Tuesday, January 30, 2007

1/30 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 154-165

My question is why Montag said that he liked Mildred; he was worried for her right after and during the bombings. Yet, right before the bombings he said that he could care less if Mildred was killed. Did he change his mind that quickly? Or did he always care for her?

Q: I am responding to the quote “And when they ask us what we are doing, you can say, we’re remembering”.

A: Montag says that because he thinks it is important for people to remember things, to realize what is going on around them, and have ideas. Yet at the same time it does not imply that they should worry or fret about what they know, or are trying to remember. It’s not like he is forcing people to think, he just wants them not to be ignorant and oblivious.