Fahrenheit 451 Signpost Analysis

On the other hand, Montag envies the hound because it becomes suspicious of him. The hound grabbed Montag's leg and stabbed it with a needle before the fire was able to snap the hound (Bradbury 120). This example shows that the hound goes to extreme measures to punish anyone that has broken the society rules. In addition, the television and radios has ruined the society including

Well, in this city, a hound is completely different. It is a mechanical ‘hound’ that has eight spider-like legs and has a needle which ejects euthanasia into its victims. It uses this to kill them, or hold them down. When Montag breaks the law, the hound is set off on him, keeping his scent through chemical imprint. The hound is set on Montag, there is a chase for several hours and finally Montag makes it into the forest. Upon arriving, he meets some other people, and Montag find out that the hound was used to kill an innocent man, for the government did not want to worry the public (It does not seem as though they care about the public, quite

Montag encounters a sign when he sees a deer on his journey. Bradbury writes, “The hound, Montag gave one last agonized shout as if this were too much for any man. Montag was alone in the wilderness. A deer” (144). Montag thought he saw the hound that is out to get him but it was just a deer, this was a sign to keep going on his journey.

The character Montag believes that he is truly happy with what he is doing until Clarisse comes into the picture. She talks lots about what is wrong with his job and makes him reflect. On page 9 it says “He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over, and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out. Darkness. The.

2. Montag goes to Faber 's house where he learns a new hound is on his trail.

After Montag killed Beatty and the other firemen, he began to run. He ran and ran, knowing that he would probably die. He knew that he shouldn’t, but he went to Faber’s house. He and Faber watched the news. War was being declared, and they were out for Montag. They were beginning to let out the hound. The Hound would be able to track

example explained in the novel was when Billy got his hounds and he trained the and

Finally arriving at Faber's house, Montag is told about a group of exiled intellectuals who will give him refuge. Through careful planning and determination, he manages to stay ahead of the new and improved Mechanical Hound, who is trying to hunt him down and destroy him. By jumping into the river and floating downstream, Montag cannot be detected by either the Hound or the helicopters. He finally comes ashore by a forest and finds the exiles within. They welcome Montag into their midst and share their plans of saving books and knowledge with him. Montag is given the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes to memorize.

(Watt 41). Bradbury reinforces this contrast by causing Mildred to relate only to the subject of herself, while Clarisse's favorite subject is other people. When Montag meets the Mechanical Hound, he discovers that it is a "dead beast, [a] living beast" (Bradbury 24). Donald Watt describes it as a "striking and sinister gadget" and it "is most terrifying for being both alive and not alive" (41; Huntington 113). The Hound becomes "Montag's particular mechanical enemy…[and it] becomes more suspicious of him" as time passes and Montag develops a greater freedom from his society (Johnson 112). Thus, Montag is thrust into the realization that his culture is not flawless, but instead is rife with abuses of human freedoms.

Guy Montag sat in Faber's home, a wanted fugitive, and heard these words on the television as society jeered at him. All faith had been put on the Hound to stop him, a mechanical executioner against a man who put his entire life on the line, and for what? For mere things, for books, which held none of the usefulness of technology? Guy's society is so dependent on technology, that the Hound is supposed to be an easy end to those that fight against everything they have ever known. Technology isn't a tool, it is a miracle, a vital part of everyone's "peace and well being." The hound never fails, as society does not accept that it even has a capacity to fail. Instead of being a living animal that can be trained through trial and error, it can only be programmed to never be unsuccessful. However, its function ironically falls apart when Guy proves that the Mechanical Hound can be evaded, that the death sentence it symbolizes is not

The Scarlet Letter shows Nathaniel Hawthorne’s way of using various signs to evolve the characters and help them atone for their sins and rid their fear of consequences. “A sign has tremendous power to communicate a message that transcends the sign itself.” (Gray 19) The Scarlet Letter involves an adulterous scandal between the two main characters, and how they live with the embarrassment and shame that comes with the sin. Hawthorne’s use of different signs such as the “A” and the scaffold help accompany the reader in understanding each character. Through Hawthorne’s writing, the reader gains a deeper meaning of the story, and that is achieved through signs.

Another incident that stayed in Montag 's mind is the old women who set her self and her books on fire. However, Montag tried stopping her by telling her that the books were not worth her life. Before she burned herself, Montag took one of her books and kept it. At that time Montag did not think about what did the old lady burned herself with the books, he did not think about it might be the value and morals that books hold to teach is. The old lady knew the importance of these books and what do they have, so she preferred to burn herself with them, and not watch the firemen burn them, who do not even know the importance of books. But they do know that books are unreal and there is so importance of them, plus they are against the law!

The mechanical hound begins to growl at Montag. Now Montag begins to wonder if the Hound is catching on to his individualistic behavior.

TH: Well, you must remember that I am a purebred hunting hound and tracking prey has and will always be a cornerstone of my nature, but I will say that many of the unfortunate events that followed my “attacks” on the moor were motivated by my unstable physical and mental condition as a result of Mr. Stapleton’s abusive treatment of me as his “pet”. In his devious scheming and mistreatment of his good-natured wife, he often neglected my own welfare and as a result starved me for months at a time while I was kenneled on the island in the middle of the foul Grimpen Mire. This made me considerably more irritable and more desperate to obtain food for myself, which sometimes led me to dining on a moorland sheep or occasional traveller in order to fulfill the demands of my ravenous appetite.

The first sign was a word he couldn't find. Somewhere in the back of his mind it was hiding. Did he ever know it? Yes, of course he did. Otherwise, why would he look for it now? But was he looking for a certain word? Or was he looking for a word to show a thought? There were so many words.