4. Interview a character from Fahrenheit 451. Write at least ten questions that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his thoughts and feelings about his role in the novel. Choose an interview style that you would want to present this interview. 5. Write a journal that one of […]
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4. Compare and contrast the characters of Mildred and Clarisse. How is one a threat to the stability of the ideas presented in Fahrenheit 451 and the other an ideal example of a Fahrenheit 451 character? How have each of these characters been influenced? 5. What roles do Clarisse, the […]
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automatic reflex Beatty uses this term to describe how people stopped using their brains and began depending on nerve functions that require no thought. Beatty the fire captain, who “baits” Montag, is well-named. Benjamin Franklin founder of America’s first fire company in Boston in 1736. black beetle-colored helmet in literature, […]
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Beyond Science Fiction The perceptive critic Peter Nicholls, writing in the Science Fiction Encyclopedia (Doubleday, 1979), is reluctant to place Bradbury’s work in the science fiction genre. On the contrary, he finds Bradbury’s themes “traditionally American” and says that Bradbury’s choosing “to render them [his themes] on several important occasions […]
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Unfortunately, Clarisse dies in the book when Montag begins to understand her. However, in the film, Clarisse survives and, in fact, becomes his teacher (she, in a way, replaces the character of Faber from the book who doesn’t appear in the film). She is the character who guides Montag to […]
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The common reading of the First Amendment is that commitment to free speech is not the acceptance of only non-controversial expressions that enjoy general approval. To accept a commitment to the First Amendment means, in the words of Justice Holmes, “freedom for what we hate.” As quoted in Students’ Right […]
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We and 1984 are often cited as classic dystopian fictions, along with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932), which, contrary to popular belief, has a somewhat different purpose and object of attack than the previously mentioned novels. Huxley’s Brave New World has as its target representations of a blind faith […]
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Bradbury’s love of fantasy was encouraged by his family. Their favorite time of the year was Halloween, which they celebrated with even more enthusiasm than they celebrated Christmas. When Bradbury was eight, his Aunt Neva helped him devise the grandest Halloween party imaginable. The Bradbury home was transformed into a […]
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The Hound represents government control and manipulation of technology. Originally, dogs served as the rescuers for firemen. They were given the job of sniffing out the injured or weak. However, in this dystopia, the Hound has been made into a watchdog of society. Like the Furies, the Mechanical Hound has […]
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In contrast to Beatty and his Hound, Granger applies his own technological wizardry. To defeat the trail-sniffing Hound, he offers the scent of a bobcat to dissociate Montag from his former odor by applying a safer olfactory identity. Granger represents the balance that has reentered the world and which will […]
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