Bradbury describes Mildred’s earbuds as seashells. He uses this metaphor in a reference as people hold a seashell up to one’s ear to hear the sound of the ocean.
This should alarm the reader because the <em>seashells are used by Montag’s society to control information and control potential rebellions</em>. This is a way to control individuals and paint a different reality. Also with the seashells always plugged in <em>people don’t have the time or a silence to listen to their own thoughts.</em>
 
        
             
        
        
        
Gerasim has an ability to reach out to people.  He is a simple man who is satisfied with what
he has and his position in life.  In
connecting with people, he breaks down the walls that surround that person and
draws him out to the light helping them confront that which they fear.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The correct answer is D. The common people in the United States give the nation its vitality.
When Whitman says, "<em>Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people" </em>he means that the common people or the majority in the US (middle class) enrich the nation. While in other countries, the upper classes have the most vitality, the same is not true for the United States. Option A, B and C are incorrect because they claim that the wealthy upper class and/or people from other countries have the most vitality. 
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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