When Captain Beatty pays Montag a house visit, he tells Montag that the book-burning firemen are “custodians of our peace of mind,” protecting people from the pain and suffering that books can unleash. What is it about literature that can lead to conflict and strife? Analyze the excerpts from Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart, both of which offer different perspectives of the African continent from colonial and pre-colonial perspectives, then use your reflections as a case study for Beatty’s argument. How can reading two unique perspectives yield conflicting feelings about history and its opposing groups? What is the value in reading multiple perspectives on a subject or experience? Explain.