Reading the second part of Fahrenheit 451, there were a couple things i didn't understand. First, It was talking about the parlor, "He stared at the parlor that was dead and gray as the waters of an ocean that might teem with life is they switched on the electric sun. Im not exactly sure what the parlor was, but all i could think of was just a room with nobody in it, but thinking that somone might walk in at any miniut. There was another quote i didn't understand. "I saw the damnedest snake in the world the other night. It was dead but it was alive. It could see but it couldn't see. You want to see that snake? It's at Emergency Hospital where they filed a report on all the junk the snake got aout of you!" I wasn't sure what this snake was suposed to be symbolizing.
I like how descriptions are heavy with symbolizing, and characterizing, however, many times they can be difficult to understand. Most of the time it requires you to read a few pages ahead to realize what a cirtain descriptive piece is talking about. Though many times difficult, I can always eventualy figure out what is being said.
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I agree with you on how the parlor is confusing, because I too don't understand what that is to be. I also like how you talk about the symbolizing descriptions, because they help me better understand what's going on.
Alex: Interesting observations, and I agree too that Bradbury certainly uses some unique descriptions. Use this space to try and figure out what the parlor walls or the snake could be. It's great to ask questions, but you should also try to answer them.
You might also be interested in this link regarding the parlor walls: http://katharinebhs.blogspot.com/2007/05/firefighters-or-firemakers.html
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