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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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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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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to ask questions and think for themselves? Is it important to read books? Should human beings take the time to enjoy the simple things in life? These very questions are outlined in the novel Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451‚ no one is allowed to ask questions and are only given answers‚ life goes by so fast that people aren’t allowed to stop and learn on their own time‚ and books are so sacred‚ yet so dangerous‚ they must be kept hidden. People need to think for themselves and ask questions. In the
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Fahrenheit 451 Study Questions Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander What is the significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes? Montag sees himself in Clarisse’s eyes‚ indicating that there is a reflection of him in her. Although he does not really know what the similarities are between him and her‚ he is aware that there is a connection between them. What final question does Clarisse ask Montag on the night of their first encounter? Why is the question important to the plot
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Bethany Edwards Censorship or Knowledge Ray Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451 is a good example of censorship and restriction and the results of what can happen because of this. Ray Bradbury predicts in his novel that the future is without literature -- everything from newspapers to novels to the Bible. This novel is about a world that is so structured and censored that even a common fireman exist not to fight fires‚ for all buildings are fireproof‚ but instead to burn books. Books are made to
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Rest Through a story about a society of people who have lost touch with their humanity and history while allowing themselves to become victims of propaganda and censorship. These people have become mindless and naïve. The science fiction film Fahrenheit 451 was directed by François Truffaut. This film predicted that the future is to become greatly dependent on technology implications for immediate happiness. The fact that the growth of television and technology has driven the people not to read has
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