Both Uses of
sloth
in
Fahrenheit 451
- Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away.
p. 150.9 *sloth = a type of mammal that seldom moves and is typically very slow when it does move
- 'To hell with that,' he said, 'shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass.'
p. 151.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(sloth as in: mental sloth) laziness (an unwillingness to work or exert oneself)
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(2)
(sloth as in: a sloth in the tree) a type of mammal that seldom moves and is very slow when it does move