Bryce Conner “Dover
Beach” Poem response
Mrs. Bross, Honors English 1B
Sunday February 8th 2015
When Mrs. Phelps and Mr. Bowles’
left after hearing the poem Montag read them, they both went to there separate
ways back home, when they walked back home, I imagined them going through
thoughts in their minds asking themselves if the society they live in today is
the way things should actually be like. Both Mrs. Bowles’ and Mrs. Phelps are
very static characters, mostly everyone is because of the society restrictions
with books, but anyways after Montag read the poem, “Dover Beach” I think both
Mrs. Bowles’ and Mrs. Phelps became dynamic characters because I think the poem
really opened their eyes to how society really is.
Later in
this novel, I think we will see a slow transition of character change between
Mrs. Bowles’ and Mrs. Phelps because right after they left they seemed really
impacted even in tears because of this eye opening poem Montag read. After both
of these characters get home, I imagine them just laying down in their beds
with their eyes wide open thinking and wondering about the things wrong with
their society, then when they finally start to realize all the corruptions
among them, I think they might take some sort of small action, and or, report
to Montag about how its affected them.
After Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles’ are done contemplating
about the wrongs in their society I think the actions they might take are maybe
stealing a book out of curiosity so they can read and see what its like to know
new stuff. I think they might also ‘team up’ with Montag and maybe read some of
his books when he builds a trust bond with them, and to an extant they could
even riot the government, you never know how strong they actually feel about
it. All these actions I have predicted could maybe happen and maybe even other
things I haven’t predicted could happen, were just going to have to wait and
see.
