I think that the title of this section represents Montag and his struggle to obtain the information in books. Like how he tried to fill sieve with sand but the sand kept falling through, Guy is trying to soak up as much information and knowledge as he can through books because he thinks that something is in them that is important. The only thing is that he is retaining none of it, or close to none like a sieve would. He is only retaining the big chunks and not all of the little ones.
Also, in this section, Faber reads Guy the book of Job from the Bible. I think that this is very siuting to what Guy is going through. In the story of Job, God and the Devil made a bet to see how he would react when the Devil made bad things happen to him. God here is represented by Faber who is standing for the right thing where Beatty is the Devil and is standing for all the wrong things. In the Bible though, Job still praises God and doesn't turn against him and start to hate him like most people would. I believe that Guy will do the same thing. In the end, even with all of the pressure of Beatty, he will realize what is right and go with it like Job did.
--RJ Murray
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