In my oppinion to truly live is to have a goal in life and strive to get it. Montag meets up with Granger and at that piont I think that montag is truly living. Through out the whole book everybody lives a life where they dont know whats going to happen ot them the next day and really don't care either. People live thier life just by watching T.V. and going to work and pretending that they are happy. Montag truly discovers happiness when he joins Granger's group. At this point in the book Montag has people who truly care bout him and what he does. Nobody else in the city really absolutely cared for each other even though they said they did. If someone died then they wouldnt really be upset and probably forget the next day. When Montag first walks up to the fire he feels a warm feeling for the fire. I think he was actually feeling happiness. He felt the warmth of love. Granger and his true friends are living for a mission. They want to sread the knowledge of these books that they memorized. They are striving to do this and know that they are going to die someday and maybe thier goal won't happen in thier lifetime but they still persist. Montag has a reason to live now. He knows at the very end of the book what he will say when he meets survivors of the city if there are any. He actually is excited to tell people what he has to say for probably the first real time in his life. The people in the city have nothing to live for except to be entertained. Montag is now not just living to be entertained. He has to think of how to survive in the wild and of what he can show the people. It is very hard to live life without being excited and happy or having something like a goal to look forward to. It is very hard for the people in the city to live even though they think that they have a great life. They kill each other and themselves sometimes not meaning to and end up not caring. Having true friends is also a key part to accomplishing goals. Without them I think it would be pretty hard to go though life. That is what I think to truly live is all about. Live a life to accomplish something. If you accomplish that go for something bigger and better. Your true friends should and always will be there for you.
-Luke Brubaker
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I agree with what Luke says. I believe after Montag escaped and seen Granger, he has truly started living. When he sees the fire walknig up he feels warm. He realized that fire can be used for good. Not just burning books, but to warm yourself up. It does seem like he truly feels happiness for the first time. The people in the city don't know what happiness really is, they just base their lives around TV. Montag can finally talk about books and learn more about them. The guys around the fire overtime learned how to read books and remember them. I think Montag will be able to do this is also.
ReplyDelete-Aaron McClellan
I completely agree Luke, especially with the last few sentences. However, when you stated earlier that our lives have become only about watching tv and such I started think that this is true but, I don't that that we have become quite as blind as the citizens in the book. I believe that we may be reaching that point sometime soon though. Once agian going towards the end of your thoughts, I thought that once Montag saw that his wife actually was the one that called in, he must of felt even more alone than before. It seemed more like he didn't care for her all that much anymore but she was still someone there regardless of thoughts or feelings. I tried to put myself in his shoes, thinking about what it would be like being all alone while I am trying to break out of a shell the whole world has put me in (if this actually were to happen) and I found it rather hard to do so.
ReplyDelete-Madeline Blackmore