The time has come, where I have finished the book Fahrenheit 451. This past week I read pages 145- 158 and I noticed imagery in these final pages of the book. The first time I noticed this literary device is on page 153: "Montag, lying there, eye gritted shut with dust, a fine wet cement dust in his now shut mouth, gasping and crying, now thought again..." Here we find Montag pinned to the ground by fear of the aftermath or the bombs going off around him. We can imagine his eyes being glued shut by the dust and his mouth shut by the dust that has become wet and like cement. The use of words here really help you see what the horror Montag must be going through with not only his eyes but mouth covered in dust.

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