Fahrenheit 451
Who is Captain Beatty in Fahrenheit 451?
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Captain Beatty, runs the fire-house where Montag works. He is the antagonist of the novel. Captain Beatty is a tragic and paradoxical figure who loves books but also is obsessed with destroying the, This conflict eventually becomes Beatty's undoing.