Saturday, March 26, 2011

What effect does Montag's rantings about their thoughtless world have on Mildred?

If you are talking about the rant that I am thinking of, it does not have much of an effect on Millie.  The one I am thinking of is the one at the beginning of Part II.


In that case, he is talking about how bad their world is and how little they think.  He is talking about how he watched her get the snake put in to pump out her stomach.  But she does not really react.


She does a couple of things.  First, she starts talking about the White Clown and the parlour walls and stuff.  Second, she thinks that he is just being silly.  One way or the other, it really doesn't make much of an impact on her.

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