Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Why is Mrs. Montag so excited about the upcoming TV show in Fahrenheit 451?

Although she does not come straight out and tell us why
she is excited, it seems to me that Millie Montag is excited because she is going to get
to participate in this show that is coming on soon.  She has sent in some box tops to
the company and in return she will get to speak a line in the
show.


This is important because she is all excited about an
illusion.  She is all worked up about having a line in a show and she does not even know
what the show is about.  How empty is that?  Meanwhile, her real life is clearly in a
bad situation (she's just about died the night before) and she doesn't even
care.


Her excitement shows how shallow her life
is.

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