Gulivers+Travel+By+Jonathan+Swift

Gullivers Travel: Montag grabs Gulivers Travel and threw it into another pile of books to be burnt.

Quote in book: "It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submitt to break their eggs at the smaller end."Mildred sat across the hall from him "What does it mean? It doesn't mean anything! The captain was right!"Here now," said Montag. "We'll start over again, at the beginning."



This quote was first written in 1726, in the historical-fiction book Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels describe three detailed  voyages in remote nations of the world. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, this quote is referenced when Montag reads Gulliver’s Travels to Mildred. Montag is the main character, whose job is to burn books. At first Mildred doesn’t want him to read it, because she is afraid of what could happen if they got caught. When people are caught with books, they are often killed, and their house and books are set on fire. While talking about Beatty, Montag’s fireman captain, she says “He’ll come in, and burn us and the books!” Montag ignores her, and as he starts __ reading __, Mildred becomes intrigued. Both Montag and his wife are surprised, and don’t understand this quote. Mildred says, “what does it mean? It doesn’t mean anything! The captain was right!”

This quote is one of the most important quotes in the book. Even though it is only a line long, it has very many meanings, and a lot of room for different interpretations. This quote was put in the book because so many things in the book relate to it, such as the Nazi stuff, The most important reason this quote is used, is to help Montag realize how bad his society really is, and the evil within it.

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