Give a very short (1-3 sentence) summary of the two main scenes in this section. The first scence was at home in the living room and the second scene was in the fire house with Beatty.
The scene at Montag's house was when he started reading poetry to his wife and her friends. One even started crying after the reading of one of the poems. The other scene in the fire house was when Beatty was quoting many quotes from books and telling Montag about his dream where they got into an argue with quotes.
If you choose verbs and adjectives, do the following:1) Find a sentence or two that has strong adjectives and/or verbs. Quote the book and explain why these are strong descriptive words and why they are effective. How do they appeal to the senses? What mental images do they invoke?
"But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority." I thought this sentence had a lot of strong verbs and adjectives e.g. when they say "...the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom," and "...the solid unmoving cattle of the majority." These verbs and adjectives make me picture in my mind of the Captain being the highest rank almost like the boss, also him being the solid high rank cow out of all the cattle as he uses in his simile. It is effective because you really get the sense that what he says goes and there's nothing you can do about it.
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Hello Chance,
Thanks for directing me to this. I also think that the “solid unmoving cattle” line uses good adjectives and verbs, but I was a little confused with why you liked it so much. What is in the line indicating that Betty is the highest rank? When you say “his simile,” what simile are you referring to?
Mr. J
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