Which of the following quotes help to illustrate that Montag is desperate to learn
and is willing to go to take great risks in order to be taught? Select ALL that apply.
a) "I don't know. We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy.
Something's missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was
gone was the books I'd burned in ten or twelve years. So I thought books
might help" (Bradbury).
because they're yelling at
b)."Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls
me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to
hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense.
And I want you to teach me to understand what I read" (Bradbury).
O
"I've tried to remember," said Montag. "But, hell, it's gone when I turn my
head. God, how I want something to say to the Captain. He's read enough SO
he has all the answers, or seems to have. His voice is like butter. I'm afraid
he'll
talk me back the way | was. Only a week ago, pumping a kerosene hose, |
thought: God, what fun!" (Bradbury)