Fahrenheit 451

May you please write a short analysis fro this quote?

"Beatty was not really trying to save himself . . . joking, [and] needling."

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Beatty wanted to die. His conflicted soul was eating away at him. He loved books and he also hated them. He was a product of new society. He supported society and he loathed it at the same time. Beatty could not handle this clash of values and intelligence. He wanted Montag to kill him.