#49

Discuss the literary allusion used in the following: "Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he's burnt his damn wings, he wonders why"(113). To whom is Beatty alluding and how is this mythological character like Montag?


answer: Beatty was alluding the literary allusion to Montag. The mythological character is like Montag in the sense that the mythological character flew higher and higher toward the sun and eventually the sun was able to burn the wax that held his wings together. Then he fell to his death. Montag hid books in his attic, he read the books that were banned from the fire department, and he visited a professor's house to try to understand the meaning of books. Montag was just asking to get caught.

-Juan Aguilar...per.2