"You can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time," (Bradbury 146) This quote shows the plight of man and how, though we may stray sometimes, we always come back to the right path. Thomas Baggerly and Tyler Stenlund.
Does technology ultimately help or hinder us? I believe in Montag's case it hinders because technology stops those who have let it take control from really looking around the world that they live in. "For the first time in a dozen years the stars were coming out above him..."(133). This quote is rather powerful because it shows us that in the city there are so many lights and so many distractions you can't even see the stars come out at night. I also find it interesting how this is the first time in 12 years that Montag actually looked from his everyday life and decided to change something in it.
The quote, "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 lie in her lap or there's a cigarette in them but that's all," by Montag is very powerful relating to the question about the value of family. This is a sad realization because Mildred and Montag were married for years and Montag can't even remember her doing anything but watching TV. Family, as we can see, really has no value. By Claire, Haley, and Katie
"The men all moved their hands, putting out the fire together." (147). This quote shows what real firemen are meant to do. The essential question that relates back to that quote is- what is the value of knowing history? Bradburry argues that that knowing the history of firemen Montag is entering of his life and he learns what it really means to be a fireman.
"He washed his hands and face and toweled himself dry, making little sound. He came out of the washroom and shut the door carefully and walked into the darkness and at last stood again on the edge of the empty boulevard."
This quote reminds me of giving up. This quote shows giving up about the cost of progress because when you've been through a lot in your life, sometimes you are ready to give up. Sometimes you feel like you are empty and are standing at the very edge of failing and giving up. In this quote it says "standing at the edge of the empty boulevard." Although this isn't a big quote, I think it stands out a lot because there is so much more deeper meaning in it.
Payton and Delaney and Lauren "But the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off... That small motion, the white and red color, a strange fire because it meant a different thing to him. It was not burning, it was warming" (page 139). This quote shows the cost of progress because as we see the transformation of Montag through his change of perspective of the purpose of fire, because this progress cost Montag his "spot in society". He is now an outcast and forced to live on the railroad, however he is finally addressing his unhappiness.
The quote, "But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well that it's important and worth doing" (Pg 146-147) supports question 4 about the importance of knowing history. Granger says that knowing history and remembering it will help them create a stable government because he says that even if they have to do it multiple times if they continue to power through and remember to remember history then eventually they will succeed at creating a stable government. By: Anand, JAckson, Brendan, Josh
"Have you ever seen the atom bomb mushroom from two hundred miles up? It's a pin prick, its nothing. With the wilderness all around it." This quote points out that all of the darkness and destruction that Montag complains about is irrelevant to the world and nature when in comparison.
"Welcome back from the dead"(143) shows that their is a large cost for going against society and doing what you think is right. This shows that he is in a way coming out of a brain dead society in to one of knowledge and thought. The old Montag that did not think for him self and just did is dead and as new Montag that thinks and does the right thing is born.The cost of this new life is the lost of his old life and being ale to just go through the motions. What he does matter because he is that book now and if he dies then so does that book. Zoe and McKenna
"You can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time," (Bradbury 146) This quote shows the plight of man and how, though we may stray sometimes, we always come back to the right path. Thomas Baggerly and Tyler Stenlund.
ReplyDeleteDoes technology ultimately help or hinder us? I believe in Montag's case it hinders because technology stops those who have let it take control from really looking around the world that they live in. "For the first time in a dozen years the stars were coming out above him..."(133). This quote is rather powerful because it shows us that in the city there are so many lights and so many distractions you can't even see the stars come out at night. I also find it interesting how this is the first time in 12 years that Montag actually looked from his everyday life and decided to change something in it.
ReplyDeleteThe quote, "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 lie in her lap or there's a cigarette in them but that's all," by Montag is very powerful relating to the question about the value of family. This is a sad realization because Mildred and Montag were married for years and Montag can't even remember her doing anything but watching TV. Family, as we can see, really has no value.
ReplyDeleteBy Claire, Haley, and Katie
This quote is on page 149
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ReplyDelete"The men all moved their hands, putting out the fire together." (147). This quote shows what real firemen are meant to do.
The essential question that relates back to that quote is- what is the value of knowing history? Bradburry argues that that knowing the history of firemen Montag is entering of his life and he learns what it really means to be a fireman.
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ReplyDelete"He washed his hands and face and toweled himself dry, making little sound. He came out of the washroom and shut the door carefully and walked into the darkness and at last stood again on the edge of the empty boulevard."
This quote reminds me of giving up. This quote shows giving up about the cost of progress because when you've been through a lot in your life, sometimes you are ready to give up. Sometimes you feel like you are empty and are standing at the very edge of failing and giving up. In this quote it says "standing at the edge of the empty boulevard." Although this isn't a big quote, I think it stands out a lot because there is so much more deeper meaning in it.
Payton and Delaney and Lauren
ReplyDelete"But the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off... That small motion, the white and red color, a strange fire because it meant a different thing to him. It was not burning, it was warming" (page 139).
This quote shows the cost of progress because as we see the transformation of Montag through his change of perspective of the purpose of fire, because this progress cost Montag his "spot in society". He is now an outcast and forced to live on the railroad, however he is finally addressing his unhappiness.
The quote, "But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well that it's important and worth doing" (Pg 146-147) supports question 4 about the importance of knowing history. Granger says that knowing history and remembering it will help them create a stable government because he says that even if they have to do it multiple times if they continue to power through and remember to remember history then eventually they will succeed at creating a stable government.
ReplyDeleteBy: Anand, JAckson, Brendan, Josh
"Have you ever seen the atom bomb mushroom from two hundred miles up? It's a pin prick, its nothing. With the wilderness all around it." This quote points out that all of the darkness and destruction that Montag complains about is irrelevant to the world and nature when in comparison.
ReplyDelete"Welcome back from the dead"(143) shows that their is a large cost for going against society and doing what you think is right. This shows that he is in a way coming out of a brain dead society in to one of knowledge and thought. The old Montag that did not think for him self and just did is dead and as new Montag that thinks and does the right thing is born.The cost of this new life is the lost of his old life and being ale to just go through the motions. What he does matter because he is that book now and if he dies then so does that book.
ReplyDeleteZoe and McKenna