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Journal Entry 8

Pages 140-159

5 Comments
  • Seems like the journey that he was going through as of that movement was like moves of his chest board.
  • Montag is now using the seashell that his wife had to try and listen to the voices that came from the seashell hoping to get some kind of answer.
  • The seashell is actually a radio that tells whats going on inside the city.
  • And the seashell divulges that the police are asking everybody to help and try to capture Montag, which has now become a fugitive.
  • Now the people are on the police side looking for him, and there are thousands of people that are now out to get Montag.

4 Questions

  • Why does the author continue to use the word Burnt as a way to describe the whole scene of montag running and the houses and the air?
  • How can her feel that people are opening doors, and going towards their windows?
  • Why is he going to the river?
  • Was it that he was beginning to understand the past that propelled him to the actions that he did?

3 Literary Techniques

  • Metaphor-" he felt he left behind a stage and many actors" (140)
  • Personificatiion- " the black land slid by" (140)
  • Simile- " he smelled the heavy musk like perfume " (144)

2 Vocabulary Words

  • Asbestos (141)- a fiberous materials
  • Microfilming (143)- a small type of film used for little storage

1 Sentence Summary

Montag escapes from the city and heads away from te city via river.

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