Page: 39 (Matchstick)
The word matchstick struck me. Montag gets called to burn Mrs. Blake's books from her attic. She refuses to leave her house, and when she ordered severely to leave she twitched her hand on a single matchstick. Her house was surrounded by kerosene, and she was willing to die for her books. When Beatty flicked his fingers to spark the kerosene, the woman reached out with contempt to them all and struck the kitchen match against the railing. This had been Montag's first faulty burning. He would be forever scarred with this woman's death.
Page: 43 (Years)
The word years struck me. Montag and his wife Mildred had only been married 10 years, and they had no recollection of where they had met or when. It had caused such a disagreement, and caused Montag great distress. He was worried about Mildred and her forgetfulness. They had been married 10 years, and neither of them had remembered something so simple. If they were in love they would have remembered.
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