In one of the questions in the packet it asked how Montag felt about his own job. It seems to me that he takes his job as a fireman real seriously. He also believes that it is one of the most important jobs to do. Montag knows what he's doing, but he doesn't really know what he is actually burning because books are illegal to read. He has been a fireman for about 10 years and never read a single book. What Montag really doesn't know is that books have knowledge in them and he thinks so little of them. For some reason this society does not allow book to be in circulation. And in this society fireman are sort of looked up too and Montag feels that this job is important.
One girl that comes in to play is Clarisse. She asks Montag a lot of questions about his job and that makes him sort of irritated. She asked him if fireman used to actually put out fires instead of create them. Montag just laughs at this and shakes his head. She also goes in to whether or not he had ever read the books he burned. He laughs even more at this saying "That's against the law." He thinks Clarisse is very odd for these types of questions but he is also kind of interested in what she has to say. In the future I think Montag will start to think more like her.
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SLOMer,
I agree with you on this blog. Montag really likes his job. He takes it seriously, but after he meets Clarisse he wonders why he loves his job so much. After Clarisse asks Montag if he's happy, he says yes, but then he realizes that he's not. I wonder why.....
Matt: I like the title of your post. In your post you say "For some reason this society does not allow book to be in circulation." As you have read more, what could be a reason? What does the society - and the government specifically - gain by not allowing books in circulation? How is Montag an illustration of what they are trying to achieve?
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I agree with Katharine here that Montag loves his job and he can be considered responsible so far. But I want to ask Katharine: How Montag realizes that he was not happy with his job? I think he is just feeling weird or different that the girl, Clarisse, was asking more about his job which usually nobody did with him. So, I don't think he is unhappy or anything like that about his job. I believe that Montag was surprised or feeling odd that he never read one of the books that he was burning since ten years.
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