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Friday, September 30, 2011
Montag: The Man and The Book
Ray Bradbury ends Fahrenheit 451 with this passage from Revelations : "And on either side of the river was there a tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." How does this passage, now part of the "book" that Montag is, reveal his metamorphosis in the novel? (The deadline to post a response to this question is midnight Sunday, October 2, 2011.)
This shows that in the begining Montag was happy with burning books and he was on the "left side eating from the wrong tree". Than he realized after he began reading books that what he had been doing was wrong. He then began to change who he was. He ran away from the city and became one of the "hobos of knowledge" and became the "tree on the other side of the river."
I fully agree with Jasmine. Now that Montag symbolizes a book along with all the other men, he now is part of the other side of the river, "the good tree." Before he had recognized his own self and turned his life around, he was on the other side of the river making planting mistakes as his life went on. He was happy "go lucky" in the beginning but after a while, and after his talks with Clarisse, he taught himself right and changed himself.
I believe that the quote reveals how much Montag has changed in the course of a few days. Montag began his journey as a regular civilian in the beginning, but after all the events he saw and experienced, he began to understand himself. It also shows how Guy's skills to understand have evolved.
I interpret this quote as meaning that Montag has changed by way of books. These books are like his forbidden fruit, tempting but for all of the right reasons. They will lead the people of the future down the right path of knowledge and enlightenment and heal what has been lost. By gaining the knowledge and growing to love books, Montag has changed from the tree of evil and ignorance to the tree of life.
This quote reveals Montags transformation from someone who doesnt think twice about burning books to someone who will do anything to save them in the time span of a few weeks. It also shows that these hobo people are the ones who are going to "heal the nations"
This quote shows me that Montag was once a very homely man an average person, but when he met Clarrise he became a different person. He read and emotions grew. I believe the fruit are books and that has helped Montage grow, and the leaves are what he is now someone who wants to spread the emotions of true love and happiness.
I believe Montag has morphed into someone wwho realizes how wonderful books ccan be. It shows that the knowledge of books has the power of healing the nation. He was a person who enjoyed burning books. He has now realized how powerful the enlightment of books can be.
I believe that this quote shows how Montag went from being the man that loves to destroy books into the man that risks his life for them. In the short period of time from meeting Clarisse, who shows him to think and to look around at his surroundings, to throwing his life away and fleeing to the other side of the river where he will save the one thing he spent his whole life destroying, Montag transforms into a whole new man that looks to fix instead of destroy.
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This shows that in the begining Montag was happy with burning books and he was on the "left side eating from the wrong tree". Than he realized after he began reading books that what he had been doing was wrong. He then began to change who he was. He ran away from the city and became one of the "hobos of knowledge" and became the "tree on the other side of the river."
I fully agree with Jasmine. Now that Montag symbolizes a book along with all the other men, he now is part of the other side of the river, "the good tree." Before he had recognized his own self and turned his life around, he was on the other side of the river making planting mistakes as his life went on. He was happy "go lucky" in the beginning but after a while, and after his talks with Clarisse, he taught himself right and changed himself.
I believe that the quote reveals how much Montag has changed in the course of a few days. Montag began his journey as a regular civilian in the beginning, but after all the events he saw and experienced, he began to understand himself. It also shows how Guy's skills to understand have evolved.
I interpret this quote as meaning that Montag has changed by way of books. These books are like his forbidden fruit, tempting but for all of the right reasons. They will lead the people of the future down the right path of knowledge and enlightenment and heal what has been lost. By gaining the knowledge and growing to love books, Montag has changed from the tree of evil and ignorance to the tree of life.
This quote reveals Montags transformation from someone who doesnt think twice about burning books to someone who will do anything to save them in the time span of a few weeks. It also shows that these hobo people are the ones who are going to "heal the nations"
This quote shows me that Montag was once a very homely man an average person, but when he met Clarrise he became a different person. He read and emotions grew. I believe the fruit are books and that has helped Montage grow, and the leaves are what he is now someone who wants to spread the emotions of true love and happiness.
I believe Montag has morphed into someone wwho realizes how wonderful books ccan be. It shows that the knowledge of books has the power of healing the nation. He was a person who enjoyed burning books. He has now realized how powerful the enlightment of books can be.
I believe that this quote shows how Montag went from being the man that loves to destroy books into the man that risks his life for them. In the short period of time from meeting Clarisse, who shows him to think and to look around at his surroundings, to throwing his life away and fleeing to the other side of the river where he will save the one thing he spent his whole life destroying, Montag transforms into a whole new man that looks to fix instead of destroy.
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