Summarize: A woman starts crying because of the poetry Montag read her, not understanding why she was crying. Another woman accuses Montag of just being a nasty man, trouble. Montag retaliates and tells her to get out of his house and go home and think about what a terrible person she is. Faber assures him that everyone makes mistakes, and Montag believes what Faber tells him. Montag returns to work andis engaged in a physical and mental game of poker with Beatty. Beatty sort of quizes Montag about what happened giving his opinions on books and such. They get an alarm to go set a fire and hurry to that house with Beatty driving. WHen they arrive at the house it is actually Mintag's house.
Discuss: In the begining Montag is a little overbearing with this new information about the world and does not go about sharing in the right way. The women were the wrong people to tell because they were so brainwashed, it probably didn't even pass through their thick skulls. We see that Montag is still in his free-thinking infancy because he just placidly accepts what Faber has to say. The poker match between Montag and Beatty is showing just how clever, if misguided, Beatty is. He can pretty much strip down Montags defenses and almost bend him to his will. Them arriving Montag's home in the end shows that keeping his new found freedom, job choice, and home life seperate is impossible.
Literary Elements:
Symbols - Beatty driving shows that he is actually in control of the situation, not Mantag.
The use of spider as a description when writing about the men symolizes how they are about to consume a life.
Irony - Situational, Ms. Bowels is preeching about how horrible Montag is when being hateful herself.
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