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Thursday, March 30, 2017

A Step Ahead of the Hound

1)  At the Blacks house Montag secretly planted books in the garden.

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3)  Fabers TV is almost the size of a postal card.

4)  The show on the TV while Montag was on the run was that a new mechanical hound is looking for Montag.

5)  When everyone looked out of thier Houses Montag was running from the new mechanical hound.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Run Montag Run

I think the book will end by Montag not bieng able to hide anymore and will end up killing himself with his books . Just like the women had done it when he and Beatty went to burn her books. I think he will decide he'd rather die with his books than live without them.

The Chase is on

1)  The hound attacked Montag because he killed Beatty.

2)  Montag defended himself by shooting the flamethrower at him, but not before it stubs him with a needle full of anesthetic .

3)  Montag realized that Beatty wanted to die. When they were both confronting each other he stood there, not trieng to save himself before he would be burned.

4)  Montag went to get the books he buried in the garden.

5)  When Montag crossed the street he almost got ran over by a bunch of kids joy-riding (driving).

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Montag Kills

Montag turned the flamethrower on Beatty because he was overwhelmed with the fact that his own wife had turned him in and he couldn't believe how his life had changed so fast. He also wanted to protect his books which he now loved and found a passion for.

Questions Part 2

1)  In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, their separate reactions are that Montage is more interested than she is, because she'd rather watch television because she feels like books aren't "alive".

2)  The effect throughout sections 1 and 2 of the bombers flying over is suspense. It also shows us that the society is involved in some sort of crisis, but the people ignore the bombers.

3)  Professor Faber is a Philosopher who Montag goes to for help.

4)  Montag reacts by outbursting in the subway because he realizes that the society he lives in does not think on their own, but is just bombarded by shows and advertisements .

5)  The argument that Faber makes for books is that it's not just the books themselves that are important, but what's in the books.

6)  The "small green metal object" is the green bullet that goes in Montags ear so that Faber can talk to him whenever and wherever.  It allows Faber to listen in on the conversations that Montag has.

7)  The white clown show, leads me to believe that the television programing in this society, is meant to show the society of people in the book to be mindless people, who are easily amused.  I think Bradbury is showing us that the people in the books society don't think on their own and are easily distracted just like little kids.

8)  Mrs Phelps cries when Montag reads "Dover Beach" because she hears emotion in his words. The society that they live in, they say literature is harmful.

9)  Montags destination at the end of section 2 is into the wilderness because he can no longer remain in the city after killing Beatty. Mildred had turned in Montag, and Beatty and the other firefighters came to his house but Montag turned the hose onto them .

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Questions 1-12

1)  Ray Bradbury starts the novel with "it was a pleasure to burn" because the protagonist is Guy Montag and he is living in a futuristic society where people called firemen are in charge of burning outlawed books. He considers it a "pleasure to burn",and feels he's doing the his duty by helping to get rid of them.

2)  In the opening scene books are compared to birds because Bradbury uses the birds as a symbol for what books can do for our minds.  Books help our thoughts take flight, and help us be able to think independently and not just in other people's viewpoints. So it's a symbol of how books are freedom.

3)  The difference between Montag and Clarisses lives is that Clarisses house is full of light and affection, where as Montag, his house is complete darkness, where no sound from the great city could penetrate .

4)  The technology within the novel compares to our current technology he described almost exactly what we have nowadays but in his imagination. Technology did not improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife Mildred because technology may have made life convenient, but it had also robbed it if meaning . The scene in the bedroom shows us that Montage quality of life has been harmed by the technology.

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6) The author introduces the character of Clarisse before Mildred because Clarisse is a person full of life and ideas and Mildred is the opposite, like a robot. So we can see how much better, or how everyone should really be living instead of like Mildred.

7)  All the houses are fireproof in the society so when the firemen burned  books, the books burn but not the houses.

8)  Mildred required Emergency service because she had overdosed with pills in a suicidal attempt. The service that is provided was not at all important for the paramedics who just wanted money and replaced her intoxicated blood with new blood.

9)  The mechanical hound is a dog shaped robot with 8 legs. It was made of metal and it's purpose is to hunt down and kill fugitives who violate the law of the society.

10) The society considers Clarisse "anti-social" because she refuses to participate in thier activities and enjoys talking, thinking, unlike the rest of the people.

11)  When the womens house is raided she lights the match herself because she'd rather die with her books, then live without them.

12) The relationship between Montag and Mildred Is not a good happy relationship, they don't remember when they met so that tells us that they don't really care much about each other.