DUE, WEDNESDAY 1/30 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 154-165
Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 154-165 (finish the book)
Question: What does Granger mean when he says, quoting his grandfather, “Shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass”? Why is this quote important? How does it fit into the novel, what is Bradbury trying to say with this?
Response: What does Granger mean when he says, quoting his grandfather, “Shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass”? Why is this quote important? How does it fit into the novel, what is Bradbury trying to say with this?I think that he means that the city and the majority of the population is the sloth. He thinks that the tree, or the comforts and ignorance of modern life, needs to be shaken out from under the sloth, or the people of the city. In other words, they have to realize that other peoples lives are not as easy as their own. To realize this, their comforts would need to be taken away from them, the city being demolished. Now they need to start over. They have to go without their homes or walls with "the family." They now know how the less fortunate parts of the world feel. The are experiencing it basically for the first time. I think that the author is saying that to know how the poor or the less fortunate feel you actually have to experience their type of pain, you just assume.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 pp. 138-154
DUE TUESDAY, 1/29 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 138-154
Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 138-154
1. Write one or more questions that you have.
No questions.
2. How has Montag changed from the beginning of the novel to this part?
In the beginning of the story, Montag was a complicated man. He didn't enjoy living with his wife, and he always seemed depressed. Life seemed like it was boring to Montag. When he met Clarisse, he started to open up as a person. Throughout the story, he begins to realize that the society he is living in is like a little bubble. When the two ladies come over to his house and talk politics to him, he gets frustrated. One of the ladies state that they hate poetry, and Montag asks, "Have you actually even read poetry?" The women just leave, crying. Even farther in the story, Montag is caught with books. He does many things that he, in the begininning of the book, would never do. For example, he kills the hound (who he was scared of) and Beatty, one of his fellow fire fighters. Montag has faced a change that is like day and night . At the end of the book, he ends with a happy life on the train tracks, and the novel leaves you thinking that know, Monatg can begin a actual society NOT run by the crazy people who ban books, simply because it gives other people ideas.
Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 138-154
1. Write one or more questions that you have.
No questions.
2. How has Montag changed from the beginning of the novel to this part?
In the beginning of the story, Montag was a complicated man. He didn't enjoy living with his wife, and he always seemed depressed. Life seemed like it was boring to Montag. When he met Clarisse, he started to open up as a person. Throughout the story, he begins to realize that the society he is living in is like a little bubble. When the two ladies come over to his house and talk politics to him, he gets frustrated. One of the ladies state that they hate poetry, and Montag asks, "Have you actually even read poetry?" The women just leave, crying. Even farther in the story, Montag is caught with books. He does many things that he, in the begininning of the book, would never do. For example, he kills the hound (who he was scared of) and Beatty, one of his fellow fire fighters. Montag has faced a change that is like day and night . At the end of the book, he ends with a happy life on the train tracks, and the novel leaves you thinking that know, Monatg can begin a actual society NOT run by the crazy people who ban books, simply because it gives other people ideas.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 pp. 126-137
DUE Monday 1/29 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 126-137
Read pp. 126-137
Find a line from the story or a paragraph that you like and explain why you like it.ORExplain what you find interesting or exciting in this part of the book.
"He could feel the Hound, like autumn, come cold and dry and swift, like a wind that didn't stir grass, that didn't jar windows or disturb leaf shadows on the white sidewalks as it passed."(page 137)
I liked this because the sentence seemed so... beautiful and it deeply discribed how he could feel the hound. I dont know, i just really like it. When i first read the sentence i read it again, because it was so well written. I like how the author described the hound as autumn coming. I personally like this season and so i thought that it was different to describe something terrible by it. Also, this paints a picture in my mind. The language used in this sentence is very powerful and descriptive so it makes it easy to refer the metaphor to the real life action.
Read pp. 126-137
Find a line from the story or a paragraph that you like and explain why you like it.ORExplain what you find interesting or exciting in this part of the book.
"He could feel the Hound, like autumn, come cold and dry and swift, like a wind that didn't stir grass, that didn't jar windows or disturb leaf shadows on the white sidewalks as it passed."(page 137)
I liked this because the sentence seemed so... beautiful and it deeply discribed how he could feel the hound. I dont know, i just really like it. When i first read the sentence i read it again, because it was so well written. I like how the author described the hound as autumn coming. I personally like this season and so i thought that it was different to describe something terrible by it. Also, this paints a picture in my mind. The language used in this sentence is very powerful and descriptive so it makes it easy to refer the metaphor to the real life action.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 pp. 110-125
DUE FRIDAY, 1/26 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 110-125
DUE FRIDAY, 1/26 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 110-125
1. Summarize what happens in one or two sentences.
AND
2. On your blog, copy down one sentence from this reading selection that strikes you as particularly descriptive. Which of the 5 senses does it appeal to? What verbs, adjectives, or figurative language are used and why are they effective in describing a certain action, person, or thing?
This section mainly involved the discovery that Mildred was indeed behind the report on Montag and the burning of his house. During the burning, Montag murders captain Beatty, “kills” the hound and threatens other members of the firehouse. An interesting sentence from this part was the line, “There was a crash like the falling parts of a dream fashioned out of warped glass, mirrors and crystal prisms.” It makes you feel like you can almost hear the tinkling of broken glass hitting the floor. It also creates this image of a broken mirror where everything looks strange, though moments before, it had seemed so familiar, I know you know the feeling. And last, I like it because of the hopelessness that it carries. I can feel the despair as everything that he knew comes crashing down at his feet, I can feel his dreams, because the description is so well done.
DUE FRIDAY, 1/26 Fahrenheit 451 pp. 110-125
1. Summarize what happens in one or two sentences.
AND
2. On your blog, copy down one sentence from this reading selection that strikes you as particularly descriptive. Which of the 5 senses does it appeal to? What verbs, adjectives, or figurative language are used and why are they effective in describing a certain action, person, or thing?
This section mainly involved the discovery that Mildred was indeed behind the report on Montag and the burning of his house. During the burning, Montag murders captain Beatty, “kills” the hound and threatens other members of the firehouse. An interesting sentence from this part was the line, “There was a crash like the falling parts of a dream fashioned out of warped glass, mirrors and crystal prisms.” It makes you feel like you can almost hear the tinkling of broken glass hitting the floor. It also creates this image of a broken mirror where everything looks strange, though moments before, it had seemed so familiar, I know you know the feeling. And last, I like it because of the hopelessness that it carries. I can feel the despair as everything that he knew comes crashing down at his feet, I can feel his dreams, because the description is so well done.
Puffs of Dust
The Twin Towers Attack
Claim:
The author in this chapter proves that the 9/11 attack was a conspiracy by quoting three men. This proves that there were explosive devices hidden inside the buildings. Also, a professor I believe made a hypothesis that there wasn’t enough support in the bottom to keep the building up.
Fact:
The fact in this chapter is that if you watch the video of the plane crashing into the building, the explosions go up wards, making a chain reaction that goes downwards causing the building t collapse. It was also said that there were explosive devices in the bottom of the building as well.
Claim:
The author in this chapter proves that the 9/11 attack was a conspiracy by quoting three men. This proves that there were explosive devices hidden inside the buildings. Also, a professor I believe made a hypothesis that there wasn’t enough support in the bottom to keep the building up.
Fact:
The fact in this chapter is that if you watch the video of the plane crashing into the building, the explosions go up wards, making a chain reaction that goes downwards causing the building t collapse. It was also said that there were explosive devices in the bottom of the building as well.
Fahrenheit 481 pp. 81-91
Monday, January 22, 2007
DUE Wednesday 1/24 Fahrenheit 481 pp. 81-91
Read pp. 81-91
Do the following three things --- this has one more step than last time.
1. Write a question. What are you confused about?
Currently I have nothing I am confused about, I am really starting to enjoy the book and it is giving me new outlooks on different societies.
Faber jokingly proposes a plan of action and then starts to discuss it seriously with Montag. What is the plan of action? More importantly, why does he say it won’t work? Analyze his answer. Why won't it work?
Faber's plan was to plant books in each one of the fireman's houses, so they would get caught with books and have their own houses burned for a change. Faber said that "the fireman's structure itself would have to burn."
One of the reasons Faber says the plan will not work is that it is hard to trust people. He said that other people would be needed to help, but who can he trust? For all he knows, the people that he gets to help may just turn him and Montag into the police, and that would be the end of them."But that will just nibble the edges. The whole cultures shot through. The skeleton needs melting and reshaping." Faber is saying that too much damage has already been done. Lighting the fireman's houses would only do a little, they needed to totally reshape society. He said that "the public it self had stop reading books on its own." To really change things, he had to change the peoples minds. The trouble is that they are having fun with their parlor t.v.'s. What will make them want to give that up for reading something. If the public is content the way they are, why would they want to change.
DUE Wednesday 1/24 Fahrenheit 481 pp. 81-91
Read pp. 81-91
Do the following three things --- this has one more step than last time.
1. Write a question. What are you confused about?
Currently I have nothing I am confused about, I am really starting to enjoy the book and it is giving me new outlooks on different societies.
Faber jokingly proposes a plan of action and then starts to discuss it seriously with Montag. What is the plan of action? More importantly, why does he say it won’t work? Analyze his answer. Why won't it work?
Faber's plan was to plant books in each one of the fireman's houses, so they would get caught with books and have their own houses burned for a change. Faber said that "the fireman's structure itself would have to burn."
One of the reasons Faber says the plan will not work is that it is hard to trust people. He said that other people would be needed to help, but who can he trust? For all he knows, the people that he gets to help may just turn him and Montag into the police, and that would be the end of them."But that will just nibble the edges. The whole cultures shot through. The skeleton needs melting and reshaping." Faber is saying that too much damage has already been done. Lighting the fireman's houses would only do a little, they needed to totally reshape society. He said that "the public it self had stop reading books on its own." To really change things, he had to change the peoples minds. The trouble is that they are having fun with their parlor t.v.'s. What will make them want to give that up for reading something. If the public is content the way they are, why would they want to change.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 pages 91 - 110
DUE THURSDAY 1/25 Fahrenheit 451pp. 91 - 110
Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 91-110
Everyone needs to:
Give a very short (1-3 sentence) summary of the two main scenes in this section. The first scence was at home in the living room and the second scene was in the fire house with Beatty.
Scene 1:
In the first big scene Montag overhears his wife ,Mildred, and her friends talk about their husbands. More speciafically how thier husbands were fighting in the war, and how they didnt care because they knew they were going to be okay. When Montag hears this he gets very angry and starts to rage. He reads the women a poem, and one of Mildreds friend begins to cry. When Mildred sees the lady's reaction shes says that it was just a joke and that shes throwing a party for Montags 'wild' behavier. Even after saying this the women want to leave. Maybe this was all in Montags plan, because before the women leave, because when they do he yells, "Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you’ve had, go home and think of that and your damn Caesarian sections too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it?”
Scene 2:
In the second scene Beatty is telling Montag about a “dream” he had. In the dream Montag and Beatty where arguing, saying quotes from different books. What Beatty was trying to do was confuse Montag, making sure he would be on his side with the rest of the firemen. Luckily Faber was there to guide Montag through it. The alarm bell rang and they all went out to burn a house. They pull up at the house for Montag to only realize it is his house that they are burning.
Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 91-110
Everyone needs to:
Give a very short (1-3 sentence) summary of the two main scenes in this section. The first scence was at home in the living room and the second scene was in the fire house with Beatty.
Scene 1:
In the first big scene Montag overhears his wife ,Mildred, and her friends talk about their husbands. More speciafically how thier husbands were fighting in the war, and how they didnt care because they knew they were going to be okay. When Montag hears this he gets very angry and starts to rage. He reads the women a poem, and one of Mildreds friend begins to cry. When Mildred sees the lady's reaction shes says that it was just a joke and that shes throwing a party for Montags 'wild' behavier. Even after saying this the women want to leave. Maybe this was all in Montags plan, because before the women leave, because when they do he yells, "Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you’ve had, go home and think of that and your damn Caesarian sections too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it?”
Scene 2:
In the second scene Beatty is telling Montag about a “dream” he had. In the dream Montag and Beatty where arguing, saying quotes from different books. What Beatty was trying to do was confuse Montag, making sure he would be on his side with the rest of the firemen. Luckily Faber was there to guide Montag through it. The alarm bell rang and they all went out to burn a house. They pull up at the house for Montag to only realize it is his house that they are burning.
Debunking 9/11 Myths Chapter Two
DUE THUR 1/25: Debunking 9/11 Myths
Chapter Two Chapter 2: The World Trade Center
"Fire and Debris Damage”
Claim:
Conspiracy theorists believe that the WTC 7 collapsed from a controlled demolition compared to a result of the twin tower fir/attack.
Fact:
NIST says that the WTC 7 already had a big deal of damage done to the exterior of the building. They also say that although most of the pictures taken of the building were unclear, there was a very large (10 stories) scooped out from the twin tower debris. All this added up along with the fire that makes sense that the tower fell to the ground.
Analysis:
I think in this section that the claim makes more sense because it seems really unbelievable that the WTC 7, that was not even attacked on September 11th, fell to the ground like a controlled demolition by some debris damage alone.
Chapter Two Chapter 2: The World Trade Center
"Fire and Debris Damage”
Claim:
Conspiracy theorists believe that the WTC 7 collapsed from a controlled demolition compared to a result of the twin tower fir/attack.
Fact:
NIST says that the WTC 7 already had a big deal of damage done to the exterior of the building. They also say that although most of the pictures taken of the building were unclear, there was a very large (10 stories) scooped out from the twin tower debris. All this added up along with the fire that makes sense that the tower fell to the ground.
Analysis:
I think in this section that the claim makes more sense because it seems really unbelievable that the WTC 7, that was not even attacked on September 11th, fell to the ground like a controlled demolition by some debris damage alone.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
confusion
when Montag was trying to remember the phrase "Deham's Dentifrice" but then kept thinking/saying "consider the liles of the field" and "SHUT UP. SHUP UP!"
i was a bit confused.
help?
i was a bit confused.
help?
Debunking Assignment
DUE WED 1/24 Debunking Assignment
Read the section from Debunking 9/11 Myths that you were assigned in class.
Flight 175's Windows.
Claim:
One eye witness says that the plane that crashed into the south tower did not look like a commercial plane, in which it had no windows. It looks as if it was a military cargo plane, which supports the most popular conspiracy theory.
Fact:
When later questioned more about the plane, the eye witness told officials that although he saw a plane flying over head. He did not actually see the plan strike the south tower, and only heard the explosion.
Analysis:
I think that although the eye witness saw a plane that looked like a military cargo plane without windows, he did only see it from the bottom of it and could have not seen the side on the plane, which might have had windows. I also think since he did not see the plane actually crash into the towers is another reason the claim seem false. Although they have a good point, I don’t think they can base any facts off of this evidence.
Read the section from Debunking 9/11 Myths that you were assigned in class.
Flight 175's Windows.
Claim:
One eye witness says that the plane that crashed into the south tower did not look like a commercial plane, in which it had no windows. It looks as if it was a military cargo plane, which supports the most popular conspiracy theory.
Fact:
When later questioned more about the plane, the eye witness told officials that although he saw a plane flying over head. He did not actually see the plan strike the south tower, and only heard the explosion.
Analysis:
I think that although the eye witness saw a plane that looked like a military cargo plane without windows, he did only see it from the bottom of it and could have not seen the side on the plane, which might have had windows. I also think since he did not see the plane actually crash into the towers is another reason the claim seem false. Although they have a good point, I don’t think they can base any facts off of this evidence.
descriptive writing II
DUE WED. 1/24 Descriptive Paragraph
This is classwork, but I will accept it on Wed. 1/24.
Write a descriptive paragraph about something you like or look forward to.
I stand in a slightly dark room along with hundreds of other people all there, here, to listen to something that we like, and that we can relate to. Watching the inspiring artists sing about what they have experienced and how they feel about life. Jumping and dancing like there is no care in the world, just as a leaf sways through the air, not trying to be anything, just being what it is, what I am. As the instruments get louder and you can feel the beat in you chest, like the walking of a great giant through a wooden floored hall, you can feel the excitement in the room. You can’t even hear yourself scream the lyrics as you can’t really pay attention to your actions as the music takes over your body. Sharp sounds and soothing remedies all add up to thee overpowering pulse going through your veins that brings warmth until the end of the cold winter night.
This is classwork, but I will accept it on Wed. 1/24.
Write a descriptive paragraph about something you like or look forward to.
I stand in a slightly dark room along with hundreds of other people all there, here, to listen to something that we like, and that we can relate to. Watching the inspiring artists sing about what they have experienced and how they feel about life. Jumping and dancing like there is no care in the world, just as a leaf sways through the air, not trying to be anything, just being what it is, what I am. As the instruments get louder and you can feel the beat in you chest, like the walking of a great giant through a wooden floored hall, you can feel the excitement in the room. You can’t even hear yourself scream the lyrics as you can’t really pay attention to your actions as the music takes over your body. Sharp sounds and soothing remedies all add up to thee overpowering pulse going through your veins that brings warmth until the end of the cold winter night.
Monday, January 22, 2007
descriptive writing
Descriptive writing.
I walk through the moist grass, like the dew on small slender windows as a glowing ball of fire begins to rise. I watch the ground, as if I were a hound on the hunt for a lonesome deer in the woods far away from everything and just going on instinct. Afraid to step too hard and squish the living creatures under my feet, as they would be gone in an instant, before they would even be able to take one last breath or make the slightest move, they’d be long gone from the world. Slowly moving towards the small grains of rock that are mixing in with the former homes of living organisms I heard the pulse of the ocean and the pressure exerted on the land each time the waves hit the earth. Each step I take I start to tremble at what I am about to enter, the world of non-human living things. It’s not my place to invade on their home, and I hope that they could let me invade just for a bit. Allow me to escape this other world so close to where we live, with the experience of cool rushes of liquid and the freshness of the sea.
I walk through the moist grass, like the dew on small slender windows as a glowing ball of fire begins to rise. I watch the ground, as if I were a hound on the hunt for a lonesome deer in the woods far away from everything and just going on instinct. Afraid to step too hard and squish the living creatures under my feet, as they would be gone in an instant, before they would even be able to take one last breath or make the slightest move, they’d be long gone from the world. Slowly moving towards the small grains of rock that are mixing in with the former homes of living organisms I heard the pulse of the ocean and the pressure exerted on the land each time the waves hit the earth. Each step I take I start to tremble at what I am about to enter, the world of non-human living things. It’s not my place to invade on their home, and I hope that they could let me invade just for a bit. Allow me to escape this other world so close to where we live, with the experience of cool rushes of liquid and the freshness of the sea.
Fahrenheit 451 pp. 71-80
DUE Tuesday 1/23 - Fahrenheit 451 pp. 71-80 Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 71-81.
Write a question about the reading.
What are you confused about?
The thing that seems weird to me is that Montag has so many books hidden up in his attic, which apparently Beatty has known about all this time. It's a bit confusing to me that they would even let Montag explore these books... I guess they think that he won't "get" the point of the books even if he tried, but i don't think that the government (or whoever) realizes he is going to a perfessor for help, and I think that he might find out why too much then they intended him to.
Q: What does Montag mean when he says that books "point, one way or another, to Clarisse?"
I think that Montag means that Clarisse is a “rebel” to what society wants her to believe. Now that Clarisse has “vanished” Montag begins to think about why she has been sent away. Why is it such a bad thing to have opinions or to have an imagination and do things everyone else doesn’t? The reason is that the government doesn’t want them to cause “trouble.” This meaning that if there isn’t anything to argue about in the first place, everyone would be oblivious to it and not know how they even feel about it. (that is until someone figures out the truth, but then again the government deals with this, and basically ends whatever this person is. They no longer exist and the general public have learned that death is not that big of a deal and that if someone makes a mistake, the must pay for it. No matter what the consequence.)
Write a question about the reading.
What are you confused about?
The thing that seems weird to me is that Montag has so many books hidden up in his attic, which apparently Beatty has known about all this time. It's a bit confusing to me that they would even let Montag explore these books... I guess they think that he won't "get" the point of the books even if he tried, but i don't think that the government (or whoever) realizes he is going to a perfessor for help, and I think that he might find out why too much then they intended him to.
Q: What does Montag mean when he says that books "point, one way or another, to Clarisse?"
I think that Montag means that Clarisse is a “rebel” to what society wants her to believe. Now that Clarisse has “vanished” Montag begins to think about why she has been sent away. Why is it such a bad thing to have opinions or to have an imagination and do things everyone else doesn’t? The reason is that the government doesn’t want them to cause “trouble.” This meaning that if there isn’t anything to argue about in the first place, everyone would be oblivious to it and not know how they even feel about it. (that is until someone figures out the truth, but then again the government deals with this, and basically ends whatever this person is. They no longer exist and the general public have learned that death is not that big of a deal and that if someone makes a mistake, the must pay for it. No matter what the consequence.)
Fahrenheit 451 pages 40-68
Answer one of these two questions from the perspective of Captain Beatty.
Give the type of answer you think he would give – use quotes and other details from the book in your answer.
Is it better to be ignorant and happy OR is it better to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world?
Be sure to include the problem with minority opinions, individual thought, and the historical conditions that made this possible.
Use quotations and other evidence from the text in your response.
From the perspective of Captain Beatty I think he would say that it is better to be ignorant(although I think he would use another way of saying it like unaware, which makes it sound not as bad), and happy because he believes that if people just don’t know the facts, they would be better off. Beatty tries to hide the truth anyways by saying it was always the same, and if they just know what they have told them, they won’t have any problems. Montag starts to question this “way of life” after the night when he burnt the old lady and her books. He felt that if she was willing to die for them that there must be something very important in those so called “banned objects full of nonsense and false hope” if they were worth all that she went through for them. Beatty went to Montag’s house as if he knew he was going to call in sick, and once there, he reassured him that the history of the firefighters has always been to burn books and not that they put out fires. He laughed at the idea and went on to claim that reading books is just a way for the society to get out of hand. He thinks that people would become sad and it would make the world more complex then it really is. Personally, I think that people are eventually going to find out the truth and by making up lies, it is just going to cause more conflict and it would have if they were allowed to think for themselves in the first place.
Give the type of answer you think he would give – use quotes and other details from the book in your answer.
Is it better to be ignorant and happy OR is it better to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world?
Be sure to include the problem with minority opinions, individual thought, and the historical conditions that made this possible.
Use quotations and other evidence from the text in your response.
From the perspective of Captain Beatty I think he would say that it is better to be ignorant(although I think he would use another way of saying it like unaware, which makes it sound not as bad), and happy because he believes that if people just don’t know the facts, they would be better off. Beatty tries to hide the truth anyways by saying it was always the same, and if they just know what they have told them, they won’t have any problems. Montag starts to question this “way of life” after the night when he burnt the old lady and her books. He felt that if she was willing to die for them that there must be something very important in those so called “banned objects full of nonsense and false hope” if they were worth all that she went through for them. Beatty went to Montag’s house as if he knew he was going to call in sick, and once there, he reassured him that the history of the firefighters has always been to burn books and not that they put out fires. He laughed at the idea and went on to claim that reading books is just a way for the society to get out of hand. He thinks that people would become sad and it would make the world more complex then it really is. Personally, I think that people are eventually going to find out the truth and by making up lies, it is just going to cause more conflict and it would have if they were allowed to think for themselves in the first place.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 pages 21-40
Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 21- 40
(to the section break at the top of p. 40)
What do you find confusing?
What is something you don’t understand?
In the pages 21-40 I feel that I am not really confused about anything unparticular. Although, compared to the earlier reading, this section has more metaphors and is a little harder to understand what or how Bradbury is trying to portray in his writing. When I don't understand something I simply go back and read it again. The second time around I usually get it then move on.
1) Montag compares Mildred (his wife) to Clarisse and says that Clarisse seems older. In what way does Clarisse act more mature and WHY do you think she is more mature? Why does Bradbury (the author) make the contrast between the two?
I think that the reason Montag compares Mildred to Clarisse and says that Clarisse, a seventeen year old, seems older than his wife, a 30 year old, is simply because he sees how their human nature differs. For example, Clarisse talks about things like tasting the rain, what things used to be like, and about trying new things. I think that Montag is attracted to this part of her that he has probably never experienced before. His wife seems to be the kind of person who is oblivious to what is really going on around her. Although that is what most of the people in this society must think. It seems that Montag realizes that Clarisse has a beautiful personality as well as a wonderful, imaginative mind. She doesn’t just accept what is put in front of her and she wants to determine the truth, not just what she is expected to know and believe. This would make her seem “older” than Mildred because of the fact that Mildred doesn’t really think for herself. She is basically brainwashed and does unimportant activities. For example, she is amused with the smallest things, like interactive television scripts, which I’m sure Clarisse wouldn’t be too fond of.
(to the section break at the top of p. 40)
What do you find confusing?
What is something you don’t understand?
In the pages 21-40 I feel that I am not really confused about anything unparticular. Although, compared to the earlier reading, this section has more metaphors and is a little harder to understand what or how Bradbury is trying to portray in his writing. When I don't understand something I simply go back and read it again. The second time around I usually get it then move on.
1) Montag compares Mildred (his wife) to Clarisse and says that Clarisse seems older. In what way does Clarisse act more mature and WHY do you think she is more mature? Why does Bradbury (the author) make the contrast between the two?
I think that the reason Montag compares Mildred to Clarisse and says that Clarisse, a seventeen year old, seems older than his wife, a 30 year old, is simply because he sees how their human nature differs. For example, Clarisse talks about things like tasting the rain, what things used to be like, and about trying new things. I think that Montag is attracted to this part of her that he has probably never experienced before. His wife seems to be the kind of person who is oblivious to what is really going on around her. Although that is what most of the people in this society must think. It seems that Montag realizes that Clarisse has a beautiful personality as well as a wonderful, imaginative mind. She doesn’t just accept what is put in front of her and she wants to determine the truth, not just what she is expected to know and believe. This would make her seem “older” than Mildred because of the fact that Mildred doesn’t really think for herself. She is basically brainwashed and does unimportant activities. For example, she is amused with the smallest things, like interactive television scripts, which I’m sure Clarisse wouldn’t be too fond of.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 pages. 3-21
Read pages 3-21 ON YOUR BLOG
Create a blog entry with the title: Fahrenheit 451 pp. 3-21
Do the following:
1) Ask a question that you have about what's going on in the novel.
What do you find confusing?
The thing that i found confusing was the relationship between Montag and his wife, Mildred. She seemed very upset because of the insedint with the pills. But then later on she seemed to have improved her attitude and seemed even, maybe happy?
Answer the following question:
1) Even before Montag and his wife Mildred talk to one another we know that they are alienated (distant) from one another.
How does the author convey this?
Montag looks/sees his neighbor, Clarisse, as if he wasn't married. The way she is discribed makes her seem as if she could seduce Montag, and maybe his interest in other women is a sign of a distant relationship.
Create a blog entry with the title: Fahrenheit 451 pp. 3-21
Do the following:
1) Ask a question that you have about what's going on in the novel.
What do you find confusing?
The thing that i found confusing was the relationship between Montag and his wife, Mildred. She seemed very upset because of the insedint with the pills. But then later on she seemed to have improved her attitude and seemed even, maybe happy?
Answer the following question:
1) Even before Montag and his wife Mildred talk to one another we know that they are alienated (distant) from one another.
How does the author convey this?
Montag looks/sees his neighbor, Clarisse, as if he wasn't married. The way she is discribed makes her seem as if she could seduce Montag, and maybe his interest in other women is a sign of a distant relationship.
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