For this blog post, you have a choice: Either ask a question and try to answer it, or just choose a line and discuss why this line stands out to you. For both options, you must quote an actual line from the text. One response is asking/answering a question about that line, while the other option is just diving into some analysis/observations/connections that you can make for that line.
As always, make sure that you also respond to a classmate's comment and DO NOT repeat lines!!
Make sure that when you respond to a classmate that you are adding on to what has been said. DO NOT only compliment or repeat their analysis, but add another quote or contradict what they are saying.
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"And here were the lions now, fifteen feet away, so real, so feverishly and startlingly real that you could feel the prickling fur on your hand" (171)
ReplyDeleteThe detail that is in this writing is really bringing you into the book, and making the reader have a better connection with the book, and being drawn into the writing, This line happens just before things are about to go down. Yes, I know the lion isn't real, and is an image one of the characters create in their head based off a reading, but this makes the writing feel so real. This make the fake "scene" appear so real, and connects the reader to the writer. This gives us some background on how the book takes form, and what the problem really is.
(I know i cut of part of the sentence, but this is the part that stuck out to me)
I agree with you, but I think this quote connects back to the quote in class today because you don't know if the lions are made up in the parent's heads because that answer is not actually there.
Delete"'What would a psychologist want with a nursery?'
ReplyDelete'You know very well what he'd want.'" (169)
Going back to the class discussion of the famous statement made by Ray Bradbury, "It's lack that gives us inspiration", does the statement about the psychologist go back to his famous words? Is there something wrong with one of the children in the nursery? Since this is stated in the very beginning of the story, you probably think that maybe his wife is crazy. My guess is that she wants to add to the conversation. She doesn't know what a psychologist would want/do in a nursery. She is making up different scenarios with what could happen. Her lack is the fact that she doesn't know what's going on and her inspiration is having a psychologist look at it.
I do agree with what you are saying but I interpret the relationship between his writing and his words as a way of saying that in this technological society, the absence of materials calls for an "open door" into the real world for the children. This experience of not having the technology to rule their lives leads to the possibility of change and new advances. Also, the children in the nursery are normal because this is how they have been living. While they do appear to be brainwashed, they really are just familiar with this society being perfectly normal.
Delete"And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genus who had concived this room. A miricale of efficiency selling for an absurdly low price"
ReplyDeleteThis quote stood out to me because it is the part in the story when you begin to question if this whole secario is reality or imaginary. You begin to believe it is imaginary after Ray Bradbury starts takling about the lions in the nursery because it is obvious that this wouldn't be happening in real life. This connects back to the quote we looked at today, "It's lack that gives us inspiration", because you have to make up in your mind if this is real or not, until you get a definate answer.
These are great points. As I mentioned in my post, you don't really know what is happening in the story; the first impression is a bit strange. I like how you used the quote that we discussed in class to back up you're evidence because it really does help to figure out the story.
DeleteI agree with you. The children have anything they want, robbing them from real feelings and imagination. Although the parents just want to keep their children happy, all this technology is ruining their way of thinking properly to right situations.
Delete“George, you’ll have change your life. Like too many others, you’ve built it around creature comforts. Why, you’d starve tomorrow if something went wrong in your kitchen.” (179)
ReplyDeleteThis is a very strong line, and it reveals Bradbury’s thoughts on technology- it can be dangerous, to a certain extent. If and when technology starts to advance to the point at which people can have machines to do every little possible task for them, (like portrayed in this story), everyone will become too dependent on these machines. Already, with the technological advancements being made constantly today, we see, for example, the way smart phones and social media can start to consume free moments in everyday life. People are too caught up with scrolling through “feeds”, posting this, liking that, commenting on something else- that often, we start to realize how much of life is spent using phones (just as an example.) Bradbury intensifies, and takes this idea of technology “consuming” people to an extreme. Through this, the idea of people becoming too dependent on technology shines through. The psychologist even says to George that if something went wrong in his kitchen, he would starve, simply because he and his family have become too dependent on technology.
I completely agree with you. I also find this quote a bit scary because of how true it is. It's crazy to think about how much we depend on things like technology, and how easily our lives could fall apart if it were to be taken from us.
Delete"That's just it. I feel like I don't belong here. The house is wife and mother now and nursemaid. Can I compete with an African veldt? ... I can not. And it isn't just me. It's you." (172)
ReplyDeleteNow this quote here reveals how people's personalities really change based on the technology surrounding them. The African veldt is very impressive but noticing how it is impacting others really makes you think about the importance of technology and whether it is truly important. Lydia sees how the technology is affecting her children. Now this relates to a lot of today's problems with technology. Technology may seem like it isn't doing an insane amount of work but even the slightest technological advances really ruin many of our abilities. Writing is for sure messier for students that use technology in schools and this scene really foreshadows the reactions of the kids when the house is turned off. When technology becomes too normal, then there is no more ability to be mastered, causing a decline in our human abilities and qualities.
I definitely agree with what you said about the mother and how she is just now realizing what technology has taken away from her and her family. I also disagree with you in the fact that I don't believe that technology is causing a decline in all of our human abilities and qualities. Technology has helped improve many of our basic skills, it has reshaped us a lot, and normally for the better, but I also see your point with technology. In this quote it's practically like the mother is fighting against technology for the affection from her children, which shouldn't be happening.
Delete" Who was is said, ' Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally'? We've never lifted hand. They're insufferable-let's admit it." (176)
ReplyDeleteThis quote shows a lot about having something and then not wanting it anymore. Before, in the story, the parents were talking about how they didn't have to do anything anymore. For instance, they described there dinner table and how dinner was prepared for them. This showed us how much regular things they don't have to do because machines are doing it for them. After finally experiencing, first hand, how little there kids seem to care and how little they seem to do, the mother finally remembers back to this quote someone said. The first part of the quote symbolizes that in order for kids to be better or strive towards anything, they need to get stepped on they need to be pushed it'll only make them stronger. The mother then realizes that it is because of her that they aren't doing anything. The mother has never lifted a hand, so now her kids are following in her footsteps.
I definitely agree with what your saying about how children are raised into these comforts that shouldn't exist. Maybe the author was trying to convey a thought that a few generations later, the people will have become completely ignorant and incapable of anything. For the entirety of their lives people will have been pampered and guided by these appliances and innovations so that they don't ever actually learn or do anything on their own. The end result at our society's rate, will be a generation so reliant on these luxuries that they become completely incompetent population
Delete"Remarkable how the nursery caught the telepathic emanations...to fill their every desire."
ReplyDeleteAs much as I would love to live a life like that, I'll argue that having everything and being happy all the time is not a good thing. I think the ability to create anything you want is ruining your ability to think creatively and deeply. It's robbing the children to feel real feelings and this is mostly the parents fault. The first time the children didn't get what they want, they threw a tantrum. The parents didn't want to see then sad, giving them anything they want. I think it will be a real challenge for the children to get back to living a normal life.
I agree with you on this. I think that that was what Bradbury was trying to say about the world at that point and having everything doesn't mean that you are going to have the best life. You should hold on the what you hate to do, because someday those things may not be available to you anymore.
DeleteThis makes me think of the quote we discussed in class about how lack leads to inspiration. Having everything you want will definitely not help you in any way, and it is important to remember that. People are constantly craving more than what they have, but if we actually got whatever we wanted, we would lose all motivation.
Delete"That's just it. I feel like I don't belong here. The house is wife and mother now and nursemaid...You're beginning to feel unnecessary too."
ReplyDeleteThis quote is important because it's showing Ray Bradbury's view on technology. With all these terrific new innovations, everyday tasks are eliminated from people's lifestyle. However, the author predicts a point of which it becomes excessive and no one ever has to even do anything. With spoon feeding human's all these luxuries, a certain feeling of drive and importance is lost. Everything has been done, you have everything, people need to have a purpose, without it these appliances who were put in place to entertain end up making people more bored. The children are the only one in the story who embrace this technology because they have been raised to all these unnecessary things and have really felt an actual need to do anything. The adults are completely aware of what has been altered and eliminated in their lives, purpose.
"You've let this room and house replace you and your wife in your childrens affections.This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents."
ReplyDeleteThis line stood out to me because in a way it shows how technology can mean so much to people. This line also shows how technology can have the power to
replace stuff that are really important. Lastly, the word replace connects to the word change and in this case technology has been a bad change because it has replaced valued stuff in life like parents.
I totally agree. For me, this line was scary. I didn't want to think the idea that anything could replace my parents. Especially an inanimate thing. The worst part is that the kids didn't even realize that loving a battery operated nursery more than their parents was weird. To them, the nursery cared about them and gave them whatever they wanted. When the parents stopped giving the kids everything, it was just a matter of time before the kids turned to what did.
DeleteThis is definitely a key line. Because advancements in technology are almost always viewed in a positive light, it's refreshing to read something that challenges that positive outlook and brings out the question of whether technology is necessarily a good thing, or if it just causes many issues. Maybe Bradbury is trying to say that while technology is good, we can't abuse these innovations and we need to keep the phrase "everything in moderation" in mind.
Delete"Too much of anything isn't good for anyone" (173).
ReplyDeleteRay Bradbury is completely right. When I read this, I thought to myself, "No way, there are definitely things that you can never get enough of. Money, love." My first thought that then came into my head was how disgusted I am with myself that I thought of money first. Quickly after this thought, I proved Bradbury's point to myself with both of the examples. I have heard many stories about how people who win the lottery tend to actually live pretty unhappy lives. For one thing, they'd be unbearably paranoid. Another thing is that they would never know whether someone liked them, or their money. Not to mention I'm sure people would ALWAYS want something from them. Love was trickier. I don't think you can have enough love, of course. But you can for sure have enough of people showing it. Constant attention, to me, seems kind of claustrophobic and overwhelming. I'll bring it back to a point made in class, where someone said that people always want what they don't have. This line makes me wanna step back and think about what I really want, and why do I want it.
I agree with all the points you made. I like that you specifically spoke about love and money. To add on, I think that Bradbury is trying to also convey that there needs to be a balance of these types of things in life. Someone can have a ton of money, and family that loves them, and other things to live for, while another wealthy person may have a ton of money, but no one to love, and nothing else to care for. Having a healthy balance of different life aspects leads to happiness, and clearly, we see that having so many luxuries (seen in this story,) has negatively affected the family because these things have taken over their lives. They do not have a good balance of love, and money, for we see that all the money they have has lead them to have all the new technology, which is/was silently tearing the family apart.
DeleteI definitely agree with this. At first, I also did think that there are some things that you can never get enough of. I realized that what Ray Bradbury said is true. I have been in a situation where I've listened to the same song over and over again, to the point where I just can't stand it and end up hating it later.
DeleteI agree with your statement and I also thought this quote was interesting. It's hard to think that having too much money or love isn't good for anyone, because one would think that those two things are something you want indefinitely, but with too much of something good, it loses its value and sentiment. This goes along, I think, with the quote we discussed in class about "lack" creating inspiration. With too much of anything, there won't be this "lack", which leads to not having inspiration.
DeleteTo begin with, I absolutely agree with you. I also want to connect your point to another part of the story. Basically George bans machines for a month! Peter and Wendy then can't tolerate this. But then, George explains that technology just makes life easier but it really doesn't give the children any knowledge. Specifically, George also thinks that too much of technology is not good for you because it makes you so dependent on technology that it makes forget about the real knowledge.
Delete"Death thoughts.They were awfully young, Wendy and Peter, for death thoughts. Or, no, you were never too young, really."
ReplyDeleteThis quote stood out to me because while George Hadley thought about the nursery and lions, the thought of death appeared in his mind. However, it wasn't a suicidal thought. He was thinking about his kids. The thought of death came across George's mind because both George and Lydia had a "near death experience." The lions that they saw seemed so real. Also, it seemed like they were in the future because the nursery changed into an African veldt. This line shows that it doesn't matter how old or young you are, everyone thinks or has thought about death.
This also really stood out to me because George had this fear that the lions could actually be real and actually kill. I think he turned out to be correct in the end where the children lock George and Lydia Hadley in the nursery and they are killed by the lions. George says that he thinks that the scream was familiar and in the end it seems like these screams and been fantasies of the children seeing their parents killed by the lions.
DeleteI got something completely different from this line. It stood out to me because it showed me just how socially advanced this society is that death is a thought that even two year olds could be having. Most two year olds today don't think of death much less remember when a family member dies and yet the father in this century states that your never too young for death.
Delete"That's just it. I feel like I don't belong here. The house is wife and mother now and nursemaid."
ReplyDeleteThis quote really stood out to me because my first thought was, well if the house is everything, it's almost like there isn't a need for humans anymore. But then I realized that, without humans, it defeats the purpose of having the house in the first place. This made me stop and think because if everything is done for us, we no longer are required to do anything, which sort of diminishes any reasons for living. Its sort of like a weird, twisted circle; without the humans there is no need for the magic house, but with the magic house, there is almost no need for the humans, because they don't do anything anymore. I find it all extremely fascinating.
Lord how did we ever get in this house? What promoted us to buying a nightmare? 'Pride, money, foolishness'" (181).
ReplyDeleteThis quote really stood out to me because George actually wants to work hard in life even though he has an easy way out. George thinks that technology could be a waste of time even though in reality it saves your time. He thinks that technology is a waste of time because you don't get any knowledge out of it. This is why George then shuts down the technology for a month. As a result, Peter And Wendy can't tolerate the loss of technology. George then explains that the kids wouldn't learn anything with technology since it makes things way easier. He also explains how the children would not get any knowledge by making everything easier for themselves. All in all, George thinks that technology can ruin a person and it also makes life so easy which means that you wouldn't have any knowledge because you depend upon machines.
I agree with some of what you are saying but don't believe that is the main reason for him cutting off the nursery room. Yes I do agree that it makes life a little too easy for them. It may also affect their knowledge but I think there are deeper reasons. I believe it was because of how they aren't really filling the role as parents and machines are doing it for them. They are even giving the children baths. Even cooking and cleaning. I think the whole reason was so that they could be more of a family and to show the kids that machines aren't always needed. And that their parents are still important.
Delete"You've let this room and house replace you and your wife in your childrens affections."
ReplyDeleteI chose this quote because it's relatable; in this era, everyone gets wrapped up in technology and social media that it takes away from the real world. No one seems to enjoy hanging out with their friends without going on their phones or posting it on their social media accounts, which takes away from the actual experience. This quote explains this in the long run, how this room took away someone's love from their life. Even when technology is advanced, sophisticated, and useful, it may be taking away from our lives in the long run.
"You've let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents."
ReplyDeleteThis quote seems to play off of the idea that children are becoming less reliant on their parents because they have their phones and other forms of technology (or in this case, the nursery). However, having something without feelings or emotions parent you, like this machine is doing, causes a lack of emotion in the children and they end up spoiled and heartless and feel no shame in killing their parents. In a sense, being raised by a machine makes things simpler for the parents at first, but will create monsters who don't know how to deal with things that are difficult when they come along, such as not having the correct interaction with their parents.
I don't think this relates directly to phones, but just isolation. I do agree however when you say technology (the machine) can give some help at first, but in the end would just mess up the child. You don't get to grow up like a human, not being as social, and sticking to yourself. One example would be in their room.
Delete"You mean you want to fry my eggs for me?" (172)
ReplyDeleteThis line stood out to me because of what a simple task frying eggs is, and how to these people, it is a insane thing to. I find this story to be very similar to nowadays. Children are so obsessed with new technology and parents think that some time away would be a good thing, but since the children have grown up with it, they don't know any different. So going back to the thing about the eggs, I think that what Ray Bradbury was trying to say was that even though there are new things, you still have to look to your roots to see what is important and not get wrapped up in don't have... or what you have.
"Don't let Father kill everything." He turned to his father. "Oh, I hate you!" 'Insults won't get you anywhere' 'I wish you were dead!' 'We were for a long while. Now were ready to start living"
ReplyDeleteThe children have replaced the love that they had for their parents with love for love of these machines. Peter even threatens his father to not turn off the machines. The children only even deal with their parents because they are the ones who control all of the machines. They have been spoiled and no longer want to do anything anymore but just see and smell things they have no inspiration to do anything but see and smell through that nursery.
I totally agree. I feel like these parents gave the children that acess to technology and now that the kids haved loved it more than their parents, they want to stop the children from it.
DeleteI agree completely. This quote almost makes me wonder if this is what our generation is like. In a less exaggerated version, if you think about it we as teenagers are so gadget crazy that we dont really realize what it's like not not have these things at our grasp when ever we need
Delete"This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents." (179)
ReplyDeleteThis quote got me thinking about the value of people in this futuristc society. What the passage implies is that as technology starts to play a bigger role in people's daily lives, the value of a human and human relationships significantly decreases. As Peter, the son, explains in the passage, the house tied his shoes and brushed his teeth for him. In that case, what's the point of humans? These little day to day necesities become habbitual, so we dont think they're important. This story brought to my attention that these little things that we think nothing of actually shape us as humans. If everything was done for us, living would be meaningless and we would have no purpose whatsoever.
I completely agree with you. Because everything is done for them using appliances, they don't get to make memories or do normal things. Peter says that the house tied his shoes for him, so he will probably never experience the proud feeling of tying his own shoes. There won't be much of a point in humans.
DeleteThe quote I used "The children thought zebras, and there were zebra. Sun -- sun. Giraffes -- giraffes. Death and death." (173) Explains exactly what you are saying and how the nursery is all that matters to the people inside this house. It provides them with everything they would want. From zebras to giraffes and even death! Death, is something you would not expect from a place like this, but since it provides these things there is no reason to have neither a mother or father because this room will provide the people inside it with anything they could ever imagine.
Delete"George, I wish you'd look at the nursery" (169)
ReplyDeleteThis line stood out to me, not only because it's the first sentence in the novel but because I found it very interesting. When i first read it I stopped and thought about what they might mean by "nursery" did they mean a baby's nursery room or something else. Throughout this part of the novel they keep mentioning this nursery, I think that this nursery is something important to the novel,
"Can I give a bath and scrub the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic scrub bath can? I can not." (172)
ReplyDeleteThis quote stood out to me because something as simple and loving as giving your child a bath couldn't be done by his own mother just because they had too much modern technology. In the beginning of the short story they seemed so happy with this house with all it's appliances and fancy new installments but now they just wish to do something on their own without help. They just want to go back to the way things use to be.
"Thats just it. I feel like I dont belong here. The house is wife and mother now and nursemaid. Can I compete with an African veldt? Can I give a bath and scrub the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic scrub bath can?" - 172
ReplyDeleteThis quote brings me back to the quote we talked about in class today. The idea that when you're lacking in something its motivational. In this quote the mom is losing her mind because everything around her is handed to her, she's not lacking anything therefore she lacks purpose as a wife, a mom and a female. Even after given everything she still craves the basics and craves the simplicity of things. This shows that even the richest people still search for authenticity.
I completely agree with your statement as I also wrote about this in my blog post. I feel like the mom just for once just wants to do things on her own and get things done by herself without anything or anyone helping her. She is lacking simplicity and comfort and that sometimes is the most comforting and reassuring thing.
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ReplyDelete"The children thought zebras, and there were zebra. Sun -- sun. Giraffes -- giraffes. Death and death." (173)
ReplyDeleteThis specific section on page 173 really made me wonder on how death was represented. Was it a view on the death of a specific person? Was it death as in a place where people come to die or where animals die? Death means a lot of things and if death is displayed in the nursery, then how is it shown to the children? I understand showing zebras or giraffes but how will death be shown? This is the main reason why this detail stood out to me.
"But I thought that's why we bought this house, so we wouldn't have to do anything?" (172)
ReplyDeleteThis quote stood out to me because these people have futuristic appliances that do everything for them. I feel that having appliances like this can take the fun out of everyday activities. For example, Mrs. Hadley wants to take a vacation from her house because she doesn't get to do normal things like cook her husbands eggs or bathe her own children. they don't get to experience happy moments together and create memories.
This does somewhat portray a version of the future where machines and technology can get everything done for you. But specifically this family seems to go the extra mile. this "nursery" for ten year olds is there because the parents seem to believe that children are crazy and that this room will exercise that desire to breakout without physically hurting people. The family did not need the nursery but putting it into their home caused this trouble to happen.
DeleteIf the father did not turn it back on one last time, would the adaptation process have an equally violent outcome?
"Nothing ever likes to die--even a room" (180).
ReplyDeleteWhy is the technology given human characteristics?
This statement that the psychologist says to George when looking at the nursery applies well to all periods of time. The technology seems to be ingrained in the everyday lifestyle of the Hadleys and others. The time that the story is being told in is in the future but this means a lot. It is followed with George's thought, "I wonder if it hates me for wanting to switch it off" (180).This displays the fear that he has on disappointing the technology. Also, this thought validates the fact that inanimate objects are becoming more important. This can also foreshadow what will happen to the Hadleys in the end. The children are so quickly adapting and getting attached to the nursery that it is taking their role in the life of their family. The room is a more pleasing, imaginative and free version of the parents. When they woke up hearing familiar screams the reader soon finds out these are their own screams. The family does not even give themselves baths so turning off the house for a "vacation" would be killing the house. The father has a strong fear that he does not want to hurt the kid's or the technology/nursery's feelings. He fears that he will end up being blamed.
I would also like to add that its like the children are giving the technology power to take over them and the parents life. Its as if the room itself has come to life and the screams and smell are in order to draw the parents and children into the room but the parents become very skeptical which causes the children and the room to act very dramatically and violent to the extent that the room could even come to life and kill the parents.
Delete"That sounds dreadful! Would i have to tie my own shoes instead of letting the shoe tier do it? And brush my own teeth and comb my hair and give myself a bath?" (178)
ReplyDeleteWhy is technology the main focal point of this story, and how can it represent our current generation?
This statement by Peter Hadley really struck me in the fact that he and his sister are stressing over simple daily actions that we all do every day and barely take notice of it. This can go back to our own society and how technology is changing everyday tasks such as the one I'm doing right now, typing. Instead we could have been easily doing this in a long handwritten homework. Technology now has affected us and i feel like this could even be possible someday in the future, but this also shows how bad of an affect technology can have on our mental state simply modifying or taking away technology can drive us crazy and its actually true for some people that i know. I would also like to say that the children are also acting a bit suspicious because it seems that they are getting lazy and showing signs of stress from withdrawal of their own technology that controls their every day life. TECHNOLOGY ISNT THE ANSWER!!!!
" I won't have any threats from my son" (178)
ReplyDeleteQuestion:
why is it that his children are acting this way toward him at such a young age?
I feel like it is the new 'age' that these children are in that makes them act this way. they are given so much power- being able to be anywhere they want to be without ever moving- that they have become spoiled. this power is what makes them disrespect their father like this. children in our time don't act this way till they're teens and the contrast is evident.
I agree with your idea later on in the story George also states that "...Children are carpets , they should be stepped on occasionally." This all ties into the idea of maybe giving the kids to much maybe if they were raised learning to do things more for themselves then they'd learn to appreciate things more. Due to the fact that the children's parents never took a stand in letting the kids work for what they deserve they feel as if they have the upper hand in already getting what they want without working for it .
Delete"I just want you to look at it , is all, or call a psychologist." This line stood out to me the most because I feel that it helps convey or hint to the theme of the story. George's wife seems to feel as if the nursery has changed . However this statement makes me question whether if she believes the nursery has changed on its own or there's something wrong with her own perspective . While they are in the nursery they describe it as being extremely vivid and even become scared of what they see. Would a psychologist really go to check out the room or the people in it instead? Because of their differing views on the room they're escaping the norm and feel that they should get checked out.
ReplyDelete"This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents."
ReplyDeleteThis line stood out to me because of how terrible the whole situation really is. Thinking deeply the parents just wanted the best for their children. After spending so much money they come to the realization that they aren't the best for their children, and are beaten out by machines. During this time the children have really been living some of the most important parts of their lives through the nursery and their parents aren't even feeling needed anymore. So the mother is getting really saddened by this and the father is turning to things like alcohol and cigarettes. Just to cope with how distant they've become from their children.
I agree. The situation is depicted in a tough time in the story. It's interesting to see why the choices were made by the characters, and why by the author. I hope you get what I'm trying to say. Overall, it's a story similar to the hardships that the McCourt family faced in Angela's Ashes.
Delete"The only flaw to the illusion was the open door through which he could see his wife, far down the dark hall."
ReplyDeleteFurther more into this quote, I really was allured into it's written style. For example, other authors may write plainly, leaving us with the motivation to find a deeper meaning. I say this, because Bradbury writes every detailed aspect of the scenario he imagined in his head. In other words, he wanted to give the reader the complete story of how he saw it. Perhaps this was so interesting to me was, because it was something that I wanted to add on to in my own writing. Its always inspiring to see the kinds of work made by authors such as Bradbury, because they illustrate their minds on the paper.
"Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a constant light in it." (6)
ReplyDeleteThis quote stands out to me because of the heavily descriptive language used. You can get an almost clear picture of what she is suppose to look like. It sounds like he could be describing a machine almost, because with the words, "milk crystal" you could draw parallels with the texture or color of a machine. There is also the phrase, "with a constant light in it". This also supports the theory that language in this book can also be heavily used to describe a machine, in that it could be talking about the literal lights in a machine.