Alliteration and Anaphora in the "Sieve and the Sand".

Another figure that was found on the book was the alliteration which consists on the repetition of beginning sounds. This figure of speech is seen in the following quote:

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     “(…)Denham´s Dentifrice, Denham´s Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham´s Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice (…)” (Bradbury, 75)

This quote consists on an alliteration because of the repetition of the sound (Den, D, De) all along the sentence. It shows the reader how the repeating sounds of the propaganda of the train influenced people´s thoughts and doings: “[They were] tapping their feet at the rhythm of Denham’s (…)” (Ibidem). I perceived this effect because making repetition of words or sounds makes people “store in their minds” the repeated sound; and possibly, they would buy the product the advertisement is trying to sell because they remember the repeating sounds. With this quote, I felt subordinated becasue media is always manipulating us in order to make us buy the products it is selling.
(Video: Denham´s Dentifrice).

The Anaphora, another figure of speech present in the novel, is a technique where several phrases or verses begin with the same word or words. Here are some examples that were found in the book:

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    1.  “Light the first page, light the second page (…) Light the third page”. (Bradbury, 72).

In this quote, the sequence of burning the pages is said in order to add mystery, suspense and intrigue to the action that is taking place. It can also make readers suffer because of the fact that “knowledge” is being burnt and how the efforts of the author to write the book were destroyed by fire. I perceived this effect because I had that feeling when I read it; I felt pain for the books which, after burnt, couldn´t return to us with all their ideas because they were dead; they had been turned into insignificant ashes.

Another Anaphora present in the novel is:

2.  “Does your ´family´ love you, love you very much, love you with all their heart and soul, Millie?” (Bradbury, 73).

In this quote, Montag emphasizes in the word “love” in order to have a deeper penetration in his wife´s thoughts and to create an effect similar to the Denham´s Dentifrice´s one: to make Mildred reflect if the TV parlor really gave her love.

 I perceived this because, as the reader notices the continuous repetition of the word “love”, he/she knows that Montag wants to emphasize on that word to ask his question and to echo on Mildred´s thoughts; to make her think at least once in her life. However, as Millie does not want to think, she answers that that was a silly question.

The last most important Anaphora we found on the “Sieve and the Sand” is the following:

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            3. “Fool, Montag, fool, fool, oh God you silly fool” (Bradbury, 98).

In this quote, Faber wants to emphasize how he felt about Montag in that moment: he thought that his “drone” was a complete fool and repeated that word to himself. The reader may think that, most of the times when a person believes someone has almost ruined something, they start to say words like “silly, fool, stupid”, among others; and that is what Faber did: he repeated the same word “fool” to himself until his rage, anger, scariness and disappointment got reduced.

I perceived this effect because this event happened after Mildred’s friends went to the house and Montag disconnected the TV parlor while they were watching it and read them poetry (Dover Beach). As Faber was scared and angry because their plan was about to be revealed; and, therefore, ruined, he started to say to himself “fool, Montag” after a very stressful episode in Montag´s house.