This passage from Fahrenheit 451 is the most informative section of the book, it talks about the state of the world in the book. Some of the main themes of this book and this passage are technology and modernization, as most of society is controlled by technology, wisdom and knowledge, as Guy Montag inherits knowledge from multiple people in the book, in this section it was Captain Beatty who gave him the knowledge. Captain Beatty goes to Guy's house, because he didn't go to work that day. He didn't go to work because he recently burned a house with many books together with an old woman. Guy wonders why they have to burn houses with books and is shocked that he killed a woman. Then Captain Beatty came to tell him about it. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Technology plays a really important role in this story and this passage. In this passage Beatty talks about how technology eventually got rid of all books because in books people rely on television for happiness, as he mentions elsewhere in the book. This is also demonstrated when Beatty states that “technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure did the trick (to finish the books)” (Bradbury 55). Beatty tells Guy that technology is one of the main reasons why books no longer exist. The guy knows this because his wife always watches TV. This shows that technology is one of the main reasons why the government is manipulating everyone and is very important to the overall plot of the novel. The imagery of the passage is very prominent and essential for Captain Beatty to speak to Guy about the state of the world. In the novel he uses idioms, hyperbole, and many other forms of figurative language. An example of this is when Beatty tells Guy that "But the public, knowing what they wanted, happily rolls around, lets the comics survive." (55). The figurative language used in this sentence is “happily spinning” (55) and this is hyperbole. The exaggerated thing is the fact that people were happy. But using hyperbole in this case is effective because it tells Guy that the people were very happy and glad that the books stopped selling, so it intensifies the fact that they were happy. The syntax and structure of certain sentences were very crucial to convince the reader and Guy, because the things Beatty tells them are true and apply to the majority of the population. When Guy asks Beatty why firefighters are needed, he responds with "With the school producing more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, thieves, flyers and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers and imaginative creators, the word "intellectual "', of course, became the dirty word it deserved to be. (55). He listed a lot of people which tricks the reader and, perhaps, Guy into thinking that those are a lot of people. It helps Beatty convince Guy and the reader that everyone is happy with the state of the world now. Keep in mind: this is just an example. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now. So, overall, the annotated page has a good representation of the Fahrenheit 451 book in general. Throughout the book there is a major theme related to technology, the use of figurative language to heighten the meaning of certain things in the book, and the use of syntax and sentence structure to manipulate the reader into believing that the population wanted to be in the situation he was in. they are present in this moment without any manipulation.