"'Idiots, swine!' Bernard Marx was saying to himself..." (55). Bernard realizes what a hoax this whole society is. He, unlike others, knows that what is happening, shouldn't. His thinking is similar to Montag's from Fahrenheit 451. Montag also understands that the sort of totalitarian government is not correct. However, different from Montag, Bernard is fine with being quiet and not speaking out against the government. Montag eventually does speak out. However, both go against the government in other ways. Montag reads books and thinks for himself. Whereas Bernard doesn't take much soma and talks to others about his point of view. Both show the reader a new way of thinking as well.