Whether it's Montag's wife venting her anger towards Montag's hidden library, Montag cursing the world, or Beatty establishing the dangers of books, anger seems to be consisstant throughout the book. Fire is also a major part of the story, as it is what is used to destroy these books. Montag has described the public as being fascinated by fire, and watching houses being burned as entertainment.
I wonder if maybe the raging anger we see expressed by the characters is represented by the fire
3 comments:
I agree, I think the people use fire to vent out thier anger, and have an insatiable craving for destruction and they get excited when they see someone hurt or someone's house burning as long as it doesn't effect them.
(La-oo-ra)
I know that you told me to read this a lot time ago, but then I couldn't ind it so I just read your most recent post and thought that you were crazy. NOW I get it, and I really like this analogy. I think that fire and anger are not only simalar in...feeling (for lack of a better word), but just in the way they are portrayed. Anger is often depicted and thought of as fire itself. I think that this is a really wonderrful peice.
Kit
Interesting observations. Keep in mind the theme of anger while reading The Iliad.
Mr. J
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