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Montag's Use Of Literary Devices In Fahrenheit 451

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Sometimes things need to be lost in order for other things to be found. Montag runs away so that he would not find himself in trouble for burning Captain Beatty and for escaping the scene of where his house was burnt. In the passage, he watches the city he has always known fall to the ground and he feels bewildered because he is in a new place and is confused about what to do now. He feels optimistic because he sees a chance to change the way his life has been. Ray Bradbury shows that Montag is feeling bewildered and optimistic in this section through multiple literary devices. Bradbury is illustrating how unknown places and things may make people confused or make people feel as if something better may eventually happen. Montag feels bewildered in this text because he is in a new place so he is not sure what to do. Montag is trying to decide which way to go, “on the river,” Or “that way,” Or “on the highways,” once he has time to think …show more content…
As he walks along the river he “has time to put things into” himself and “someday, after it sets in [him for] a long time… it will come out [of his] hands and mouth.” Once he has had more time to consider where he is, he will be able to share the knowledge and understanding he gains. He decides to “look at the world” and he realizes that “the only way to really touch it is to put it where it’s finally [him]” so he can grasp the information and be able to understand better. He plans to “hold onto the world tight someday” and he is sure he can because he has “one finger on it [already]” which is a beginning to what he may plan to achieve. Bradbury uses hyperbole because although Montag will never be able to actually to hold onto the world he can still look forward to a time when he will better understand. One day it will “all gather inside and” it will become him. He is optimistic and ready for the future when he will be able to understand

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