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I was wondering how these men that he meets on the railroad track have so much modern equiptment such as tTVs and the drink they gave Montag to change his scent. They seem more like poor homeless men to me.
What does Montag mean when he says, “And when they ask us what we are doing , you can say, We’re remembering” ? Why is this quote important? How does it fit into the novel, what is Bradbury trying to say with this?
I think this is important because remembering is the opposite of what burning books is all about. The whole purpose of the firefighters was to burn these pieces of literature and forget what was written in them and what they meant. They were replaced by meaningless tv shows and ads that conformed and molded everybody into sameness, so there was eventually nothing else left. By remembering they are going against all this and eventually bringing books back to be accepted by society.
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I think that to show that the men out in the camps are not complete stinky homeless men, Bradbury gave them a bit of common sense. I mean obviously you don't want to be COMPLETELY separated from the outside world. Like the saying goes, "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." In order to outsmart people who you dislike, sometimes it is necessary to think like them. And with the TV's, they also are able to point out that the government and the media lies to everyone because obviously Guy was standing right there yet they said they had caught him. Fin. :]
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