Blog Post for April 16

Fahrenheit 451 is defintiley getting interesting. During my groups discussion, we talked about numerous topics with the book. We brought up Clarisse is very similar to Violet. They both seem to be the rebels or outlaws of society and ironically enough end up dying, or getting killed. While reading the Sieve and the Sand part of the book, Montag has a flashback while in the subway. He say's, "Once as a child he had sat upon a yellow dune by the sea in the middle of the blue and hot summer day, trying to fill a sieve with sand, because somw creul cousin had said, 'Fill this sieve and you'll get a dime!' And the faster he poured, the faster it shifted through with a hot whispering. His hands were tired, the sand was boiling, the sieve was empty. Seated there in the midst of July, without a sound, he felt the tears move down his cheeks" (Page 84).

After reading that quote and then throughout that part of the story, I can make the interpretation that Montag is just going to keep on doing this. In the quote, he mentions that the fatser he put the sand in the faster it came out, and I havd the feeling that the quicker he tried to convince people that the world was wrong, would only cuase more harm then any good. In my opinion, I have the feeling that Montag is going to be running from now on! But with Faber in his ear, one would think that he would slow down and take Faber's advice, but Montag kept going faster! When he read the poem to the friends at his house, he had Faber in his ear telling him to stop and be quiet, but once agin Montag didnt and kept right on going. Montag needs to take his time and do this the right way to make it succeed, but from the way part two ended, it might already be too late!