Fahrenheit 451

what do you think the title mean? "the sieve and the sand"

"the sieve and the sand"

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The sand is symbolic of the tangible truth Montag seeks and the sieve of the human mind seeking truth. Truth is elusive and, the metaphor suggests, impossible to grasp in any permanent way.

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