The removal of items such as front porches, gardens, and rocking chairs encouraged the result of the repressive society Montag knows by denying the luxury to process and create thoughts, limiting encounter with nature, and depriving people’s social interaction. The significance of front porches and rocking chairs are their purpose and how people used them. These inventions had but a single purpose, to provide a leisurely resting spot for a person, their family, or friends. “‘Oh, just my mother and father and uncle sitting around, talking.’”(Bradbury 7). They created a sense of security from being so close to the home, yet also allowed for openness and observation of the world surrounding them, some things people cannot obtain while within parlor …show more content…
By taking away social interaction from the normal routine of life, people become uncomfortable around one another, leading to awkward, infrequent gatherings. “Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles came through the front door and vanished into the volcano’s mouth [the parlor] with martinis in their hands… he saw their Cheshire smiles burning through the walls of the house, and now they were screaming at each other above the din.” (Bradbury 89). The absence of the items also takes away contact with nature from society. “‘Bet I know something else you don’t. There’s dew on the grass in the morning.’ He suddenly couldn’t remember if he had known this or not, and it made him quite irritable.” (Bradbury 7). Montag’s society is devoid of time and leisure to think, everything instantly thrown at you in a giant mass of information, nothing lasting in depth or for more than a short episode. “‘But with all my knowledge and skepticism, I have never been able to argue with a one-hundred-piece-symphony orchestra, full color, three dimensions, and being in and part of those incredible parlors.’” (Bradbury 80). The effect of lacking time to think is no one is able to reflect on memories, others, or especially themselves and how empty they are like the sieve and the sand. Since everyone is given instant gratification and so much meaningless information, sound, and images are constantly pumped into