The author is trying to get across that the characters need to put aside their electronics in order to observe their surroundings and add to them. Granger teaches Montag an important lesson about hands that uncovers the deeper meaning found all throughout the book. The conversation is reflected in hands as a deeper meaning, even when they are shown as destructive. The lesson is portrayed in hands when they are creative and positive as well. All in all, he teaches Montag the meaning of hands which is demonstrated many times in the novel, whether hands are portrayed negatively or positively.
Granger helps Montag realize new things about hands and how they shape lives and the world. Granger and Montag have a conversation where Granger describes …show more content…
When Montag is on a job, the word hand comes up and within it lies a deeper meaning connecting to what Granger told him. They are at an old woman’s home, which is different for Montag because the woman is still in the house. If they burn the house they are going to have to burn her with it which doesn’t sit well with Montag. Montag tries to reason with her and convince her to leave the home but she won’t budge. She makes a different decision which Montag realizes when he sees that “..in her palm was a single slender object” (36). This object is a matchstick. Basically, she is just burning her house, killing herself just like many other people in their society do. However, there is a message beneath that which ties into Granger’s teachings. Although she is committing suicide, there’s more than that. Granger taught Montag that hands are used to add something to the world, and this woman is adding something to the world. She is showing the world her opinion and her incentive. She is burning her home but she is doing it to show them that they will never have control over her life, because she has authority over her death. By announcing that she is leaving her mark, she wants people to follow in her footsteps, she stood up for what she believed in. She wanted people to acknowledge that what she believed in was important and so was she. Later on in the book, some firemen, including Montag and Beatty, are playing a game of cards when Montag describes his hands. This description connects with Granger’s teachings as well. The men have just sat down, and just as the cards are dealt Montag describes how he feels when Beatty looks at him. Montag explains that he, “felt the guilt of his hands” (101). He explains that they might wither away under Beatty’s watch. He goes on to describe that “...he hid his hands” (101). There is another meaning that
Granger helps Montag realize new things about hands and how they shape lives and the world. Granger and Montag have a conversation where Granger describes …show more content…
When Montag is on a job, the word hand comes up and within it lies a deeper meaning connecting to what Granger told him. They are at an old woman’s home, which is different for Montag because the woman is still in the house. If they burn the house they are going to have to burn her with it which doesn’t sit well with Montag. Montag tries to reason with her and convince her to leave the home but she won’t budge. She makes a different decision which Montag realizes when he sees that “..in her palm was a single slender object” (36). This object is a matchstick. Basically, she is just burning her house, killing herself just like many other people in their society do. However, there is a message beneath that which ties into Granger’s teachings. Although she is committing suicide, there’s more than that. Granger taught Montag that hands are used to add something to the world, and this woman is adding something to the world. She is showing the world her opinion and her incentive. She is burning her home but she is doing it to show them that they will never have control over her life, because she has authority over her death. By announcing that she is leaving her mark, she wants people to follow in her footsteps, she stood up for what she believed in. She wanted people to acknowledge that what she believed in was important and so was she. Later on in the book, some firemen, including Montag and Beatty, are playing a game of cards when Montag describes his hands. This description connects with Granger’s teachings as well. The men have just sat down, and just as the cards are dealt Montag describes how he feels when Beatty looks at him. Montag explains that he, “felt the guilt of his hands” (101). He explains that they might wither away under Beatty’s watch. He goes on to describe that “...he hid his hands” (101). There is another meaning that