Fahrenheit 451 Dialectical Journal Analysis
Denise Rico
English II Honors
3 April 2013
Fahrenheit 451 Dialectical Journals
“Come off it. It doesn’t like or dislike. It just ‘functions.’ It’s like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide on for it. It follows through. It targets itself, homes itself, and cuts off. It’s only copper wire, storage batteries, and electricity” (Bradbury 26)
Irony:
I thought it was ironic how Beatty mentioned that the mechanical hound just “functions” because that’s how the citizens seem to act as well. For example, how one of Mildred’s friends had so many abortions without a care in the world. They act inhumane just how a robot would or even a mechanical hound. The mechanical hound is programmed to ‘function’ as if it were …show more content…
He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” (Bradbury …show more content…
He’s obviously not saying that Montag was wearing a mask which the girl took from him and ran away with. One night, the girl that Bradbury speaks of, Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. He was shocked that she would ask him such a question. He immediately responded that of course, he was indeed happy. However, Montag began to doubt if he was truly happy and came to the realization that he actually was not happy. Clarisse caused him to question his own happiness, which caused him to realize that it was false. That’s where the simile comes in, “he wore his happiness like a mask” meaning that all along he was pretending to be happy, hiding his unhappiness under a mask that he put on. He kind of just pushed away his feelings. Then “the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask” which means that by Clarisse questioning Montag if he was happy made him realize that he actually wasn’t. Now that Montag was aware that he wasn’t happy, “there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” meaning that there is no way of him being able to continue trying to convince himself that he is happy with his life.
“To see the firehouses burn across the land, destroyed as hot beds of treason. The salamander devours his tail! Ho, god!" (Bradbury 86).
Metaphor &
English II Honors
3 April 2013
Fahrenheit 451 Dialectical Journals
“Come off it. It doesn’t like or dislike. It just ‘functions.’ It’s like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide on for it. It follows through. It targets itself, homes itself, and cuts off. It’s only copper wire, storage batteries, and electricity” (Bradbury 26)
Irony:
I thought it was ironic how Beatty mentioned that the mechanical hound just “functions” because that’s how the citizens seem to act as well. For example, how one of Mildred’s friends had so many abortions without a care in the world. They act inhumane just how a robot would or even a mechanical hound. The mechanical hound is programmed to ‘function’ as if it were …show more content…
He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” (Bradbury …show more content…
He’s obviously not saying that Montag was wearing a mask which the girl took from him and ran away with. One night, the girl that Bradbury speaks of, Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. He was shocked that she would ask him such a question. He immediately responded that of course, he was indeed happy. However, Montag began to doubt if he was truly happy and came to the realization that he actually was not happy. Clarisse caused him to question his own happiness, which caused him to realize that it was false. That’s where the simile comes in, “he wore his happiness like a mask” meaning that all along he was pretending to be happy, hiding his unhappiness under a mask that he put on. He kind of just pushed away his feelings. Then “the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask” which means that by Clarisse questioning Montag if he was happy made him realize that he actually wasn’t. Now that Montag was aware that he wasn’t happy, “there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” meaning that there is no way of him being able to continue trying to convince himself that he is happy with his life.
“To see the firehouses burn across the land, destroyed as hot beds of treason. The salamander devours his tail! Ho, god!" (Bradbury 86).
Metaphor &