Society generally tends to influence its citizens. In the novel, “Fahrenheit 451”, by Ray Bradbury, Mildred is the wife of the main character, Guy Montag. People in this society--along with Mildred-- are self-centered, robotic, and unfeeling.
First, Mildred is self-centered. In other words, she only cares about herself. On page 50 of the text she states, “Tell him yourself!” when Montag asked her to call Captain Beatty and notify him that he wouldn’t be able to make it to work. Basically, this means that since it has nothing to do with her, it’s not her responsibility. On page 46 she also responded with, “That’s my family,” whenever he asked her to turn off the parlor. This illustrates how she simply doesn’t seem to care if it doesn’t involve her. Both of these quotes demonstrate just how self-centered she actually is. On page 56 Captain Beatty explains, “You must understand civilization is so vast, can’t have minorities upset and stirred.” This shows us that maybe the reason behind her self-centered mindset is because society has molded everyone to believe that if you only worry about yourself, you would cause no problems. …show more content…
On page 46 of the text she states, “I’ll turn it down,” when Montag once again asked her to turn off the parlor. This shows that she listens to commands, and usually does as she’s told. She’s also humming constantly in the book. When you consistently do something over and over again, it’s usually grown into a routine. In this case, her constant humming causes her to seem robotic and as a routine. On page 53 Captain Beatty states, “Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything bang, boff, wow!”. Relatively speaking, this quote means that life is a routine. SInce Mildred is use to humming and doing as she’s told, it’s become a routine. Doing the same things repeatedly causes you to seem like a machine or a robot who does things over and over. This is how Mildred grows to seem