Question

read the quotations below from ray bradburys fahrenheit 451. match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests. through others we learn about ourselves. discomfort can show that you care about something meaningful. people are more easily controlled when they have fewer choices. if everyone is the same, then no one will be jealous. quotation how like a mirror, her face. . . . how rarely did other peoples faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought? \we need to be really bothered once in a while. how long is it since you were really bothered? about something important, about something real?\ \if you dont want a man unhappy politically, dont give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. better yet, give him none.\ \each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them shrink away, to judge themselves against.\

Explanation:

• The first quotation "How like a mirror, her face... How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought?" reflects the idea that through others (their faces acting as mirrors) we learn about ourselves.
• The second quotation "We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" implies that discomfort (being bothered) can show that you care about something meaningful.
• The third quotation "If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none." shows that people are more easily controlled when they have fewer choices.
• The fourth quotation "Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them shrink away, to judge themselves against." indicates that if everyone is the same, then no one will be jealous.

Answer:

1. "How like a mirror, her face... How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought?" → Through others we learn about ourselves.
2. "We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?" → Discomfort can show that you care about something meaningful.
3. "If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none." → People are more easily controlled when they have fewer choices.
4. "Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them shrink away, to judge themselves against." → If everyone is the same, then no one will be jealous.