The word independent mean is to not use other people help; not to depend on other people.
In question like this you need to provide context like in Fahrenheit 451 on page(ex) then ask. But Montag was mostly afraid that the captain would begin to notice that he was starting to question their ways and if burning the books is really the right thing to do.
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<em>China's <u>export-oriented industrial spasm,</u> powered largely by burning coal, has bequeathed it notoriously lethal air pollution, so much so that, according to one study, it contributes to the deaths of 1.6 million people per year (4,400 per day), or 17% of all deaths in the country.</em>
B. Battery
Battery is when you don't allow the patient to direct their own treatment or surgery.