Dover Beach

In Fahrenheit 451, Montag reads a poem to his wife and her friends called Dover Beach. This poem may not seem like a big topic of this book, but it truly is. One of the reasons for this is because it caused Mrs. Phelps to break down and cry, which is something people never do in their society. But why did it make her cry? What stuck with her and got her thinking? I think it made her think about the society in the poem, and the society in which they live in. I believe that she understands how messed up the society has become, and she cries. Then she says she doesn't know why she is crying, which could be true, but it could also be because she didn't want the others to know how she truly felt about the society. This could be interpreted in many different ways, but I personally think she was lying about not knowing why she was crying. I think she knew what the poem meant, and she finally understands.