Sunday, June 2, 2013

What is the setup of Montag's TV room in "Fahrenheit 451"?

Montag's TV room does in fact have three full walls and his wife does want a fourth.  Her desire to have the fourth wall is for total immersion in the TV realm.  Shows actually engage the viewer in the show, think the ultimate reality show.  The person sitting in his or her individual TV room gets involved in the show.

So Montag's wife, thinks of her TV show people as her family. She fills her life with the shows that she watches, so the TV set-up is very important to her. 

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