Wednesday, March 12, 2014

What does Montag do to Mildred's friends and what is their reaction?

In the book, what Guy Montag does is a couple of things. 
First, he tries to engage the women in conversation about things like the war and their
families.  This is something that is apparently just not done in their society.  It is
unwelcome because it is trying to get them to think and
feel.


Second, he tries to read poetry to them.  In the case
of the conversation, they react by being very uncomfortable and trying to break it off. 
They fidget and look around nervously.  When he reads to them, they completely freak out
and want to leave.  They talk about how horrible the poetry is and how horrible he
is.

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