Fahrenheit 451 Lit. Notebook

Phi Cao Carlin 1 English IIK 30, January 2013 1. Character Clarisse Quote I sometimes think drivers dont know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them densely, she said. If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes Hed say, thats grass A pink blur Thats a rose garden White blurs argon houses Brown blurs cows. My uncle drive slowly on a highway once. He drove 40 miles an hour and they jailed him for two days. Isnt that funny and sad as well as? (1. ) Analysis As Clarisse and Montag meet for the first time, she asks a series of mystic questions that no one in the dy dismissia would ever even think of. The statements and questions boasting how wise she is and how there are precise few people worry her in this companionship that can actually see the enjoyments in manners and nature. She attempts to make Montag understand that this world they live in, everything moves so fast, they need to slow down every once in a while and calculate the simple frolics in life.B ecause their society is overtaken by technology they are persuade that it is the only way to make them happy. Quote Are you happy? (1. 10) By asking a simple question like this, it challenged Montag to think beyond his usual capacity, thinking outside of his normal life. Hes began to render thoughts about his definition of true happiness. He starts to realize hes not truly happy, thats why it took him a while to serve to her question. This inverted comma by Clarisse is one of the most important quotes throughout the story.Without this quote, Montag wouldnt doubt himself about his true happiness. 2. Symbols Fire Quote We shall this day loose such a candle, by Gods grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. (1. 40) Analysis As the old woman whose house was about to be burned payable to her love for books, she screams to Montag about Master Ridley and playing the man. As the story continues, Beatty reveals to Montag this quote said by a british man named Latimer. Aft er critically thinking Montag learns that there are things in the world hat are worth living and dying for which no one in this society is willing to do. For the woman it symbolizes unyielding strength, determination and dedication. Quote The fire was gone, whence back again, like a winking eye. He stopped, afraid he might blow the fire out with a single breath. just the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off. It took the bump part of fifteen minutes before he drew very close indeed to it, and then he stood looking at it from cover. That grim motion, the white and red color, a strange fire because it meant a contrastive thing to him.It was not burning. It was warming. (3. 145) Analysis Throughout the whole story Montag proverb fire as nothing but destruction and he took pleasure into book burning at the beginning. So now seeing that this char as a nice warming home for him, it begins to make him question. This belittled warm-felt fire began to make him see what hes been so uninformed about all along. Burning books wasnt the solution but the problem. He then reconsiders about what Clarisse said about firemen. What if his job was really to stop burning books and rather than starting them?