Fahrenheit 451 Dialectial Journal
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7/16/14
“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” –Juan
Ramon Jimenez
7/16/14
7/16/14
7/16/14
Response
Cod e The novel begins with this quote,
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leading me to believe the theme of the novel will be rebellion and going against the norm.
p. 1 “It was a pleasure to burn. It
Ray Bradbury starts the novel off R was a special pleasure to see by describing the pleasure firemen things eaten, to see things get out of their occupation and blackened and changed. With the compare it to a venomous snake. brass nozzle in his gift, with this
This is a great simile because the great python spitting its venomous fireman is like a dangerous snake, kerosene upon the world, the spilling fire into people’s homes. blood pounded in his head, and
He makes another comparison his hands were the hands of some saying they are like conductors. amazing conductor playing all the This simile does not seem symphonies of blazing and appropriate because society views burning to bring down the tatters music as a beautiful, majestic form and charcoal ruins of history. of art, while burning books,
With his symbolic helmet buildings, and human beings is numbered 451 on his stolid head, destructive and inhuman. and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.”
p.2 “It never went away, that
The main character, Montag, p smile, it never ever went away, as openly states that up until this long as he remembered.” point, he has always been happy with his job and took pleasure in setting fires. He is foreshadowing that Montag happiness is not sincere and He will soon realize he is not content with his occupation, marriage, or overall view of life.
p.3 “The autumn leaves blew over Montag meets a girl who r the moonlit pavement in such a automatically captures his
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Date
Text
7/16/14
“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” –Juan
Ramon Jimenez
7/16/14
7/16/14
7/16/14
Response
Cod e The novel begins with this quote,
P
leading me to believe the theme of the novel will be rebellion and going against the norm.
p. 1 “It was a pleasure to burn. It
Ray Bradbury starts the novel off R was a special pleasure to see by describing the pleasure firemen things eaten, to see things get out of their occupation and blackened and changed. With the compare it to a venomous snake. brass nozzle in his gift, with this
This is a great simile because the great python spitting its venomous fireman is like a dangerous snake, kerosene upon the world, the spilling fire into people’s homes. blood pounded in his head, and
He makes another comparison his hands were the hands of some saying they are like conductors. amazing conductor playing all the This simile does not seem symphonies of blazing and appropriate because society views burning to bring down the tatters music as a beautiful, majestic form and charcoal ruins of history. of art, while burning books,
With his symbolic helmet buildings, and human beings is numbered 451 on his stolid head, destructive and inhuman. and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.”
p.2 “It never went away, that
The main character, Montag, p smile, it never ever went away, as openly states that up until this long as he remembered.” point, he has always been happy with his job and took pleasure in setting fires. He is foreshadowing that Montag happiness is not sincere and He will soon realize he is not content with his occupation, marriage, or overall view of life.
p.3 “The autumn leaves blew over Montag meets a girl who r the moonlit pavement in such a automatically captures his
way