Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Fahrenheit 451: Entry 7

--Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

The reason why Montag starts to doubts about the importance of books and what is in book is the woman who put fire on her house and herself. Montag and his co-workers go to the woman's house as they hear about the books she keeps. She knows that her books are going to be burned down by firemen, but she cannot stand with it since she loves literature. Therefore, she decides to die with her books in fire. Montag tries to save her while other firemen ignore her. This setting was disturbing to me. Also, it was disturbing when doctors come to his house for Mildred. They say that they have seen those who commit suicide and saved their lives.
The reason why these scenes are disturbing is that they show people in the book neglect men's life. People in this world usually try to save others' lives whenever something fatal occur to them. However, people in the book do not care if others die or commit suicide. They are careless and heedless to others. They only care about them.

1 comment:

Lucia Jeong said...

Hello<3, this is Lucia. I thought so too. I couldn't help admiring the women who stood there with her books even if she knew she was goign to die. Her courage astonished me. I was also shocked and disturbed when Mildred had comitted suicide. Nice job on your blogs!