Fahrenheit 451-Q. 2 (cont.)

Besides the causes there were gains and losses that went along with the conflict. As I had said before the conflict was Montag wanting to read books and being punished or Montag not reading books and being curious the rest of his life. The choice for Montag to make was pretty obvious to me since the options aren't evenly weighted.

Some of the gains for Montag if taking the first option I stated, which was him reading books and being punished and possibly killed in the process of becoming more knowledgeable are more knowledge and not regretting not doing it the rest of his life, being able to understand books and comprehend what people were saying easier, and all around smarts that he would see an increase in daily. The gains I said weren't the only ones, but they were the best I could think of. If I were Montag, my decision would have been difficult to make too. It was hard for him to give up everything simply to gain knowledge about different things.

Some of the losses that were in for Montag to discover were his wife, his house, everyone he knew, his job, his freedom, and quite possibly his life. The decision Montage had to make would mean risking a lot of things and giving up even more. I found it brave of him to choose to give up everything in order to learn more about books. It was definitely the correct choice yet the wrong choice at the same time either way he went. I liked the way he did choose which was predictable because if he did not there wouldn't have been a good story. In the end I think that Montag was content with his decision and happy that he did choose that path. In the end there is no going back so just deal with it and think back about everything positive in life and about the decision.