Today we were asked to find the relations between our book and faith. Simply what does our book have to do with faith.
I should probably give you an update first. I'm not sure where I left off but within the last couple of pages I have read there have been some big events.
The main character, Montage, has fall "ill". His boss comes over to explain to him why he is feeling so sick. Its not a physical sick but more mentally. Montag doesn't understand why they burn book or what the purpose of a book is. All he knows is that they are bad and should be burned.
When his boss come to him home to explain to him what the reason behind the burning of the books is he tells him it is for happiness. They do it to provide equal happiness for everyone. One book might be offensive to one person or race so the burn it. This reminded me of that short story we read in class that I cant remember the name of.
But to get back to the question. I believe that faith isn't a big issue in this book. I may be wrong. I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and say that Montag has faith that books were once good and that they do have a purpose. He just hasn't figured it out yet. I don't see why else he would take a book home with him without anyone noticing, or why he has a pile of hidden books behind his AC vent. If he didn't have faith that they were once considered good, they why does he bother? He could be just like everyone else and accept thing the way they are. I'm not to sure. I'm sill thinking about it. If I come up with something else I will update my post.
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first of all i really thougth it was nice how you filled people in on what u was talking about.it makes me understand what is going on. when you compare physical and mentral together, u make a good comparision, but didn't tell how it was related or wasn't related to faith all together would u say faith is in any of your characters in your book, or if it just doesn't play a role at all?
Well I wasnt really trying to compare mental to physical. I was trying to say that the author clamed Montag was sick, but not like a cold. He ment that Montag had been thinking about, and was confused about his job and his surrondings. Over all I believe that Montag does have faith. I think he beleives that society has more to offer then what the government thinks it does. The government limits them to what they do and what they learn, they are kind of brain washed. I havent read far enough into the book yet but I believe that faith will show up more as I go on.
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