Explanation:
Montag killed Beatty in Ray Bradbury’s novel as a culmination of his internal conflict between conformity and individuality. Beatty, the fire chief, symbolizes the oppressive regime that enforces censorship and burns books to suppress independent thought. Montag’s act of killing Beatty represents his final rejection of this conformity-driven society, as he chooses to embrace knowledge, free thinking, and resistance against the oppressive system.