REFLECTION ON FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY

WRITE A PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE BOOK.  WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF CENSORSHIP? DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE CENSORSHIP? WHY DO PEOPLE NOT READ BOOKS? WHAT ARE THEY DOING INSTEAD?

MONTAG ESCAPES TO FREEDOM AT THE HOBO CAMPS

MONTAG ESCAPES TO THE HOBO CAMPS. IN YOUR OPINION IS IT BETTER TO BE FREE AND LIVING IN THE HOBO CAMPS OR TO BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FIREMEN AND LIVING COMFORTABLY IN THE CITY? TELL WHY YOU THINK SO.

BURNING BRIGHT----MONTAG REACHES A TURNING POINT

When the firemen arrive at Montag's house to burn his books, Montag is forced to burn his own home and everything in it. When Beatty tries to arrest him, Montag turns the fire hose on him and burns him to death.  Do you agree with what Montag did? What choices did he have?  What do you think will happen to him next?

MONTAG TALKS TO FABER ABOUT THE IDEAS IN BOOKS

"It's not in books you need, it's some of the things that were once in books...the same infinite detail and awareness could be in radio, televisions, records, motion pictures and from friends." Number one, is the quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. And number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from one and two.

Where do you get your information? From radio, dvd's, tv, albums, movies, the internet, family or friends? or anything else? Talk about where YOU get your ideas from and when? How do you use your free (leisure) time?

ESCAPE FROM A CONTROLLING SOCIETY

MONTAG REJECTED HIS SOCIETY AND HAD TO ESCAPE IT TO A FREE OR MORE OPEN SOCIETY BECAUSE HE KEPT BOOKS WHEN THEY WERE FORBIDDEN. DESCRIBE ANOTHER BOOK, SONG, MOVIE, OR TV SHOW YOU KNOW WHERE SOMEONE HAD TO RUN AWAY FROM THEIR SOCIETY TO BE FREE.

BEATTY TELLS MONTAG WE ALL HAVE TO BE THE SAME

BEATTY TELLS MONTAG THAT BOOKS GIVE YOU IDEAS THAT MAKE YOU UNHAPPY AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO DESTROY BOOKS.  HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN ONLY BE HAPPY WHEN THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.  DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT?  EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS EXPANDED

AS WE GET TO KNOW MORE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK, WE ALSO GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT EACH ONE.  ADD TO THE CHARACTER ANALYSIS WE WORKED ON IN CLASS. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT YOUR CHOSEN CHARACTER?

HERO OF YOUR OWN STORY

WE SAW IN THE MOVIE FAHRENHEIT 451 THAT MONTAG STARTED READING THE BOOK DAVID COPPERFIELD.  THE FIRST LINES WERE ABOUT BEING A HERO IN HIS OWN LIFE STORY. WRITE ABOUT HOW YOU ARE THE HERO IN YOUR OWN LIFE STORY.

SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY

WHAT TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA DO YOU USE TODAY?  HOW DO YOU USE IT?  HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE DIDN'T ALLOW YOU TO USE IT?

MAIN CHARACTERS: MONTAG, MILDRED, CLARISSE OR BEATTY

Continue working on the character map of your chosen character to fill out what we know about them.
What do you predict Montag will do next given how he put the book in his bag?

THE WOMAN WHO WOULDN'T LEAVE HER HOUSE

WE READ THE SECTION ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO LEAVE HER HOUSE AND THEN LIT THE MATCH HERSELF TO BURN THE HOUSE WITH HER IN IT.  WHAT WOULD YOU DIE FOR?  DESCRIBE WHAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO DIE FOR?
IF NOT, SAY WHY THERE IS NOTHING TO DIE FOR.

MONTAG'S SENSE OF FOREBODING

DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN YOU FELT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT HAPPENED OR DESCRIBE A SCENE IN A MOVIE OR TV SHOW WHERE SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

HEARTH AND SALAMANDER---MONTAG'S WIFE

AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT MONTAG'S WIFE, WE DISCUSSED HOW THE FUTURISTIC SOCIETY HAD BECOME ALL ABOUT INSTANT GRATIFICATION, ESPECIALLY THROUGH TV. DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN YOU COULDN'T DELAY GRATIFICATION AND TELL ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU COULD.  REMEMBER THE KIDS WITH THE MARSHMALLOWS.

WRITING A REFLECTION IN YOUR JOURNAL

WRITE A REFLECTION OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK FAHRENHEIT 451 SO FAR. AS REQUESTED,  IF YOU WANT, WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MOTHER'S DAY AND WHAT YOUR MOTHER MEANS TO YOU.

MONTAG MEETS CLARISSE

IN A CHANCE ENCOUNTER, MONTAG MEETS HIS YOUNG NEIGHBOR CLARISSE WHO ASKS HIM IF HE'S HAPPY  FROM WHAT YOU'VE READ SO FAR, WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW IF MONTAG IS HAPPY OR NOT?  ARE YOU HAPPY?  WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY?

MAIN CHARACTER: GUY MONTAG...OUR FIRST LOOK

What does this description tell you about Montag and how he feels about his job? What images did the author Ray Bradbury use in his first pages?

FIREMEN NOW AND IN A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE

WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN NOW. If you seen any of the shows on tv, what have you observed about how they live and what they think about.

INTERVIEW THE BOOK FAHRENHEIT 451

WE LOOKED AT THE BOOK FAHRENHEIT 451: THE AUTHOR, THE NUMBER OF PAGES, WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED, ETC. THEN WE SAW A REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY A YOUNG WOMAN.  ON THE BACK OF THE BOOK WERE REVIEWS IN VARIOUS NEWPAPERS AND BY OTHER AUTHORS.  THE FOLLOWING WORDS APPEARED IN THE REVIEWS:

1.     intolerance-- unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.

2.     Mythmaker—creating a myth

3.     Masterpiece-- a person's greatest piece of work

4.     Prescient- knowledge of events before they take place

 

HOMEWORK—CREATE A SENTENCE USING TWO OF THESE WORDS

DYSTOPIAN GOVERNMENTS

WE DISCUSSED HOW A DYSTOPIAN GOVERNMENT CONTROLS THE PEOPLE FROM MOVIES LIKE THE MATRIX, V FOR VENDETTA, AND I ROBOT.  EACH MOVIE SHOWS HOW COMPUTERS OR A GOVERNMENT GROUP CONTROL THE PEOPLE.  WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW OUR PHONE CALLS ARE MONITORED BY THE US GOVERNMENT AND HOW CAMERAS TAKES PICTURES OF ALL OF US ON THE STREET.  DESCRIBE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT.  DO YOU FEEL WE NEED TO HAVE OUR PHONE CALLS RECORDED TO PREVENT TERRORISTS?  EXPLAIN YOUR IDEAS.

FAHRENHEIT 451-A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL

TODAY AS WE START OUR MONTH READING FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY, WE DISCUSSED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CONCEPT OF UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA.  MOST HAD SEEN THE MOVIES: MATRIX, THE HUNGER GAMES, AND I ROBOT.  THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF DYSTOPIAN STORIES/MOVIES. WE DISCUSSED WHAT IS IN A UTOPIAN NOVEL AND STARTED WRITING OUR OWN UTOPIAN WORLD.  CONTINUE WRITING AND RESEARCHING WHAT WOULD MAKE UP YOUR PERFECT WORLD AND BRING IN YOUR THOUGHTS TO CLASS TOMORROW TO CONTINUE CREATING YOUR UTOPIAN WORLD.