Fahrenheit 451 pp. 154-165

1. Ask a question

For has of right now i don't have to many questions how this quote is important..'And when they ask us what we are doing , you can say, We’re remembering..' in the book.

A. 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 thought this quote was very true and inspiring because he said, a little before this, that the sloth just sleeps up in the tree missing the world around him not caring about anything but himself. And earlier he said that Granger said that his grandpa said to him to 'Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds...' This is really important because everybody in the book are not living life the way it's suppose to be. It's been being lived by somebody else (Government). I'm not to sure on how it fits into the book at all. I'll get back to you on that. That's all.

-Daniel =)

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 138-154

1. Write one or more questions that you have.

I'm really confused on what was going on when Montag got in the water and started to walk upstream i suppose. It was saying that the sun was shining on him and that the stars looked like they were about to roll over him. This was when he ran away from the police. But I'm not to sure what was going on at this time.

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.

Montag, i believe, has really changed since the beginning of the book. He seems to have become a new person. He knows what wrong with the world and what its come to. I would have to say that every time he seems to change so does whats around him. Things change around him and so does he. He's less aggressive and more down to earth.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 138-154

1. Write one or more questions that you have.

I'm really confused on what was going on when Montag got in the water and started to walk upstream i suppose. It was saying that the sun was shining on him and that the stars looked like they were about to roll over him. This was when he ran away from the police. But I'm not to sure what was going on at this time.

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.

Montag, i believe, has really changed since the beginning of the book. He seems to have become a new person. He knows what wrong with the world and what its come to. I would have to say that every time he seems to change so does whats around him. Things change around him and so does he. He's less aggressive and more down to earth.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 126-137

Find a line from the story or a paragraph that you like and explain why you like it.

Well my favorite paragraph, in this part of the book, was when Montag was explaining how he was walking away from a beetle that was hurdling towards him at about 130 mph.
It was really explained well in a very good writing standard. It really made me feel like i was about to get hit by the car.

Explain what you find interesting or exciting in this part of the book.

What i found really found exciting in this part of the book was when he was running away from the car and how that the car kept speeding up and how he could hear the engine of the car getting closer to him. The light of the beetle was engulfed in its own light. Also when Faber and Montag were watching that Post Card size T.V. I really liked how they explained the new mechanical hound that they made and how it could track anybody it wants.

Fahrenhiet 452 pp. 110-125

In this section of the book we find out that Mildred was behind the report of Montag burning down the fire houses. Something that was also very dramatic and eye catching was when Montag kills Captain Beatty. Eventually he ends up killing the hound.
The quote i chose from this section was on page 114. It read "There was a crash like falling parts of a dream fashioned out of warped glass, mirrors, and crystal prisms."
The reason why i chose this quote was because it had so much information about what was going on. It was like you could actually hear dreams fall apart from one another. Hearing everything. Seeing the broken mirrors around you not knowing whats around you like a room full of mirrors. It also seems very sad to hear and read.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 91-100

I believe the two most important scenes in the book is in the parlor where Montag reads them a poem from "Dover Beach"

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 80-91

B) Faber jokingly proposes a plan of action and then starts to discuss it seriously with Montag. What is the plan? Why does he say it won't work? Why won't it work?

The plan is that Faber says if they make copies of the books and plant them in the firemen's houses all over the country so that people will figure out that they have books and they would burn down the houses.
Faber says that it won't work because they aren't enough people to trust and to help them carry out the plan. Also they were wondering how they would make more copies without anybody ratting out on them.

Descriptive Paragraph Numero Dos

Something I'm really looking forward to is summer. Summer is a time for enjoyment. Where kids can have a great and silly time with their friends and/or family. I'm sure every kid who goes to school every weekday is looking forward to a wonderful summer. Kids can be very vivacious and happy of course. They could eat and enjoy a full breakfast everyday without worries of being late to school. When they wake up they can smell the morning air and have the time to hear everything around them. Maybe even see the world in a whole new way. Also if your lucky enough you could host your own house party anytime you want. I'm just saying summer is a time to relax and enjoy life to the fullest. That's why I'm looking forward to summer.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 71-80

I'm sort of confused about the Jets and the Bombers that always fly over Montag's house. Why are they there?

I Choose to do question: B. How will books get us out of "the cave?" What is the cave and how will books get us out of it?

Well i believe that the cave is where this whole world, generally speaking from the book, is. Trapped in a closed cave where the government rules their everyday lives. I'm thinking that if we read about the past we could define the future. Confucius once said, "Study the past if you wish to define the future". Something like that. Also the people in this book don't know anything so if they knew things they could see the world like never before. They only know what the government tells them and shows them. So i think that this means that books are a way out of certain things and if they read books they would know more about the world and the people living on it.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 40-68

Is it better to be ignorant and happy OR is it better to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world?

I would have to say that, from Captain Beatty's point of view, being ignorant and happy is much better then to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world. Bad thing with this is that people will not learn much or might not learn anything but just to burn books. Thus leading to unhappiness and want the need to learn and know things. In Captain Beatty's view he is saying that if you simply don't like something Burn it. But this doesn't do much because people are going to be curious want to know more. Captain Beatty's is basically saying that you'd be happier if you didn't know anything. Also you could fool other people into thinking your happy.

If this was in my view i would be very confused.

What I Fear, Dread

A cool, shiver that runs my back everyday i wake up not knowing what the day has in store for me. Confronting my fears just to wake up and freezes every nerve in my body like Ice cubes in a freezer. Having fear is like having the world on my back, never leaving me until i over come then. Making me hold my breath just to keep the weight up. I have nothing to fear but fear itself. Being in me for as long as i live.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 21-40

1)I'm confused about why she was saying 'Master Ridley' and 'Play the man'. Also why did she stay in the house when she could walk out the door with all the memory of the books in her head?


1) Montag compares Mildred (his wife) to Clarisse and says that Clarisse seems older. In what way does Clarisse act more mature and WHY do you think she is more mature? Why does Bradbury (the author) make the contrast between the two?

I believe that Clarisse acts older because she seems to know a lot about everything. She seems very wise, knows how other people think and why they do the things they do.
I'm not to sure why Bradbury contrast them both but maybe it's to show that a younger lady could be much wiser and more mature then an older woman

2) How are the people in the novel – both children and adults - similar and/or different from people today?

I i think they're different because most kids today don't get the chance to see things outside because they are in school all day pretty much. Though when kids do get the chance they usually spend most of their time watching TV or playing Video Games or on the computer. Not sure how they are similar.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 3-21

1) What im most confused about is when he was in the house. I didn't get what was happening in the bedroom with the jets and bombers and himself getting chopped in half. What was happening there?


1) Even before Montag and his wife Mildred talk to one another we know that they are alienated (distant) from one another. How does the author convey this?

By using Jets and bombers to say how hard it is to get where Montag wants which is where Mildred is.