...Montag’s realization of his oblivion comes to light after his meeting with a strange girl. It is very clear that Montag is unthinking, unintelligent, oblivious, and frivolous. Clarisse, the young girl Montag meets, asks questions of Montag which shake his composure. While answering questions, Montag “never [stops] to think what [he is] asked”. Instead of thinking about the questions, he simply “[starts] to laugh”. His answers are inauthentic and it seems as if he is flippant towards many things he does. As a fireman, he burns many books but has never thought of why he does this as his job. He has been burning a plethora of books and houses with only the excuse of “it [bringing] pleasure to [him]”. He stays ignorant towards why books are illegal...
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...whole different life. We might only ever know our own reality but in Ray Bradbury's short story The Sound of Thunder, a group of the elite realize how deadly a combination of a lack of caution and reckless fear can flip their whole world as they...
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