To me, "State" means a mindset. He's in a mode, or a mindset of confusion. He's confused. He's in a place where he doesn't know what's going on, if that makes sense. It is a Condition Of Mind
~Deceptiøn
Answer:
Missing a little context here, but I'll assume it's a mom talking to a rebellious teen, or similar. (sorry if I got it wrong.)
I would assume that a frustrated mother is talking to a brand new adult that is now refusing to obey their mother. Or something like that. So, she is guilting them by saying how many years of her life she spent on them. All that time she could have spent doing something else, but instead, she invested it in them, and this is what she is getting out of it?
Answer: He seems sick again.
Explanation: Quote from the text: "Montag's head whirled sickeningly. He felt beaten unmercifully on brow, eyes, nose, lips, chin,
on shoulders, on upflailing arms."
