Farenheit 451, pages 154 to the end

1. I would like your opinion on what you think about this last sentence in the book: "Yes, thought Montag, that 's the one I'll save for noon. For noon. . .When we reach the city." What is your opinion of this sentence.

2. I commented on RG's blog.

3. 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?

I think that Bradbury is trying to say that when a person is lazy, you need to knock sense into him or her and make him or her come to their senses and realize the truth. I like the way Bradbury included the sloth. It was a very good way to show an example with laziness being a lesson. This quote is important because Montag didn't know whether books were important or not during the whole novel. Finally, and every time someone tried to knock sense into him, like when Captain Beatty did, he was still uncertain. When he talked to Faber, he trusted him and tried to help him find the truth. He did find the truth, but at a price. But he must realize that life is not always fair and that is another important thing that Bradbury shows.

Farenheit 451, pages 138-154

Questions about this section of the book

1. Who is the character Granger? Is he a poet?
2. Why did they fake Montag's death?

After Montag escapes, he finds a camp of people and they give him this stuff that will make him not be able to be sensed by the mechanical hound. On a TV that they have in the camp, it shows that Montag is being killed, but they don't show the man's face; so basically they are faking his death. But Montag is at the camp so they are just trying to cover up and keep the society the way it is. Most of the people were book burners and they had books and that's why they came to the camp because it is a refuge for people like Montag.

Farenheit 451 pp. 126-137

I like this part of the book because in this part of the book Montag is a really different person. He doesn't really care anymore about whether he is confused or not. It just seems like he is just trying to survive. For example, he's using his own instincts to protect himself. He used to do what everyone else did and now he's free. He's not like a worker ant anymore. If you have seen the movie "Ants," it's about this one ant who stands out in this ant colony because he doesn't really think that the way things are is right. He doesn't like his job or life. So he leaves the colony because he commits a crime and basically finds this place called Insectopia and it was a place that colony knew about but never told anyone. In the end, the colony changes and becomes independent. But it's similar for Montag because he's killed people and committed a crime. Now he's on the run from a new mechanical hound and a fireman and he's wanted for murder. He can't think of anything else except to get away and free. There's only one thing he can try to do: survive.

Farenheit 451, pg 110-125

1. Basically, Montag's wife left him and he's forced to burn his house. He also murders Captain Beatty.

2. "And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping , sprawling, gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him."

This sentence appeals to my eyes and nose and taste. I can imagine the scene very clearly because of the words the author uses to describe the scene. The words that are most effective are "shrieking, jumping, sprawling, gibbering." The words show that he has gone from being human to being on fire. These words might even describe rage or anger. It feels like the flames are being shot out of a fire hose and I can feel them spreading everywhere.

Farenheit 451, pages 91-110

In the first scene at home in the living room, Montag came into the house and Mildred and some of her friends were watching a show called "The Parlor." It seems like the shows in this world are pretty violent. The comedy is kind of violent.

In the second scene in the fire house with Beatty, Montag is playing a game of poker with Beatty. He gives me a book that he throws away. Faber has Montag listen to what Beatty is saying and he is like a mole for Faber.

Strong adjectives or verbs

"Two minutes more and the room whipped out of town to the jet cars wildly circling an arena, bashing and backing up and bashing each other again."

This sentence describes the time--two minutes. The words "whipped out of town" sounds like they are going some place in the future. It feels like the cars are hovering and going very fast and then all of a sudden there is an accident. The words "bashing and backing up and bashing up again" gives me a sense that the drivers are angry and are trying to hurt each other. It feels like everything is going crazy.

My question about this section is: "is Captain Beatty considered a friend to Montag?"

Descriptive essay: something I look forward to

One thing I am looking forward to is the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It might seem a little silly to you, but it will give me a lot of joy when I see the first preview. I will be very energetic and excited and eager. The movie will probably inspire me and it will make me feel kind of like I am one of them--someone on the high seas with a cutlass in my hand and ready to take on anything. I can imagine hearing the guns blast, the water spray on my face, the wind circling around me and being seasick. I will also feel the hard wood on the ship because it is kind of like a Spanish galleon. I imagine I would feel cold and my stomach might not feel so good. I also feel very lucky that I was born before these movies were made so I can see them all.

Farenheit 451 pages 81-91

1. Why does Faber want Montag to listen in on the firemen and what is the thing he gives him--the small metal thing?

2. I answered Chris' question about ripping apart the Bible.

3. Faber's plan of action is to plant books in the firehouses all around the country so the firehouses would be burnt down and it would create suspicion. Although at first this was a joke, he says it really wouldn't work because he can't figure out who would plant the books and start the fires. Faber says you can't trust people which is probably true. Basically there are two problems: trust and a lot of people would have to follow what they want to do. They don't have any way to trust all the people even if they get them.

Farenheit 451 pages 71-80

What am I confused about?

I am confused when Montag reads this page in a book: "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." What do you think this means?

B. How will books get us out of "the cave?" What is the cave and how will books get us out of it?

I think the cave is the question or the riddle trying to be solved. And the books provide the answers or hints to the answers for the question or riddle. I think this because caves are dark and they are very hollow and empty and full of mystery. When you are in a cave, you never know what might happen next and that is just like a question or riddle. When you are trying to get out of a cave, you just need to find a way out by using your intelligence just like when you try to solve a riddle or answer a question. If you were in a cave and you only had a book, how could you get out of the cave? I think books give us knowledge and you could use the knowledge to help you; for example, the book might be full of information or might have a map. Once you finish reading the book, you might find your answer.

Captain Beatty's opinoin about ignorance

Captain Beatty would say it is better to be ignorant and happy than to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world because what else would you want in life? There are so many people in the world and he says "our civilization is so vast that we can't have our minorities upset and stirred. What do we want in this country above all? People want to be happy, isn't that right?" (pg. 59) He says that people want to have pleasure and even Montag agrees with what Captain Beatty says. Montag actually answers yes after Captain Beatty asks "what else would you want in life."

Captain Beatty also says it is better to be ignorant because if people aren't, they start asking questions. Eventually this will lead people to something bad, to something good, or right back to the beginning where they were in the first place. People might get into something they might not want to get into. For example, one time Captain Beatty read a book and in the Farenheit 451 it says you can only have a book for 24 hours and then you have to burn it. Captain Beatty says "the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They're about nonexistent people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And it they're nonfiction, it's worse, one professor calling another an idiot. . .You come away lost" (pg 62). Captain Beatty says it's better to not know anything or be happy because then you don't get lost.

Clarisse and Mildred

One thing I find confusing about the book is the mechanical hound. What is it? Also, I am confused about why they burn books?

Clarisse seems more mature than Mildred because she seems to know things that were from the past. She evens knows things that Montag doesn't know. Clarisse also pays better attention to Montag than Mildred does. Even though Mildred is married and Clarrise isn't, she seems more mature because she talks more to Montag and she actually acts like she is older. She asks questions and seems more interested in the world.

People in the novel are similar to people today because they have the same types of problems like drugs and trouble in their marriages. People in the book are different because for example the firemen didn't save the woman in the book when her house was on fire. Today firemen would save the woman. Also the firemen start fires and don't put them out and they burn books.

What I dread

I dread being in front of a lot of people. I dread bees and spiders. I also dread getting splinters. I dread spiders because mostly they have eight legs and some spiders have different number of eyes. Some of them are poisonous and they might bite me. However if I leave them alone, the leave me alone.

Personal post about Davy Jones

"Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss?"

- Davy Jones
to the regions of hell at the bottom of the sea, the infinite abyss to "Davy Jones Locker".

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 3-21

1. What does the word "hearth" mean?
2. Mildred and Montag seem to disagree with each other and don't listen to each other. At one point, Mildred said she was "obviously waiting for him to go" (Page 20). They don't seem to like each other very much. Mildred never pays attention to Montag. She reads his lips because she has things in her ears, but she doesn't speak in response. She just nods her head.

homework draft

Interesting.Very intense, disturbing (a bit) and scary. It reminds me of that creature on your desk. I thought something was on my head controlling my thoughts. Strange don’t you think? Has this been 1 paragragh? The plastic part I don’t get though. I can't think of anything that I wanted to say in response except a puzzle you could do in your spare time:

hint: 2 I`s, 2 N`s, and 2 T`s

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