Journal Entry 20 (p. 223) In this activity‚ you will recall times in your life when you were off course and took effective actions to get back on course. Everyone gets off course at times‚ but only those who are self-aware can consistently make positive changes to improve their lives. 1. Write about a time when you made a positive change in your life. Examples include ending an unhealthy relationship‚ entering college years after high school‚ changing careers‚ stopping an addiction‚ choosing
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the power of books. Fahrenheit 451 (1953)‚ written by Ray Bradbury depicts a dystopian society which‚ due to the absence of books‚ discourages intellect and punishes free-will. As receptacles of knowledge‚ books give human beings a unique power‚ as they encourage and nurture intellect and understanding. The intellectual metamorphosis that Montag undergoes renders him aware of this fact‚ making him an incredibly dangerous figure in the society of Fahrenheit 451. Despite Montag’s understanding
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The Giver Journal Entries 1st Journal Entry: 1) Describe your idea of a perfect world. include all important information. My idea of a perfect place would be perfect in my mind. You would have endless money and do mostly whatever you want. The government would not be generally strict but it would be very law-enforcing. Although the laws would not be very strict the laws would be very serious. Some of them would be like no killing and no smoking and other things that are problems in our regular
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Journal entry 1-Culture: The Cultural aspect of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I found that the Gypsy culture had a great affect on the plot of the story. When the gypsies came into Macondo and brought and shared their findings it changed the perspectives of the people in Macondo. The person who got most influenced by the gypsies was Jose Arcadio Buendia‚ he was mostly influenced by Melquiades‚ Jose Arcadio Buendia was so amazed of what Melquiades would bring everytime
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The books‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ and Feed by M.T. Anderson‚ each describes a dystopian future where technology is dominant‚ and literature is close to extinction. In these futures‚ technology causes humans to dumb down. While societies strict social standards creates each person to be similar to one another‚ allowing groups to be manipulated easier. The books have a similar theme; don’t let technology get out of control. In Fahrenheit 451’s future‚ technology overtakes literature and human
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Mr. Ganchow AP Prep English Period: 5 15 August 2014 Possible Existence of a Dystopian Future Fahrenheit 451‚ a novel by Ray Bradbury‚ presents an apocalyptic future that is centered on an immensely powerful government whose citizens live without freedom of speech‚ literature‚ the right to question authority‚ and the resources they need to be educated. This formidable future exposed in Fahrenheit 451 might one day exist‚ because there are some countries such as Cuba and North Korea that already
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Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are two different books with a lot of similarities and although written years ago‚ can still be applicable to the world today. Several conflicting frames of mind have played defining roles in shaping humanity throughout the twentieth century. Visions of a bright future held by humanity were taken advantage of by the promise of a better life through the sacrifice of individuality to the state. The trickery and the treachery by both ruling government shows their similarities
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The destruction of the Fahrenheit 451 society When major or even minor problems are found within a society‚ they can cause a huge meltdown and even the destruction of the whole society. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ the society has to deal with some very big problems. The Fahrenheit 451 society was destroyed through its disregard human life‚ inability to think‚ and absence of imagination. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ the society has to deal with some big problems that eventually
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successful society. In the society of Fahrenheit 451 people don’t have knowledge because it is taken away from them. The people have no sense of thought so they do not know right from wrong or how to think for themselves. The characters that does have knowledge are considered anti-social or not normal. Bradbury describes how unusual life would be without knowledge. Bradbury expresses that knowledge is an important aspect in life and signified this in Fahrenheit 451. He also shows why knowledge is the
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Journal entry 1 I saw that there was another riot today in the streets it consisted of the upper classes. They were mad because me and a few others because we go to the same school. One of them spotted me when I was looking at them when I was walking down the street. I turned and ran as fast as I could dodging into the alley by Teds grocery. Now that I think of it I should have ran the other way when I first saw them. Soon after the boy saw me he yelled out to let the rest of the group know. I
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