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Montag imagined Mildred reaction to the bombs going off: "She saw her own face reflected there, in a mirror instead of a crystal ball, and it was such a wildly empty face, all by itself in the room" (Bradbury 152). Mildred's blind ignorance towards her life led her to care more about her "parlor," which she held to greater value besides Montag. Once she finally realized the life she had been living, it was too late.

Make up for week 11/14-11/20

It was hard to get back into reading this book after taking so much time off, but I think that my reading pace will go back to what it used to be once school starts again. In the pages I read, I found that the rebel outcasts were able to be more compassionate for one another, and they used literary references such as "Don't judge a book by its cover," (Bradbury 148)

Once Montag reaches the forest, a man named Granger claims that him and his friends are the books that they've read: "And this other fellow is Charles Darwin, and this one in Schopenhauer, and this one in Einstein, and this one her at my elbow in Mr. Albert Schweitzer" (Bradbury 145). Bradbury used this phrasing to demonstrate that they had to become the books to assure their safety.

I re-read this weeks' section. Bradbury describes the helicopters looking for Montag to look "...like butterflies puzzled by autumn" (Bradbury 131). This simile is used to further describe the activity of the copters, and what they can be compared to.

I re-read this week's section again today. Bradbury uses similes to describe the people emerging from their homes to locate Montag: "He imagined thousands on thousands of faces peering into yards... ...like grey animals peering from electric caves" (Bradbury 132).

Montag starts to think more about what he would do when faced with death: "What could he say in a single word, a few words, that would sear all their faces and wake them up?" (Bradbury 128) Bradbury uses the statement "wake them up" to show that Montag wants to make people think more about how strange society is, and to justify what he had done.

I didn’t read much today because I was re-reading for book clubs. In the pages I reread, Beatty exposed his crime nonchalantly to Montag: “Bang, you’re ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority. I know, I’ve been through it all” (Bradbury 102). By saying this, he is calmly announcing that he has also read books, which shows possible crimes.

The author uses metaphors to describe the visceral details of Beatty after he got his revenge: "He saw Beatty, a torch, not moving, fluttering out in the grass" (Bradbury 116).

This book just got good. After Beatty taunts and teases Montag for several pages, Montag finally broke. It felt really satisfying to read about Montag’s revenge on his job, boss, and that dreaded guard dog. I finished reading right after all the events, and I’m really excited to see where he goes next.

Bradbury uses metaphors to create visual descriptions: "Faber was a grey moth asleep in his ear, for the moment" (Bradbury 101). This quote is one of any metaphor descriptions to show the reader what each event looks/feels like.