Weekly Reflection

   This week in class we finally began to look into F.451 deeper that I expected to. It's as if every choice the author made in his book is for a purpose. From word choice, and the length of sentences, to descriptions and details we managed to find what seemed to me like secret pieces of information through what was described as close reading. At some point it confuses me because I'm not sure what to assume from the smallest details that Ray Bradbury provides. It's as if everything that he states in the book has a secret symbolic meaning to it. For example, when reading the description Bradbury gave for the hound it seemed to me that he simply managed to capture the terror behind it as well as the fear Montag has for it. But after close reading it we realized that Bradbury used the precise wording that he used to make the hound symbolize Montag. It's something I feel I would have never picked up on no matter how many times I were to read that section. From this week's classes I now feel like I understand the importance of close reading and the purposes it has specifically in F.451 but yet I fear of making conclusions from close reading  because they don't always seem "affirmative." I'm excited to see what we will continue to do with F.451 and the little bits of information Bradbury leaves between the lines.