Starting at the top of page 148 Granger starts stepping Montag through what's happening on the television. The media cannot tolerate with a simple "we lost him" story. They, along with the law enforcement, will make up a story to satisfy the public. Keeping tabs on this "Montag" for years has finally benefited them by delivering a great news program. The innocent and probably lonely guy was just taking a morning walk for goodness sakes. Obviously that doesn't affect how the media handles this because they're pretty involved in getting the correct camera shot for their viewers. Why is the hound even going for this guy anyway? He has to "know" that this isn't Montag.
It's also really funny to me when I picture how people look as they watch this. To us, seeing this, would be a movie from Hollywood. To these people this is real life drama and suspense that is actually KILLING people. Also, the fact that after the announcer..well announces that the search is over and Montag is dead they go directly into "We now take you to the Sky Room of the Hotel Lux for a half hour of Just-Before-Dawn, a program of--." This supposedly is key for everything's all fine and dandy now so you can go back to your happy life. Do these people really take a sigh of relief from that? I just thought that this form of entertainment was extremely disgusting and wanted to share.
-Brittany Jurczyk
I totally agree with you britt.I think that this situation shows how valuable the governments reputation is to them.For them to lie about this whole chase to spare themselves from embaressment shows that they know they lost Montag, and they know they cant say that to the public for the sake of humility. The fact that people found this absolutly normal and that they quickly change to a different program after the chase sickens me.This poor innocent mans life means nothing to the people of this disturbing society.There should be no sigh of relief to these people after things like this happen, but yet,there is.Oblivously there is a problem.
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