There are a variety of instances where Montag tries to
remember what life was like before, what his relationship with his wife was like, all
sorts of things but he always struggles. Everything appears to be caught up in the
present and other characters, like his wife, appear to have it worse. Their various
devices, the nodes in their ears, the amazingly fancy walls, etc., all help them to just
be totally caught up in the present and unable to
remember.
So the contrast between these people and the men
that Montag meets out beyond the city is stark. They have committed these books to
memory and in so doing they act as the sort of collective memory for the whole society.
And in the end, they will be there when everything else is gone.
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