In Fahrenheit 451‚ toward the end of “The Hearth and the Salamander‚” Ray Bradbury includes a monologue of society and the history of firemen said by Captain Beatty. He talks to Montag with irony by defending equalization of society while still remaining educated‚ and describes the use of books as weapons while freely using them that way himself. He says that the word ‘intellectual’ “became a swear word (and that) it deserved to be.” (Bradbury 55) The students at school were learning to be anti-intellectual
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Fahrenheit 451 The temperature at which book paper catches fire‚ and burns… Ray Bradbury Part One: The Hearth and the Salamander Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander 1. a) When does this story take place? The story takes place in the future‚ approximately 500 years from the time this book was written‚ so we estimate around the year 2450. The story is also set in the autumn. b) What clue does the author offer to support this theory on page 4? The author uses technology that doesn’t exist yet to
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Fahrenheit 451 The Hearth and the Salamander Reading Comprehension Questions 1) The country is not at peace. The country defends itself no matter what. Jets fly across the sky‚ meaning there is a war. 2) Captain Beatty seems to be directing Montag’s remarks at the fire station. Montag’s comments make the other firemen suspicious because he talks about how all firemen resembles a mirror image of him‚ and asks why don’t they prevent fires instead of burning
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1. The image that this creates is that the firemen do not care at all if a house is burning. They joke around saying that they want to pull out some marshmallows and roast them from the burning house. 2. The significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes is that she is not like everyone else. She has a special feature that not everybody else has. 3. Montag had a child memory of one time as a child when there was a power failure‚ and his mother had found and lit a last candle
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Reading Log 1- Fahrenheit 451 Describe what happened in your own words: So far in my reading of Fahrenheit 451‚ I have learned about a man named Guy Montag. So far Montag’s life has not been filled with excitement or thrill‚ he has a pretty dull and boring life. Montag is married‚ but he isn’t very content with it. He has just begun to understand how life really is. He and the people of this unknown city are living in the 24th century. Montag is a fireman in his 30’s and he along with many other
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not a happy place‚ and he seems to be very depressed and sad when at his house. The firehouse is described as having a brass pole‚ and the list of forbidden books posted on the wall. To me the firehouse is kind of a scary place. The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is literature and writing. Books are banned in thas world. If you’re caught with any books in your possession‚ the fire department will come and set house on fire‚ Even though we don’t see too many of them‚ books are a huge deal in this story
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(MIP-1) In the society the families are attached to technology which causes them to not have human like traits. (SIP-A) Families are so attached they do not socialize or communicate with one another. (STEWE-1)As Mildred refers to the TV character as her family‚ “‘Now‚’ said Mildred‚ ‘my ‘family’ is people. They tell me things; I laugh‚ they laugh! And the colors!’” (69). Mildred calls the people on the TV her family. She does not refer to Montag as family as well. Mildred thinks that she has a family
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Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 Responses 1. The significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes is that it shows that Clarisse is different. She is special. In this dystopia that Ray Bradbury has made‚ Clarisse is the one unique part of the society‚ the “flaw.” 2. In the childhood memory that Clarisse caused Montag to recall‚ Montag was a child and the power went out in his house. Montag’s mother had lit a candle. He found an “hour of rediscovery‚ of such illumination that space lost
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Megan Wright Mr. Owens English 9 14 April 2013 Rough Draft #1 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which book-paper catches fire‚ and burns (Lenhoff). In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury is trying to teach the reader about the dangers of books and history as seen in characters‚ symbols‚ and events. Bradbury’s novel is about a future American society where books are outlawed and firemen are told they have to burn any house that has books in it. Books are banned because they contain contradictory
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Fahrenheit 451 is a book that was published by Ray Bradbury in 1953. This book tells the story in which intellectual thought and books are illegal. According to the book‚ the futuristic firemen have the responsibility of setting fire to the books and any place that they reside. Numerous significant symbols occur in this book. In my opinion‚ fire‚ the Hearth and the Salamander‚ and the Phoenix are three of the most important symbols. The title of the book is an important symbol in and of itself
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