In Alex's blog on the second part of the book Fahrenheit 451, he explains that he does not understand some aspects of Montag's life, which I too do not comprehend. First was the parlor, "Im not exactly sure what the parlor was, but all i could think of was just a room with nobody in it, but thinking that somone might walk in at any minute", but to me, it was a room made up of imaginary people known as the 'family' that entertained you with verbal conversations, parties, etc. Along with that was the quote, "I saw the damnedest snake in the world the other night. It was dead but it was alive. It could see but it couldn't see. You want to see that snake? It's at Emergency Hospital where they filed a report on all the junk the snake got aout of you!" When Montag says that quote, he is using opposites which makes it even more confusing.
There was one thing in Alex's blog that I did understand, which were the descriptions that Ray Bradbury used in his book. They are symbolizing and characterizing, for example, when Montag symbolizes the ear device, he describes it as a moth in a cave.
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What do you think about the moth in the cave comparison? What is it he's saying by comparing it like that? I'd like to see you extend your thinking about it some more.
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