Man in the Moon
“‘And if you look’ - she nodded at the sky - ‘there’s a man in the moon’.” Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, page 7
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury alludes to the common myth of the man in the moon. The myth of the man in the moon comes from an old european myth that an old man's wife told him to gather sticks in the forest. Instead of doing what his wife asked, he went fishing all day long. He came home deciding that he was going to gather sticks the next morning before his wife awoke. The next morning as the old man started gathering sticks he heard a voice say, “You must not gather sticks today. It is Sunday. Put them down.” Ignoring the voice the old man didn’t obey. The voice again says to put the sticks down. The
“‘And if you look’ - she nodded at the sky - ‘there’s a man in the moon’.” Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, page 7
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury alludes to the common myth of the man in the moon. The myth of the man in the moon comes from an old european myth that an old man's wife told him to gather sticks in the forest. Instead of doing what his wife asked, he went fishing all day long. He came home deciding that he was going to gather sticks the next morning before his wife awoke. The next morning as the old man started gathering sticks he heard a voice say, “You must not gather sticks today. It is Sunday. Put them down.” Ignoring the voice the old man didn’t obey. The voice again says to put the sticks down. The