Tom Paine Allusion
Quote: “We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law. Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli, or Christ, it’s here” (Bradbury 152). Granger is explaining to Montag what they do and what’s going on.
This allusion is important because The renaissance philosopher Machiavelli is the father of political science and influenced our culture like many other of the great philosophers did.
Bradbury put this allusion in the book when Granger was referring to all great people who influenced our culture. This put an emphasis on what he was saying because, again it was a shock to see him relate what they were doing to such influential people like Christ or Machiavelli.
This allusion is important because The renaissance philosopher Machiavelli is the father of political science and influenced our culture like many other of the great philosophers did.
Bradbury put this allusion in the book when Granger was referring to all great people who influenced our culture. This put an emphasis on what he was saying because, again it was a shock to see him relate what they were doing to such influential people like Christ or Machiavelli.