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9 Cards in this Set
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”It was a pleasure to burn” |
Montag enjoys the destruction his job entails so much so that he feels that burning books is comparable to euphoric physical sensation |
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“Great python” “venomous kerosene” vs “pigeon-winged books” |
animal imagery to get the reader to sympathise for the books and to emphasise on the brutality of book burning |
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“his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies” |
sees his destructive job as an art form |
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“Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it” CONTRASTS “Didn’t firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?” |
Stops believing whatever the government says, really starts thinking. has also internalised Clarisse’s voice — misses her |
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“marionette show” |
• feels controlled ; doesn’t really know why he’s doing stuff • flammable (marionettes : made of wood) |
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“He was not happy. He was not happy.” |
repetition highlights the contrast b/w current Montag and earlier where his “smile” “never went away” — realisation that he was never truly happy and his happiness was superficial |
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“let a sleep lozenge dissolve on his tongue” |
irony highlights the dependency the universe of 451 has on sleeping pills he takes the sleeping pill right after his wife ODs on it |
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“The homemaker, that’s me” “I say the lines” “Isn’t that fun, Guy?” |
ironic as even though Mildred is clearly unsatisfied w/her life and role as a homemaker (as suggested by her overdose), she finds entertainment in saying meaningless lines that add nothing to the plot of a superficial show |
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“that’s sad” |
mood |
