Summarize: Montag finds his wife in bed. She attempted to kill herself on sleeping pills. He call the emergency room and men come and clean her system of the 30 or so sleeping pills she took. We find out that a lot of people try to kill themselves every night in this city. Mildred, Montag's wife, is an unimaginative, boring, and delusional person.
Discuss: Montag begins to realize the full extent of Clarrise's specialness. He also starts to question himself. The readers see the relationship between Montag and Mildred, which is an unhappy one, especially now that Montag is thinking.
Literary Elements:
Allusion- He talked to a man in a park one day..., When the man working the stomache pump says "starting a few years ago"
Situational Irony - His feeling that the bedroom was like a crypt
Dramatic Irony - When they are talking about the play and Mildred describes her part as fun.
Symbol- When Mildred attempts suicide that represents self induced ignorance.
Characters: Mildred- She is in denial about killing herself and believes that what is popular is fun.
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