Study Guide Questions for Fahrenheit 451 As you read each section of the novel‚ answer briefly the following questions. These questions should act as a reading guide and are not intended to replace careful examination of the novel’s themes and development. Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander (pages 3-68) 1. What do the "fireman" do for a living? Firemen burn books. On a deeper level‚ firemen control society and perpetuate the classless uneducated society of Montag’s world. 2. In the
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Double Entry Journals Quotes/Summary of Event | My Thinking‚ Questions‚ Connections & Reactions | Pg. 8 “SI MONUMENTUM REQUIRIS CIRCUMSPICE” | I know this language is Latin. In the forward it is used in a way to honor educators. I think this might say “A monument that requires searching”Online it says‚ “if you seek his monument‚ look around”. (Merriam Webster). It seems similar to what I thought it said originally. I wasn’t surprised that it was along the lines of looking for something because
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In the science fiction/ dystopian novel of “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury‚ the citizens‚ as well as the government‚ shunned books. However‚ in place of the books is the four- walled televisor. The televisor (or television) is where the broad predominance of people watched a program called “the families”. While visiting Montag‚ Captain Beatty informs the reader about the downfall of the book. During “The Hearth and the Salamander"‚ Captain Beatty explained to us how because of the population growth
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I would not be able to complete my assignments on time. I begin my week with reading the assignments and answering the discussion forum questions. Next‚ I usually reply to other peoples posts throughout the week. I will start writing the journal entries and completing the assignments that are due for the week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Finally‚ I read my work over before I finally submit my assignments for the week. After a hard day of work I come home and complete my assignments first‚ and
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Name_________________Date________Period__________ Fahrenheit 451 Anticipation Guide Read the following statements. Write if you agree or disagree. Write one to two sentences explaining your thoughts about each statement. There are not right or wrong answers! 1. Laws are always written for the protection of the citizens. 2. Some books are evil and should be destroyed. 3. In a world filled with constant‚ 24-hour news‚ there are no true facts. (Things keep changing.) 4. If it was
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Fahrenheit 451: Happiness? Fahrenheit 451 is a novel of little happiness. Society as a whole has become content with watching television and wasting away their lives‚ while a few individuals ponder the true meaning of life and happiness. Bradbury throughout the book depicts what our world could become‚ and almost sends a warning to the reader on how to avoid this unfriendly fate. The society that is portrayed during this novel is neither happy nor sad. The citizens are glued to their "walls"
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Journal Entry Question #4: “Everyday Use” What is heritage? This is a question that begins to wander through one’s mind in Alice Walker’s Everyday Use. Although‚ it seems like a pretty generic answer‚ one sees that through this story that there are different meanings to people. Everyday Use is a story that follows a mom and her two daughters Maggie and Dee otherwise known as “Wangero.” It goes through these lives to share with the reader how people can completely abandon their past or ways of
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day‚ or playing records on a record player to dance to music. Compared to the fifties‚ the people of the world today are more consumed with entertainment than they are with knowledge‚ which fulfills a prediction Bradbury made in the novel. In Fahrenheit 451‚ the use of television walls was to show how it can take control of a person’s well-being. Mildred was so consumed with the entertainment the television walls or the parlor brought to her life that watching the walls became more of a necessity
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