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    truly love his wife Mildred. In the beginning‚ Montag believes that he truly loves Mildred. However‚ as the book goes on‚ he meets Clarisse‚ and begins to change his way of thought. He slowly begins to wake up from the dream world that he is living in. As he begins to know Clarisse‚ he slowly realizes that Mildred does not share the same deep passion for life that he does. At the beginning of the Sieve and the Sand‚ Montag frantically reads books to gain more knowledge. Mildred complains and kicks

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    situation with your fire eaters” (Bradbury 85). Montag noticed that when people stopped reading as many books other people encouraged it by saying they were making people unhappy. Montag thinks about his connection to other people such as his wife Mildred‚ “‘For it would be the dying of an unknown‚ a street face‚ a newspaper image‚ it was suddenly so very wrong that that he had begun to cry‚ not at death but at the thought of not crying at death‚ a silly empty man near a silly empty woman‚ while the

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    marriage to his wife‚ Mildred‚ has never been happy. In fact‚ he cannot even remember when and where they first met. In his defense‚ though‚ neither can Mildred; and frankly‚ she cannot care less. In the long run‚ it turns out Clarisse is‚ metaphorically‚ a catalyst for Montag to take a stand against society and Captain Beatty alike. Montag notices shortly after meeting Clarisse that she mostly talked about her uncle’s experiences. “...His

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    work‚ get paid‚ and leave. The money was good and that’s why I stayed. After a while‚ I began to feel really curious and started to investigate what was in these books myself. I gathered so many books to the point where I began to feel paranoid that Mildred or Beatty would find out. But I was willing to take that risk. I needed to find out the secrets to the books.

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    This woman had a tremendous impact on Montag. She burned with her books. When he is talking with Mildred about it later‚ he says "There must be something in books‚ things we can’t imagine to make a woman stay in a burning house‚ there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing." (pg 51) Mildred tries to say that the woman was simple-minded and that it is water under the bridge. Montag knows that the experience will last him a lifetime. He cannot put it out of his mind. He goes on to explain

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    Is The Hairy Ape an expressionistic play? Expressionism is a movement began in early 20th century in German and soon spread over the whole Europe. It initiated in paintings and quickly started to include music‚ literature and architecture. It was a new technique used in drama of Strindberg and later became a theatrical movement round about the First World War. O’Neill was influenced by them and his play titled The Hairy Ape illustrated expressionistic style. The expressionistic touch is found from

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    Guy Montag‚ a fireman in the future who burns books‚ is the main character‚ and the story is told from his point of view. Mildred is Montag’s wife‚ who is depressed and watches television all day. Captain Beatty is Montag’s boss and becomes his enemy. Clarisse McClellan‚ Montag’s 17 year old neighbor‚ comes from an unconventional family and has a powerful effect on Montag. Professor Faber who is Montag’s friend that helps him by making a plan to reprint books. The Hound who is a mechanical dog that

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    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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    Elements of Crime

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    Elements of a Crime (Actus Reus & Mens Rea) Model Lesson Plan Source: Original lesson plan. Handout #2 from David Crump‚ Criminal Law: Cases‚ Statutes‚ And Lawyering Strategies‚ Lexis Nexis 2005 pg. 117-18. I. Goals: by the end of this class students should have a strong foundation for reading criminal statutes and differentiating similar crimes. II. Objectives a. Knowledge objectives: as a result of this class students will be better able to: i. define “Actus Reus” and “Mens Rea” ii

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