The Sieve and The Sand Entry 1
Captain Beatty, the antagonist and enemy of Guy Montag is the Firemen's Captain. He is responsible for getting his team ready and on task when an alarm goes off in the firehouse. The only problem in this society is that firemen's role is to "burn", to burn books, houses, and even people instead of turning fire out like in our century. Books weren't illegal to own or have but people started abandoning books and reading after all the high-technology they own and use. People watch tv shows like the "parlor families" instead of reading. Eventually, books started offending smaller minorities leading to the destruction of one book after another, "You must understand that our civilization is so vast that we can't have …show more content…
I often wonder it God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down? He's a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-crystal and saccharine when he isn't making veiled references to certain commercial products that every worshipper absolutely needs." (Fahrenheit, 81). This shows how far technology has gone, it turned figures of respect and honor into a mocked 'family' character and that he's used as an advertising methods for people to buy certain commercial. This is not the first time but along with many effects of technology and how miserable and horrible it became. Technology is symbolized as evil and destructively powerful to control people's mind and change their thoughts and beliefs. Symbol
"His name was Faber, and when he finally lost his fear of Montag" (Fahrenheit, 75). The name, Faber, could have been from a character from Saint Peter Faber, a sixteenth-century theologian and the first Jesuit priest who strongly supported literature. Just like the character Faber in the novel, they had great knowledge and supplemented reading and literature. Hence, the name Faber doesn't just stand for the character's name but for another theologian who had great knowledge and wisdom. This symbol can allow us to see Faber, the character as a theologian with great knowledge.
Captain Beatty, the antagonist and enemy of Guy Montag is the Firemen's Captain. He is responsible for getting his team ready and on task when an alarm goes off in the firehouse. The only problem in this society is that firemen's role is to "burn", to burn books, houses, and even people instead of turning fire out like in our century. Books weren't illegal to own or have but people started abandoning books and reading after all the high-technology they own and use. People watch tv shows like the "parlor families" instead of reading. Eventually, books started offending smaller minorities leading to the destruction of one book after another, "You must understand that our civilization is so vast that we can't have …show more content…
I often wonder it God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down? He's a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-crystal and saccharine when he isn't making veiled references to certain commercial products that every worshipper absolutely needs." (Fahrenheit, 81). This shows how far technology has gone, it turned figures of respect and honor into a mocked 'family' character and that he's used as an advertising methods for people to buy certain commercial. This is not the first time but along with many effects of technology and how miserable and horrible it became. Technology is symbolized as evil and destructively powerful to control people's mind and change their thoughts and beliefs. Symbol
"His name was Faber, and when he finally lost his fear of Montag" (Fahrenheit, 75). The name, Faber, could have been from a character from Saint Peter Faber, a sixteenth-century theologian and the first Jesuit priest who strongly supported literature. Just like the character Faber in the novel, they had great knowledge and supplemented reading and literature. Hence, the name Faber doesn't just stand for the character's name but for another theologian who had great knowledge and wisdom. This symbol can allow us to see Faber, the character as a theologian with great knowledge.