Fahrenheit 451 Part 1, and all of certain parts of whole test
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When Clarrise asks if he is happy, he realizes he isn't.
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Heroic Journey: Call to Adventure
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Clarrise
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Allies
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-talks 2 old man in park + Clarisse -takes + hides books -gathers up courage -reading books he collected
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Preparation
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-captain beady, Mildred, Mechanical hound
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Guardians of the Threshold
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-when he realizes he's not happy -subconscious makes him "feel like poisons taking over him," or he's turing into a knew person
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Crossing the Threshold
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- the women is burned with books - captain Beady's visit -denham's dentrifist on train ride to Faber's house
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The Road of Trials
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-when he goes to see Faber and gets bullet -when he burns and kills Beatty (he is almost completely the new Montag now)
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The saving Experience
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-when he went into the river and came out the other side
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The Transformation
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-when they ontag and the hobos return to the city, to the sight of the destroyed city which will soon be "the new city"
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The return
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-Montag is going to share what he's learned in all the knowledge of the "Eclesiatsies" gift when he gets back to the city to the hobos - he also gives the gift of leadership to the hobos
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Sharing the gift
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symbol for firefighters, mirrors firefighters because they practically live in fire
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Symbols: salamander
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symbol for rebirth and immortality
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phoenix
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symbol for temperature in which books burn
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451
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symbol for love; rub it under chin, if chin turns yellow, your in love. If not, you're no in love
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dandelions
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symbol for mass media, an escape from reality
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seashells
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symbol for home, comfort, warm, cosy
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hearth
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symbolizes a totalitarism government, a corrupt, a corrupt, evil, government
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Mechanical Hound
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become symbol for mass media, and entertainment
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Parlor Walls
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(used 4 sitting and talking -symbol for conversations real people have
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front porches
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very ketchy jingle about toothpaste, stops you from thinking and memorizing (symbolizes mass media)
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denham's dentifice
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good difference between seashells and this, this communication (between two people) you can talk to another person vs a seashell can tell you things but you can't say anything back
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green bullet
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Montag's cousins told him 2 fill sieve to another person up with sand, on train he tries to read bible, sieve= brain, sand= knowledge -together form metaphor for Montag trying to memorize bible
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sand and sieve
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symbolizes= violent entertainment -bradbury was using this 2 warn our society about violent entertainmenr
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White Clowns
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-a tool to look back at past, or behind you -reflects yourself, seeing inside yourself, getting to know yourself
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mirrors
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symbolizes a totalitarism government, a corrupt, evil, government
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mechanical hound
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symbol for mass media and entertainment
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parlor walls
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(used 4 sitting + talking) - symbol for conversations real people have
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front porches
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censorship, entertainment, political correctness, happiness, learning
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name the themes
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It is a man made dog that is programed to track down people who are hiding books and turn them in. Firemen use it to kill animals. This shows they don't have much respect for life.
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mechanical hound
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She is considered "messed up" in their society. She kept books and knows information from those books, there past; she burns her self with her books.
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woman with books
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They are like earbuds and let Mildred and many other people hear music and talk shows. (is a symbol)
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seashells
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Clarrise shows Montag the dandellion and tells him how it can tell if your in love or not. (is a symbol)
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dandelion
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Clarrise's uncle said that there use to be porches, but the government took hem way saying they "looked bad," when really they didn't want people to sit around and do nothing, or talk to each other too much.
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porches
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Books are illegal to have in this society because they tell about their past, before they were all suppose to be "equal."
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books
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The firemen set houses on fire that had books in them, because it was illegal to have books.
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fire
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Mildred considers them her "family" and spends practically every second with "them."
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wall TV
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The firemen are the ones who instead of putting out fires, start them. They burn houses where people are hiding books.
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firemen
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The firemen believe that he was the first fireman because there rule books say this. The government tells them this so they would think that burning books had been going on for a long time.
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Ben Franklin
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The firemen's rule books tell them how to burn houses properly. It also tells them the "history" of firemen.
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rule books
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This is the term for Mildred and Montag's car.
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beetle
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Clarrise was always saying that her uncle knew what it was like before the world changed.
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uncle
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He is one of the firemen.
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Stoneman
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this is the metaphor for the machine that replaces the blood of people who had poison in them. (This is what fixed Mildred.)
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Electric Eyed Snake
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This is the metaphor for the firetruck. It is like an orange dragon because it carries kerosine, which helps start fires, which are orange; dragons breath fire.
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Orange Dragon
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This is the logo for the firemen. The salamander had a legend that it could walk and live in fire. The firemen practically live in fire.
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salamander
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It is a vent where air is blown and sucked out of your room, (air conditioning.) Montag hides about 20 books in it.
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ventilator grille
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time= in the future place= in America (the fire house, on the street with Clarisse, in Montag's house) we meet the characters (we'll get in depth with this later)
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Plot: exposition
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-Clarisse asks Montag if he is happy, he realizes he's not -?
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rising action (2 points)
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-At the beginning, he says he's like a conductor bringing down the ruins of history (this indirectly tells us he values his job as a firemen) - he also says that his fierce grin never went away (this indirectly tells us it is a forced smile, which means he's unhappy) -Montag has an internal conflict with himself, (he isn't happy, but the government wants him to be... what should he do?) - Clarisse makes him realize he's not happy
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Characters: Guy Montag
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- she eats the whole package of sleeping pills, which is committing suicide, which is a sign that she is unhappy with her life - she almost always is listening to the parlor walls, she acts as if they are her family
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Mildred
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-She is different than most kids her age in this world. She thinks a lot and thinks that kids her age are scary because they kill one another. She acts well beyond her years -she says that she doesn't usually watch the parlor walls or go to fun parks. This indirectly tells us she is different than the others
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Clarrise
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- he is a firemen who is always doing what he is told and always follows the government, he seems evil - We know this because Montage described him and Black once as odious. (direct)
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Stoneman
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-He is the captain of the firemen, he is very fierce, he strongly believes books are rubbish. - We know he's fierce because Montag once described him as odious. (direct); He tells montag that he read books and the authors all disagree and it is rubbish. (direct)
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Beady
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okay!! =)
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know literary terms and part one vocabulary
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okay!! :)
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Show Mrs. Deppe this, and ask her if I should add the reading questions to this
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It means to not follow the standards and do your own thing.
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OVERVIEW sheet: "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." What does this mean?
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It's because it has an old wives tail that says that it lives in fire like the firefighters set fire and practically live in it every day.
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Why is the salamander the professional symbol of the firefighters?
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the degree at which books burn
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What do the numerals 451 represent?
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he likes his job and finds it fun to burn books
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How does Montag feel about his job at the beginning of the novel?
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compares books to a pigeon with wings blackening and dyeing, this makes books seem alive and makes you feel like there actually dyeing
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What metaphor does Bradbury use to describe books burning? Why?
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-she is always looking at the bright side of life, acts mature, and thinks a lot -brings montag to the thought of if he is happy or not, and why his life is the way it is -he feels immediately comfortable and happy
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How is Clarisse McClellan different from the other young people in her society? How does she change he way Montag looks at life? How does Montag feel immediately after he meets her?
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-the health care workers today are profesional, and the one in the book are smoking, uncaring, uneducated men who just use mashines to fix people - yes, the heath workers said they get cases like Mildred 9-10 times a night - people are probably unhappy, and the government expects them to be, so they are confused
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Compare heath workers today to the ones in the novel. Can you tell if suicide is common? What could be the reason for this?
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No, though he tries to be, but he just isn't. He does watch over her and care about her.
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Do you think montag is in love with Mildred?
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No, she seems like a sweet girl. She seems insane to the other people because she's bright and happy, where most people in this books aren't
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Clarisse describes herself as "insane." Does she seem insane to you?
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He feels divided between what Clarisse introduces to him about life and what he thought about it before.
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Montag "felt his body divide." Explain this conflict.
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-Mildred has a negative attitude and doesn't looks on the bright side, Clarisse looks on the bright side -Mildred just goes where life takes her and doesn't value her life, Clarisse values her life and does what she feels is right -Mildred expects nothing of herself and feels she just a normal wife, Clarisse knows she thinks and expects to, she also expects to be what she decides she wants to be - Mildred doesn't pay attention to the world and only to the parlor walls, Clarisse finds the world fascinating, and likes to learn about it
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Compare and contrast Clarisse and Mildred. (attitude, approach 2 life, what they expect form themselves, and how they react to the world
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- hearth means warm and happy, hearth and home means a warm and happy home -His home is sad and gloomy, unhappy where as hearth is happy (? do they mean the fire home?) -it means to stay happy (or act it)
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Look at the title of part one of this book. What does hearth mean, (hearth and home)? Compare Montag's hearth and home. What does "keep the fire burning" mean in this society?
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-it is a robotic dog that is used to chase and track people who are hiding books -it growls because it feels there is something Montag is hiding or doing that is against the law - this might foreshadow that Montag i hiding a book
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What is the mechanical hound? Why does it growl at Montag? What might this foreshadow?
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-the society doesn't really value or care about animals - Montag gets scared when he sees what the dog does to the animals, it makes him wonder what it could do to a human
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How does this society view animal life? Consider Montag's reaction to the game the firemen play with the hound
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he counts the days that passed and makes a space in between the paragraph and the paragraph before it
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How does Bradbury indicate that a week has passed?
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-people who don't talk to anyone and just spend time alone -this is the exact opposite in society, people never talk about much or just sit and do nothing
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What is the usual definition of antisocial? What does it mean? What does this mean in this society?
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- that the nation is crazy and that people usually commit suicide, also that this fireman didn't believe in what is job did
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What is the purpose of the anecdote about the Seattle fireman's suicide?
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- It goes against burning books, which is there job?
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What effects does the new impending war have on the firemen?
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-they believe Benjamin Franklin was the first fireman -makes them think they have been burning books for a long time
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Describe the history Bradbury creates for the firemen. Why do you suppose he does this?
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-odious, burnt, evil - scary, big, dirty, evil, I see them walking with confidence and fury
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Consider how Bradbury describe the firemen. What image do you have of them?
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-Stoneman= like cave man, doe what he is told and follows leader (government and Beady) -Black= the color of something when you burn it. Sounds evil, and like a leader's name
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How od the names Stoneman and Black tell us about them?
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-realizes that what is in books must be important, and have to do about their past, before they went crazy; he steels one of the lady's books
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The fire in the old woman's house is a crisis for him. How is Montag effected by what happens there?
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she does this because she is going to burn herself in a fire just like latimer
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Why does the women quote Latimer?
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- tells her it is like a perfume - he has changed his feelings towards burning books and the firemen, rising action
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How did montag once describe the smell of kerosene to Clarisse? How does the fact that it now makes him sick connect to the plot?
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He says people would be unhappy because they would not know which side of the story the were suppose to believe, and they would fight over what they believe.
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Captain Beady (?is he the same person as black?) takes great pains to give reasons for burning books. What are some of his arguments?
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I don't like it, I think you should be able to choose who you got to be.
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What is your reaction to Beady's statement that everyone must be alike-not born free and equal but made equal?
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?He is looking for life before burning books, before the world was "made equal"
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What is Montag looking for in the books
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?We have so much technology, It might get the beat of use and rule over things like books?
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Based upon what you have read so far, what warnings about your own world are suggested by ray Bradbury in the society he depicts?
