Fahrenheit 451 is a little different, but it continues to grow on me as I keep reading. A topic that really struck me was whenever Clarisse and Montag first meet. She asks Montag all these questions like, "Have you ever watched the jet cars racing on the boulevards down that way?...I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly...". For some reason this quote sticks in my head, and the more and more I think about it, it relates to us all in our society! How many times have we been out driving on the same road to go to work or school, and we just drive from point A to point B, and never notice anything. But when we have someone along with us, they say, "look at how nice that old barn is now since they repainted it." So we glance over and see the barn and we normally say something like how long has it been since it was freshly painted? And the person tells us it's been like for a month or two, but we didn't realize it! This is exactly what Clarisse is talking about. In today's world, we never take time to smell the roses! We are too busy to do that, we have so many places to be, I know I'm one of those people. It's just ironic that this is almost how we are in today's world. That just caught me eye for some reason.
But overall, the very first couple pages of the book were rather dry, and felt like it was just dragging on and on, but then as we started to get to understand what Montag actually does, it added a lot more interest in it, and I can only imagine that Montag is going to end up being a victim of having books. He's already taken a couple, and I'm waiting for him to have thousands stored up in his attic too!!
AT THE END OF IT ALL!!
14 years ago
Your right, we should all slow down sometimes. Ever since I came back to school I have become a rusher by default. You have to be here, show up there, don't be late, get there now. It is hard to take a minute and notice what you pass. My dad said to me recently that if you don't take every day one day at a time then your just living to die.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about the dryness. I'm ultimately curious on the ending of this book, will it be like all the rest? I'm wondering the same thing, will Montag end up dead?
ReplyDeleteI like how you tied in the quote and the realistic picture you created with it. I know that when I am in the passenger seat of a car I see things that I never knew were there. In most cases, it is on a road that I have traveled many times.
ReplyDeleteI really like the analogy in your first sentence and how it related to the quote. Clearly driving from point A to point B is what most of us do. However I actually think the book was good from beginning to where I am now which is page 130. It definitely grew on me like you said it did with you. Nice post
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