I think that it is actually more accurate to say that
Montag is trying to memorize something on the subway instead of saying that he is trying
to remember. What he is trying to memorize is a passage from the Gospel of
Matthew.
He is trying to memorize a bit from Matthew 6.
This is the part where Jesus is telling people not to worry about stuff on earth -- they
should trust in God to take care of them. Jesus says
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spin
But Montag cannot
memorize this because the ad for Denham's Dentrifice keeps blaring away. This
symbolizes how the society never lets anyone have time to think about anything other
than material stuff.
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