1. Do you believe, as Montag did, that Beatty wanted to die? If so, why do you think so? 

 

I think he realy did want to die because he gave montag a flamethrower and made him burn stuff  thats speacil to him. when he still had this weapon Beatty insulted him and didn't even try to talk him out of it, he just said he was going to find out who and where Fabor is. beatty knew this would set Montag over the edge. Beatty was making a situation where Montag would react violently. This shows that Beatty did not care about his life even when he had a good job working as the Fire Chief.

 

 

 

Once Montag becomes a violent revolutionary, why does the government purposely capture an innocent man in his place instead of tracking down the real Montag? Might the government believe that Montag is no longer a threat?

They use the scapegoat because they want people to forget about Montag as soon as possiable. If they did not have a scape goat Montag would be on peoples minds and they would want to follow what was happening with him. This might make people look into it deaper and they might find somthing the government does not want them to know. If Montag out smarted the government it might make people question the government. We dont know if they are going to keep looking for him or just stop since they killed the scapegoat.