Blog #3
Mrs. Phelps was crying.
The others in the middle of the desert watched her crying grow very loud as her face squeezed itself out of shape. They sat, not touching her, bewildered with her display. She sobbed uncontrollably. Montag himself was shaken and stunned.
I find crying hard to describe, mostly because when it happens it's almost surreal. I think this metaphor describes it well. 'They sat in the middle of the desert'. In this story, showing emotion is basically a crime, crying in front of others is socially unheard of, so when it happens, no one knows what to do. 'bewildered with her display.' It's a desert, a dry empty, place, and that's what it was like. I thought this was interesting.
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