The war. It began and ended in a few seconds. The war was the death for thousands all over the world, and while Montag describes the last few seconds of Mildred’s life, he may as well have been describing the death of almost all of the inhabitants of their city. Mildred and Montag had an interesting relationship, one that parallels that of the relationship between the people of the city, and those such as …showed first 75 words of 580 total…

…showed last 75 words of 580 total…uncomfortable at the fact that he would not miss Mildred, and Granger said that he did not miss his grandfather, he missed the beautiful things he did, and how he will be remembered because he left something behind. This is possibly what the city inhabitants realized when they looked at those empty faces. They will not be missed, because they did no beautiful things, and they will not be remembered, for they left nothing behind.