Kristine Pham H. Freshmen Lit & Composition Summer 2014 Dialectic Journal Assignment FAHRENHEIT 451 TEXT CHAPTER & PAGE RESPONSE (Question‚ Predict‚ Connect‚ Clarify‚ Reflect‚ Evaluate) "With the brass nozzle in his fists‚ with this great python spitting it ’s venomous kerosene upon the world‚ the blood pounded his head‚ and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history." Chapter
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Is ignorance bliss? Or can true happiness come only from knowledge? In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451‚ the protagonist‚ Guy Montag‚ lives in a futuristic‚ dystopian version of the United States in which knowledge is frowned upon‚ ignorance runs rampant‚ and uniformity is imperative. To fit in with the societal assumption that sameness equates to happiness‚ Guy feels he must conform and play the part of a contented citizen. However‚ Guy frequently finds himself questioning the validity of his
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Conform to Non Conformity “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten‚ to see things blackened and changed.” In Ray Bradbury’s thrilling novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag is a fireman but firemen are different in this dystopia. He finds himself spending day after day burning houses and books to keep society conformed to the new laws. After meeting an eccentric girl named Clarisse McClellan she elucidates his myopic view on life. He becomes curious about books and then
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Hailey‚ Bailey‚ Adrian‚ and Kari 10-25-12 Fahrenheit 451 Lyrics Assignment F Hour Song: Burning by The Whitest Boy Alive Lyrics: “So many people telling me one way‚ So many people telling me to stay” Quote: (Captain Beatty) “Well‚ Montag‚ take my word for it‚ I’ve had to read a few in my time‚ to know what I was about‚ and the books say nothing!” This quote from the story takes place when Captain Beatty is at Montag’s home and he is talking to him because of the book that
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Common Themes of Fahrenheit 451 Individual self-expression is important: Example 1: “‘I’m still crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it.’” Pg 21 This quote came from Clarisse‚ she talks about her enjoyment of the rain and expresses herself. She admits to being “crazy” in the world they live in but she is written as a happy person. A person who feels‚ not just survives. Example 2: “‘The comfortable people want only wax moon faces‚ poreless‚ hairless‚ expressionless.’” Pg 83 This is
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media is in electronic form. Printed books‚ magazines‚ newspapers are no longer available in paper format. Everything is stored on server hard drives‚ flash drives and other storage media. This is what was realized in the Science Fiction Book “Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury”. An authoritarian Government was responsible for all media. In this future all books were forbidden and when discovered burned out of existence. We are moving in the direction of this dystopian future where all media is now becoming
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The novel Fahrenheit 451 stars the protagonist Guy Montag as he learns more about himself and the society he currently lives in. He goes from a close minded unhappy man to someone who’s willing to take risks and educate himself about the world. There were a multitude of factors helped contribute Montag to change and grow as a person and a character. Big or small‚ all of these little things changed the way montag think. He started to question himself about unusal things that shouldn’t be questioned
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lasting effect on someone depending on how they treat them and what they do in their life. People can have a more meaningful impact having just met someone for a day rather then someone who has been present in their life for years. Montag‚ in Fahrenheit 451‚ was more impacted by Clarisse only knowing her for less then a week‚ rather than his wife‚ Mildred‚ of ten years. Clarisse was put in Montag’s life for less then a week‚ and fulfilled his life more then Mildred. Mildred and Montag have been married
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Author of the popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire once said‚ “I try to make readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed‚ you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just got more popcorn‚ it’s a superficial experience isn’t it.” When a character dies in a story there is a sort of shock the reader receives when that death actually happens. Although Clarisse died very early in the book‚ most people
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on me. I was a fireman‚ a fireman who burned books for a living. I followed in my family’s footsteps and became a fireman‚ that only burnt books. Which soon turned into having to burn buildings because they contained books. Paper burned at 451 degrees fahrenheit. Burning books always seemed to make me happy. Ray Bradbury wanted people to know the good between bad. There were some very nice helpful people in the society along with some people who were mean and rude like Beaty. “Kerosene.” he said
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