In the book fahrenheit 451, the second section is called “The Sieve and the Sand”. The reason that I think it is called this is because of the flash back Montag had. He was on the subway trying to read and memorize the bible but a commercial kept interrupting him, “Denham’s Dentifrice” (Bradbury 78). This commercial keeps playing over the speakers and is making it impossible for him to read let alone remember what he is reading. The reference toward the sieve is that the words from the book are going in one ear and out the other. Montag mentions that he is trying so hard to remember the words he is reading that maybe some of it he will actually remember. “...if you read fast and read all , maybe some of the sand will stay in the sieve” (Bradbury 78). This references the sand as the knowledge from the book and the sieve as Montag. He knows at this point that he only has 24 hours till he needs to burn or give back the book. He wants to make a copy but in case that can't happen he is trying to remember it all. Montag gets so angry and fed up with the sound of the jingle he snaps. “‘Lilies, I said!’ The people stared. ‘Call the guard’” (Bradbury 79). Montag can't take it anymore he loses it.
