Fahrenheit 451- reflection question

When Beatty goes to visit montag he says "Montag take my word for it I've had to read a few in my life time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing ! Nothing you can teach or believe". beatty has read books before but has not been punished because he is like the chief and also because maybe the people don't know. beatty might not like books because he doesn't understand what they are saying he doesn't know what is the meaning of writing books he reads books and does not get the theme. This society accept not reading books because they do what ever they tell them to do.