All 3 Uses of
consequence
in
Fahrenheit 451
- For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to me. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there are.
p. 109..0consequences = undesired effects
- By the time the consequences catch up with you, it's too late, isn't it, Montag?
p. 109..1consequences = unintended results of prior actions
- Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences. A problem gets too burdensome, then into the furnace with it. Now, Montag, you're a burden. And fire will lift you off my shoulders, clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later.
p. 109..5 *consequences = undesired effects
Definition:
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(consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)