Beatty wanted to die. in the middle of the crying montag knew it for the truth. beatty had wanted to die. he had just stood there, not really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking, needling, thought montag, and the thought was enough to stifle his sobbing and let him pause for air. how strange, strange, to want to die so much that you let a man walk around armed and then instead of shutting up and staying alive, you go on yelling at people and making fun of them until you get them mad, and meaning

The way i analyzed the passage from this book is that well we know Beatty is a knowledgeable man because throughout the novel he recited many quotes from books yet it was very different since Beatty always advocates to get rid of books, so how was he so knowledgeable and able to recite many quotes? the truth is Beatty read books and in order to stay alive in a society like this he had to burn them, he wanted to die because he saw what the world was becoming and saw that it was a world without books, so why would he want to live in one at all while Guy could just kill him right then and there

Ithink the answer is d. the lower appellate and trial courts in the state.