Untold Stories of The Future As I read this fascinating book, I realize how dangerous books are to humans, and how much struggle these people have with the encounter of books. We know that books are illegal and we know that Montag is taking them for himself. This is very illegal and funny because he is the one who is trying to burn these books, kind of contradicting himself. I find many scenes of this part of the text where books have been a weapon in a sense, and a dangerous weapon to humans. Moments where Bradbury portrays books as dangerous and why they are banned is when Montag is telling Mildred how books are taking over his life and changing him as a whole. A quote to show this moment in the scene is, “This is some sort of trap! I …show more content…
It leaves Montag wondering of all these book s that are being burned. Another great part of ‘The Sieve and the Sand” is when Montag explains to Mildred that if they get caught with the books that he has been keeping, then they will face high amounts of consequences. A quote to support this is, “If I pick a substitute and Beatty does know which book I stole, he’ll guess we’ve an entire library here!”(72). Later in this section, Montag finds Faber, and they discuss how books are so deeply import to them and that even tfi they take their eyes off of it for a minute, it could be gone. This also adds to the insanity and craziness they have within themselves. A great quote to represent this scene is, “Faber backed up, as if he feared the book might vanish if he took his eyes from it”(77). Bradbury uses the word ‘feared’ to show how much they fear books in 2026, and how much the world has changed so drastically. Even though the world they live in may not be the same as we thought it would be, Bradbury explains so much into rich detail on how humans act a certain way, and in this