotic? any thoughts pls?
