Fahrenheit 451 Dialect Journal
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 1
Page 1
Predict
This sentence has negative and a happy tone at the same time. Bradbury makes the character sound like he 's evil or perhaps has a lot of things to hide, considering that snakes in general slither around and seem to hide themselves. Yet, he has no remorse for what he was doing either with the included phrase, "and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies. I predict that this person is doing this as it was he 's job. I also wonder why he is burning whatever he was trying to get rid of. This reminds me of a firefighter because of the way the author is describing what this person was doing, but instead of water it is kerosene. Maybe this person 's job was to purify the area in the society by burning it.
"He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park and they had talked…."
Chapter 1
Page 8
Predict/Clarify
This sentence holds a mysterious tone. Who is this man and why is "they" in italics? Did something peculiar happened a year ago that made him remember it in a odd way? I think we shall learn more about this other man later in the story. Maybe this man is related to the girl, that 's why Montag suddenly remembers the man after the conversation with the girl. It was said that he saw Clarisse 's face in the walls too.
It has been confirmed that the man, Montag, is a firefighter, but with no usage of water what so ever. He 's job is to purify the community by
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 1
Page 1
Predict
This sentence has negative and a happy tone at the same time. Bradbury makes the character sound like he 's evil or perhaps has a lot of things to hide, considering that snakes in general slither around and seem to hide themselves. Yet, he has no remorse for what he was doing either with the included phrase, "and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies. I predict that this person is doing this as it was he 's job. I also wonder why he is burning whatever he was trying to get rid of. This reminds me of a firefighter because of the way the author is describing what this person was doing, but instead of water it is kerosene. Maybe this person 's job was to purify the area in the society by burning it.
"He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park and they had talked…."
Chapter 1
Page 8
Predict/Clarify
This sentence holds a mysterious tone. Who is this man and why is "they" in italics? Did something peculiar happened a year ago that made him remember it in a odd way? I think we shall learn more about this other man later in the story. Maybe this man is related to the girl, that 's why Montag suddenly remembers the man after the conversation with the girl. It was said that he saw Clarisse 's face in the walls too.
It has been confirmed that the man, Montag, is a firefighter, but with no usage of water what so ever. He 's job is to purify the community by