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Explain Why We Should Not Be Punished For Montag's Crimes

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Montag has been brought before the court to be discussed on whether he is innocent or guilty and should be punished for crimes against society. Montag has been wrongly accused of crimes that are harmful to society. These ‘crimes’ have not affected the society as a whole but mainly himself and his mind. To be brutally honest, this society would not care much at all for the fact that Montag had books or murdered someone, for this happens many times in this society and has not been disciplined or recognized as a felonious and a punishable crime. Montag is innocent and should not be punished for crimes that only affected him.
According to the prosecutors, Montag is guilty of crimes that he should be punished for because he is a danger, anarchist, criminal, and corrupted. The people prosecuting Montag say that he is a criminal, for apparently holding books in his home which were hidden, not harming anyone or anything. This apparently, is against the law, to keep a book, which is literally just media but written down. Not only does the prosecution have a fallacious argument that Montag is a criminal, but the prosecution also thinks he is an anarchist, for thinking on his own. The prosecutors suggest that he is trying to …show more content…

His name was Faber, and when he finally lost his fear of Montag, he talked in a cadenced voice, looking at the sky and the trees and the green part, and when an hour had passed he said something to Montag and Montag sensed it was a rhymeless poem. Then the old man grew even more courageous and said something else and that was a poem, too. Faber held his hand over his left coat pocket and spoke these words gently and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man’s coat. But he did not reach out. (Bradbury

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