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In the train, the book says that "the train radio vomited upon Montag." Explain why Bradbury uses

this personification.

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Answer:This quote is a personification because it is impossible for trains to vomit; so Bradbury is giving human or living things´ characteristics to this object. However, this quote is also a metaphor; because the loud noise overwhelms the protagonist. In this way, he compares all the horrible sounding radio with vomit and metals because the sound, as metals, was heavy.

With this quote, we noticed that Montag was becoming a stranger to the civilization in which he was living; the high sound of the propaganda and the TV parlor overwhelmed him and he preferred the silent and slow world of books.

In this quote a metaphor can be identified, the sequence of burning the pages is said in order to add mystery to the action that is taking place. It can also make readers suffer because of the fact that “knowledge” is being burnt and how the efforts of the author to write the book were destroyed by fire. I perceived this effect because I had that feeling when I read it; we felt pain for the books which, after burnt, couldn´t return to us because, with all their ideas, they were dead.

Another figure that was found on the book was the alliteration which consists on the repetition of beginning sounds. This figure of speech is seen in the following quote:

“(…)Denham´s Dentifrice, Denham´s Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham´s Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice (…)” (Bradbury, 75)

This quote consists on an alliteration because of the repetition of the sound (Den, D, De) all along the sentence. It shows the reader how the repeating sounds of the propaganda of the train influenced people´s thoughts and doings: “[They were] tapping their feet at the rhythm of Denham’s (…)” (Ibidem). I perceived this effect because making repetition of words or sounds makes people “store in their minds” the repeated sound; and possibly, they would buy the product the advertisement is trying to sell.

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