Fharenheit 451 154-165

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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?

So I read the afterword. Towards the end of it, Beatty and Montag are talking Montag. Montag goes into Beattys house, there are thousands of book. Montag is in shock, he doesn't know what to think. What I'm wondering is if that is actually true. Beatty says that it is not illegal to own them but to read them, so does he just collect books? That made me a little confused, this was not really in the book, so did it happen or not?

So when he says this, I think he is talking about the government. It is like he was testing the "great sloth", testing its limits. Making it confused, this is important because, this is what Montag was doing throughout the entire book. Going against the government making them start all over. Also when you think of a sloth, you think slow. So the government is going to slowly start-over wondering what went wrong. This has so many metaphors all compiled into a one sentence. This quote is great, the reason why I like it so much is because it is true. If something big happens, the government starts all over, everything begins again. This is what they did to the city, something went wrong to lets blow it up so we can start over and let is happen again. This book is great I am very very happy that Mr.Jana gave us this book to read.
Goodbye

Fahrenheit pp 138-154

2. How has Montag changed from the beginning of the novel to this part? In writing about this you might want to notice that the environment has changed from the city to nature. Is this a coincidence or is the author trying to say something by contrasting the city to nature in relation to the ways Montag has changed.

At the beginning of this book, Montag was only a little different than the normal person. He was more aware of the world around him. Then he met Clarisse, she made him think, she put ideas in his head. She was the person who sparked the match, she got him going and thinking. He became more aware of the ideas going on in the world. Montag becomes calm, he stops burning houses. When he starts his calm lifestyle the environment changes to nature. It becomes calm like him. But I could and probably am wrong, it was the only relation that I could make. So please help if I am wrong.

Fahrenheit 451 pp 125-137

On page 137 towards the bottom. "The procaine needle flicked out and in, out and in. A single clear drop of the stuff of dreams fell from the needle as it vanished in the hounds muzzle."

This was one of the few ok lines in the last 20-30 pages. I really liked how Bradbury said the stuff of dreams fell from the needle. With the last 20-30 pages Bradbury lost his descripitive touch. He could of used a word better than "stuff ". But I really saw this picture out in my mind, I could see the hound chasing Montag. The deathy needle going in and out. I have been chased by a dog before, a very big mean dog, so I could see the whole picture in my mind.
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Fahrenheit 451 pp 110 - 125

The two huge scenes in this part is where Montag finds out that Mildred turned them in. The next most important scene was when Montag killed Beatty and destroyed the Hound. He also knocked out the other people in the firehouse. At the end of my last post I believe I guessed that Mildred turned them in, and she did. I was not to surprized, mostly because of the way that Montag treated her friends.

My favorite part in this part of the reading was on page 120 "Montag caught it with a bloom of fire, a single wondrous blossom that curled in petals of yellow and blue and orange about the metal dog, clad it in a new covering as it slammedinto montag and threw him ten feet back against the bole of a tree, taking the flame gun with him." This put an amazing picture in my mind, I can see a giant metal dog bursting into flames. As if it were a flower with huge amazing petals.
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Fahrenheit 451 pp 91-110

The first scene, that was important, was that Montag, got out a book and started to read. He started to read a poem, after reading it, one of Mildreds friends got emotional and started to cry. Montag got extremely mad at them because, they knew nothing, all they talked and knew about was the 'parlor games' or the 'family'. Montag got really, at the fact that all that the women would talk about was the 'family', they knew nothing about politics or anything.

The next important scene was when, they all got into the 'Salamander' then drove to go burn down their next house. As they pulled up Beatty said "What wrong?" then Montag said "We are at my house" Wow... I was not expecting this at all. Mildred was right, earlier in the book she said something like, the firemen are coming to our house next. But the question I have is did Mildred call the firemen or give a hint??

The quote that I am going to use is on page 83 "The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless." I really like this because of its amazing choice of words. I really like it because it puts a very clear picture in you mind. This would be much better then just saying people like plain and boing things. The pictures that I can see when I think of that is a very boring place, not much going on not unique or anything.
Goobye

Fahrenheit 451 80-91 Question

Nothing really happened in this part of the book that really confused me. Like I said last time the more I read the book, the more I understand Bradbury's writing. At first I was asking questions until no end, but now I can figure it out on my own. But I am open to asking any questions that you might have. You can put them in the purposely misspelled "Argure With Me Here" I spelled that wrong because I wanted people to talk comment on my posts so I figured that people would correct me... Guess not.

The idea that Faber was talking to Montag about was to make copies of the books, then bury them underneath the firehouse. The reason why is when they did that they would have to burn down the fire house. But the reason why it would not work, would be because Captain Beatty, being a smart guy, would figure out that something was up. He would want to figure out what was really going on.
Goodbye

What I Like...

I sit there, watching it fade away, like a snowflake on your tongue. I watch it leisurely slide below the horizon. I watch the reflection on the immeasurable deep-sea. I sit on a smooth blanket of sand watching the horizon as it fades away. As time passes it gets darker, the sky dims to a lilac shade. I look up at the sky in marvel, watching the purple sky filled with sun-lit clouds. The sun shines throughout the clouds creating, astonishing streaks of light, like the northern lights filled with magnificence. I continue to watch the giant orb of luminosity; it slides down the horizon faster and faster. Until finally there is almost none left, I watch even more anxiously, waiting for the moment to occur. Finally it happens, the amazing green flash, it was as beautiful as an emerald. As quick as it came it left, like the strike of a cobra. After the sun sinks away, I think of how beautiful it was.

Fahrenheit 451 Pg 71-80

For this part, I don’t really have any questions. The more that I have been reading this book, the more I get used to Ray Bradbury’s type of writing. At first I was extremely lost, with all the metaphors he used, I didn’t know what was really going on. But like I said, I know what is going on and everything makes sense.

How will the book get us out of “the cave”? What is the cave and how can the book get us out of it?

When I first saw this I instantly thought about the saying brining something to light. That means making sense of something that you don’t understand. The cave is being used as a metaphor, pointing out the obvious; the cave is where everybody is. They are not knowing anything and not thinking. But the books can take “us” out of the cave by making us think and question things. This question relates to Clarisse, in the first question it says. What does Montag mean when he says that books "points, one way or another, to Clarisse?” The reason why is because Clarisse is like a book. She makes people think, she makes people, like Montag, ask questions. That is why books point to Clarisse is because she makes people think, she makes people want to know more.

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Fahrenheit 451 Pg 40-68

First off, I am going to start off by saying that this book is great. It may be confusing, but it is definitely worth reading. Ignorant and happy or being aware, educated and disturbed. From Captain Beatty perspective, it seems that he would side with ignorant and happy. The reason why I say that is because on page 61 on the 8th line, Captain Beatty said “Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘fact’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information.” By saying that he means fill people with useless information so they think that they are smart. The people get excited about knowing more of nothing than other people. So they are completely filled with nothing, but by being filled with information that means nothing they become happy. The reason why they feel happy is because they feel that they are thinking. “Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change.” The people feel that they are coursing with information; they feel that they are geniuses waiting to be discovered. Captain Beatty probably thinks that the people are better off not knowing what is really going on in the world. He knows that people are better off not knowing the truth. People are better off being happy and not knowing, he knows that everything is better off that people don’t know what really is going on it the world. If I am wrong somebody please tell me so I don’t sound like an idiot.

What I Dread..

I wake up from my deep sleep, knowing that the day will be full of waiting. I am ready to leave home, and then is when my day starts. Even though I am ready my day of waiting begins. As we drive to school, I am waiting to arrive at school. Once I get to school, I am left waiting for class to begin. Standing there, with nothing other to do than to stand. Time seems to stop when I am waiting, anticipating something to happen, nothing ever does. Waiting is what I dread, when waiting time seems to stop. When waiting, you can do nothing other than stand. That is why I dread waiting.

Fahrenheit 451 Assignment pp. 21-40

Some question’s that I can think of for this part was about the “Hound”. It was a very fast transition, it caught me off guard. The only question is what is the whole point of the hound? Is it just to kill targets? I know what it is but I’m not sure of the real purpose of the “Hound”. Do the “firemen” really need something to go and kill random targets? The “firemen’s” purpose was to catch books on fire, so why do they need a hound. The other question I have is why the “Hound” is reacting to Guy. Why would somebody put Guy’s DNA in the “Hound”? Also, who would want to kill Guy, if somebody is trying to kill him.

I am going to answer question number 2. The reason why the people from today are different from people in the book is because the people in the book don’t have minds. They don’t have a purpose to serve; they don’t even have the power to think. The people today have minds and think for themselves. The government doesn’t have control over the people’s minds. The people in the book are like ants, mindless and are under somebody else’s control. The people today have minds and think for themselves.

For question one Clarisse has a mind. Mildred is already past the point she is like a mindless person. The reason why Clarisse is more mature is because she thinks for herself and is inquisitive. Mildred doesn’t think and ask questions, but Clarisse does she is like that because of her uncle. Her uncle has given, Clarisse, a mind he taught her to “smell the roses”. That is why she seems more mature, because she is not mindless and takes time to “smell the roses”. The reason why Bradbury compares the two is because Mildred is Montag’s wife and she does not make him happy and she is mindless, verses Clarisse that makes Montag laugh and has a mind and thinks outside the box and asks questions. I am open to suggestions why he compared the two. I am not 100% sure so please comment and tell me so I can understand.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 3-21

What I find confusing… I was pretty confused at most parts of this book. Just the way that Ray Bradbury phrased some sentences. It was as if he was trying to make this as confusing as possible. Everything I had to read twice, I had to do a double take it was as if I saw a frog singing with a dress on. I had to think about what I just read a lot more than I ever would have preferred. When I read I like to analyze but I really had to over analyze, I don’t find that as fun as just reading. This was the first book make me think so hard that I was on the verge of having a headache. Although the book was confusing after re-reading I understood what was happening. Why did Guy keep on laughing at what Clarisse said, ever though it was funny. It sounded very suspicious, whenever she brought something up about his job he would laugh.

I couldn’t find any connection until way after he burnt the house down and walked home. When he got home he yelled Mildred. That was the only sign that I could find that related them together. I probably am wrong and I am open to somebody filling me in.