Robby Treadwell
3/7/13
137-157
Period 4
Summary: Montag is being tracked down by the hounds. On Montag's journey to Faber's he sees a group of homeless people. Montag gets to know them and finds that they enjoy books as well. They watch on a tv a man walking down a street get killed by a hound and it seems to be Montag. While they continue to talk jets fly over their heads and bomb the whole city.
Quotation: "My wife, my wife. Poor Millie, poor, poor Millie. I can't remember anything. I think of her hands but I don't see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lay there on her lap or there's a cigarette in them, but that's all." (156)
Quotation Significance: This is a sad quote to read. I feel like Montag is starting to miss Mildred and he is starting to feel bad because he is thinking that this is all his fault. Montag also might be going a little bit crazy in the head from everything going on.
Reflection: I decided to read one more page after I finished page 157 because I really wanted to know what was going to happen! It was so sad to hear about the city getting completely bombed. It also seems like Montag is going some what crazy becomes when he is talking to the sky and telling Clarisse, and Mildred to run, even though Clarisse is dead. It also must have been hard for Montag to watch on tv himself. He was watching what was supposed to happen to him. I thought it was neat how Montag met the guys including Granger. You wouldn't think they were intelligent but you later find out they are.
Discussion Question: What do you think Faber is doing during all of this? Is he trying to help Montag?
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ReplyDeleteWhen you think about it, it's the mind that separates humans from animals. Humans have the ability to reason, to think deep thoughts, and to innovate and create based on those thoughts. The society of Fahrenheit 451 basically banned the one function that made man able to adapt, so it was doomed from the beginning. Humans also seem to be the only creatures with higher thoughts like the search for truth, meaning, and beauty. In some ways, the Fahrenheit 451 society was reducing humans to an almost animalistic state and taking away what makes people truly human.