Give Us A Hand

In F451, Granger's description about his grandfather made a very interesting impression to me as it related to the way we perceive life, the purpose of life, and sadly enough death. In Granger's description about the loss of his grandfather he recalls how the way he "misses" his grandfather isn't really the person himself but rather the actions done by his grandfather that he missed. Granger brings to light how he remembers the use of his grandfather's hand and the wonderful actions he made that brought joy into his life, someone else's life, and the "world. Throughout this story, a man piece of imagery that the author kept in our minds was the idea of hands. In the beginning of the story our main character Montag viewed his hands as something that was detached from, like it was separate from his body that had a mind of its own. However at the end of the story one thing Montag learns is how our hands is what keeps us curious and that what we do with is how we express ourselves and our personalities. Similarly readers come to that realization as well, that our "legacy" when we die or the impressions we give others about ourselves is all through the actions and in this case in particular what we do, create, or destroy with our hands. That's why this point in the story is very important to the whole development of the book because now we completely understand the meaning behind the hands that relates to our reality today.