Being a fireman, Montag knows the rules about having books, let alone read them. Why would he want to let down his coworkers, and the women he “loves”. He already got shot down when he tried to question their work, trying to explain that once upon a time firemen put out fires instead of start them, but before he could even start Beatty shut him down saying “what kind of talk is that” (p.31). When Montag comes home to his wife he knows that she will be disappointed in him if she sees him with the book in his hands. So has he jumps into bed, he shoves the cold book under his cold
Being a fireman, Montag knows the rules about having books, let alone read them. Why would he want to let down his coworkers, and the women he “loves”. He already got shot down when he tried to question their work, trying to explain that once upon a time firemen put out fires instead of start them, but before he could even start Beatty shut him down saying “what kind of talk is that” (p.31). When Montag comes home to his wife he knows that she will be disappointed in him if she sees him with the book in his hands. So has he jumps into bed, he shoves the cold book under his cold