What am I confused about?
I am confused when Montag reads this page in a book: "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." What do you think this means?
B. How will books get us out of "the cave?" What is the cave and how will books get us out of it?
I think the cave is the question or the riddle trying to be solved. And the books provide the answers or hints to the answers for the question or riddle. I think this because caves are dark and they are very hollow and empty and full of mystery. When you are in a cave, you never know what might happen next and that is just like a question or riddle. When you are trying to get out of a cave, you just need to find a way out by using your intelligence just like when you try to solve a riddle or answer a question. If you were in a cave and you only had a book, how could you get out of the cave? I think books give us knowledge and you could use the knowledge to help you; for example, the book might be full of information or might have a map. Once you finish reading the book, you might find your answer.
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I think it means that you can do so many nice things to a person, and eventually, there will be one act that makes them appreciate you so much more. Of course, I could be entirely wrong, but that is what ran through my head when I was thinking about it.
? Chris Sefcik ?
What i think that, that quote really means to me is that when forming a bond or friendship with another person the transformation doesn't exactly happen like flicking on and off a light switch, it is not a black and white situation. Rather, as time goes by there is a certain point that the friendship is installed, the point is one that will have no particularly remarkable happening or state but acts as a gradual curve of sorts.
-Chris C (the real Chris might I add)
Nice little exchange here guys, any comments Austin?
I think you are right. I actually think that things like friendship have to happen over time. You have to take your time in life. For instance, you can't just put a hook on a fishing line and throw it into the water and get a fish. You have to consider a few things first. You have to get something the fish will eat like a worm. And you can't just put the line into the water if there are rocks. You have to cast out. If you then get a bite, you can't rush it. You have to reel in slowly or the hook might not get set in the fish's mouth. You have to wait until the pole is moving up and down, up and down and then hopefully you might catch something.
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