1. Allusions Project Student, Period 4
Book Of Job
Allusions Project
Student, Period 4
Biblical Allusion
Direct Quote:
“Far away across town in the night, the faintest whisper of a turned page. ‘The Book Of Job’” (Bradbury 93). – MLA format!
Part Two: “The Sieve In The Sand”
Author: Possibly Job
Time Period: Biblical times
Source: The Bible
Professor Faber reads the book of Job to Montag as he sleeps, based on the belief that one gains knowledge while sleeping. (this is what is happening in the story)
In the Book of Job, Job is angry with God because he feels abandoned by Him. Job endures hardships and loss and believes that God has let him down, allowing Satan to put him on trial. In the end, he learns through his suffering, sees the truth and becomes a servant to the Lord. (explanation of the allusion)
Job’s submission to faith is comparable to Montag’s new found need to learn as much knowledge as he can before the books disappear. He now realizes that his society has let him down, and that he has lived a lie. He learns the importance of what books contain and that he has been wrong to burn them. Job became a servant to God and Montag has now become a servant to the task of saving knowledge. (effect on the story – why Bradbury uses it)