Laurence Sterne said it once: Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign on every page.
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For, let’s face it, digression is the soul of wit. Take philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet’s father’s ghost and what stays is dry bones.
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Fahrenheit 451, Afterword
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„… und auf beiden Seiten des Stromes Bäume des Lebens, die tragen zwölfmal Früchte, jeden Monat bringen sie ihre Frucht, und die Blätter der Bäume dienen zur Heilung der Völker.“
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„Stuff your eyes with wonder“, he said, „live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. …“
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Montag squinted from one face to another as they walked.
„Don't judge a book by its cover“, someone said.
And they all laughed quietly, moving downstream.
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„… als er starb, ging mir plötzlich auf, dass ich nicht um ihn trauerte, sondern um die Dinge, die er getan hatte. … Er war ein Teil von uns … Er war etwas Besonderes. Er war wichtig. Ich habe seinen Tod nie verwunden.“ [Granger]
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Random International, Rain Room. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo by Megan Abrahams (2016)
„After a long time of floating on the land and a short time of floating in the river he knew why he must never burn again in his life.“
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Montag’s duality as both fugitive and audience, revealing how mass media like TV and radio, unlike books, centralize control to mobilize society into executing authority’s will.
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“The chase is still running. The other way, though.”
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Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything.
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He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new.
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Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything.
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He was moving from an unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new.
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Fahreheit 451 comic By Philip Bates | Published June 17, in The Immortal Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
„Montag caught it with a bloom of fire, a single wondrous blossom that curled in petals of yellow and blue and orange about the metal dog, clad it in a new covering as it slammed into Montag and threw him ten feet back against the bole of a tree …“
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The manhunt, with 🚁 & commentary, shows Bradbury’s foresight. Spellbound by TV’s power, Montag nearly stays to watch himself fall to the Hound.
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“Then the lights switched back to the land, the helicopters swerved over the city again, as if they had picked up another trail.”
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Caspar David Friedrich Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes 1819/20 Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
„First I thought you had a Seashell. But when you turned clever later, I wondered. We'll trace this and drop it on your friend.“
„No!“ said Montag.
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Montag discovered with the help of Faber (and Clarisse) his true self, he realized what friendship really means.
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Beatty forces Montag to 🔥 his house, threatening him with the Mechanical Hound. Faber pleads for him to flee, but Montag obeys. The scene recalls the woman who burned with her books: symbol of defiance & sacrifice.
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“Montag heard the distant voice calling, "Montag, you all right?”
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Farther on, as Montag moved in darkness, he could see the helicopters falling falling like the first flakes of snow in the long winter to come . . .
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Fahrenheit 451
“Burning Bright”
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Mosaïque du Phénix 475 / 500 (4e quart Ve s. ap. J.-C.) Daphné, Antakya = Antioche sur Oronte, Louvre
„Und wie schon zuvor war es gut, Feuer zu legen, er spürte, wie es aus ihm heraussprudelte, wie er das sinnlose Problem mit den Flammen packte, zerriss, zerteilte und erledigte.“
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Feuer als Wandlungssymbol 🔥
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Mosaïque du Phénix 475 / 500 (4e quart Ve s. ap. J.-C.) Daphné, Antakya = Antioche sur Oronte Louvre
„And as before, it was good to burn, he felt himself gush out in the fire, snatch, rend, rip in half with flame, and put away the senseless problem.“
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The fire of revival
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La #metaliteratura: entre #Raybradbury2024 e @irenevalmore.bsky.social se me enriquecen las referencias.
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Mildred is so detached emotionally that she betrays her husband without hesitation, disappearing into a taxi to begin anew. After all, her TV “family” can follow her wherever she goes, filling the void.
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“There was a crash like the falling parts of a dream…”
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And now? . . .
The street empty, the house burnt like an ancient bit of stage scenery, the other homes dark, the Hound here, Beatty there, the two firemen another place . . .
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„Well“, said Beatty, „now you did it. Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he's burnt his damn wings, he wonders why. Didn't I hint enough when I sent the Hound around your place?“
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Beatty has a deep understanding of literature, making it surprising that he supports the destruction of books. His extensive memorization of passages suggests he might see value in them. He personifies and metaphorizes books.
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“What traitors books can be!”
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“But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority.”
(Faber)
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Fahrenheit 451 (2)
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Mrs. Phelps was crying.
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Mrs. Bowles stood up and glared at Montag. . . .
“I knew it would happen. I’ve always said, poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness; all that mush! Now I’ve had it proved to me.”
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Illustration: Federico Delfrati Süddeutsche Zeitung
„The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.“
[Faber]
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Illustration: Federico Delfrati, Süddeutsche Zeitung
„Die Öffentlichkeit hat aus freien Stücken aufgehört zu lesen.“
[Faber]
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