I found several ideas stated by other students to be quite intriguing. For example, Drew and Sophie discussed that the people in Fahrenheit 451 were being programmed just like the hounds. I found this interesting because an individual does not always acknowledge people manipulating others and controlling their thoughts. The fact that they are unable to think for themselves is awful and inhumane. People deserve to be able to know what can hurt them—such as drugs or alcohol—but they were unable to gain that information in their society. Also, Martha believes that Clarisse only showed up just to “get into” Montag’s head. On the contrary, I believe that Clarisse was a peculiar person who managed to change a man’s life. Noor’s idea that Mildred trashed Montag’s idea about books was because she did not know how to think for herself. After hearing this, I wondered: who it was …show more content…
For that reason, our group struggled to continue a conversation. Certain people in my group did not take part in the conversation, and I believe myself and two others controlled the entire discussion. Additionally, one other member contributed little and did not present any statements to completely answer a question. Other groups struggled with the same situation. Instead of debating over a certain topic, we tended to agree with each other and then exhaust our concepts that related to the specific question that was asked. In conclusion, I believe the Socratic seminar helped me to further comprehend Fahrenheit 451. It gave me a chance to listen to other individuals’ thoughts on the book, which intrigued me. Also, I liked hearing how other people interpreted the novel, since their opinions were dissimilar from mine. However, I believe that if the groups were better fit to personalities, less silence would have occurred and more frequent debating. Nevertheless, a majority of the Socratic seminar went
On a different note as things start to look up for Montag’s mind, thanks to clarisse, there is a someone pulling him down. Mildred. Mildred
In every book, characters go through times where they challenge themselves. In Fahrenheit 451, a book written by Ray Bradbury in October 1953 Guy Montag faces several challenges throughout the book, just like any other character, but every event he faces changes him, his way of thinking, how he sees his surroundings, and even starts to doubt if the people closest to him are actually good people. Montag changes a lot, and his experiences and events faced lead to a new person.
...vel FAHRENHEIT 451, the main character is influenced by many different sources. Bradbury writes of a fire fighter that has realized that the society he lives in isn’t right and makes the protagonist want to make a change. Guy Montag is influenced by a teenage girl that makes him realize the beauty’s of the world. Guy is also influenced by a fire that burns a woman alive. Montag steals a book from that fire and that is the beginning of when he begins his mission to find out why his society has become the way it is, and his greater mission of changing society so that everyone in it can think for themselves. Captain Beatty is one of the greatest influences in Guy’s life because of his knowledge, the information of Clarisse’s death and when guy is forced to murder the fire captain. Making Montag’s greatest influences, Clarisse, the fire on Elm Street and Captain Beatty.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who follow the rules and those who do not. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about a futuristic time period where people no longer read books. Not only do they not read anymore but it is illegal. In this town the government controls what their people learn, and how they must think. In Ray Bradbury 's novel, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury creates the stereotypical character, Mildred who does not think for herself versus Clarisse, a character who is not afraid to question things and who constantly challenges society.
Fahrenheit 451 is written in chronological order, and the all of the events in the novel, except for the flashback showing where Guy Montag and Mildred met, occur within two weeks. The initial internal conflict is introduced via a child, Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse is very honest and open, making Montag uncomfortable and causes him to wonder if he is as good a man as he once believed. This conflict is introduced in the first of three sections of the novel. The first section introduces the main conflicts, the second section builds suspense, and the third section contains the climax and resolution. The robotic dog is used in the first section as a plot device to instill paranoia and fear in Montag and to reveal the books hidden behind the ventilator
Society can change people negatively or positively. Mildred is a character in the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. Mildred has been changed by society by becoming self-centered, robotic, and unfeeling.
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses the life of Guy Montag, a fireman in a near future dystopia, to make an argument against mindless conformity and blissful ignorance. In Bradbury’s world, the firemen that Montag is a part of create fires to burn books instead of putting out fires. By burning books, the firemen eliminate anything that might be controversial and make people think, thus creating a conforming population that never live a full life. Montag is part of this population for nearly 30 years of his life, until he meets a young girl, Clarisse, who makes him think. And the more he thinks, the more he realizes how no one thinks. Upon making this realization, Montag does the opposite of what he is supposed to; he begins to read. The more he reads and the more he thinks, the more he sees how the utopia he thought he lived in, is anything but. Montag then makes an escape from this society that has banished him because he has tried to gain true happiness through knowledge. This is the main point that Bradbury is trying to make through the book; the only solution to conformity and ignorance is knowledge because it provides things that the society can not offer: perspective on life, the difference between good and evil, and how the world works.
... ideas in books and understand them. Before this Montag never questioned the way he lives, he was blinded by all the distractions. The role that Clarisse plays in the book enables Montag to break free of the ignorance.
Johnson, Wayne L Essay on: "Fahrenheit 451" Novels for Students. Ed. Diane Telgen. Vol.1. Detroit: Gale1997.pg 156-57
As the generations evolve the warnings of “Fahrenheit 451”become more important to prevent the exposure of the situations. Important situations that could be a warning to future generations is how books hold the history to the past .Reading books helps you get a better understanding of events that happen and allow you to advance your education.Another message expressed in the novel is communication,and the importance of stay in touch with one another.This is significant due to the society’s advance of technology that cause the characters to talk and communicate with people. Just like in our society the generations don’t always communicate because they call and text one another.A finally warning to the future generations is the symbolism of
The lost of connections with people, and when people don’t think for themselves can lead to a corrupt and violent society. Thats why in the novel Fahrenheit 451, Montag learns that when thinking for your own self you can achieve your goals. Having connections with other people like Clarisse and Montag is a good thing and not bad. They both learn that thinking different and have a real connection with other people can help society and not turn it into a corrupt and violent society.
Guy Montag is a fireman who is greatly influenced in Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451. The job of a fireman in this futuristic society is to burn down houses with books in them. Montag has always enjoyed his job, that is until Clarisse McClellan comes along. Clarisse is seventeen and crazy. At least, this is what her uncle, whom she gets many of her ideas about the world from, describes her as. Clarisse and Montag befriend each other quickly, and Clarisse's impact on Montag is enormous. Clarisse comes into Montag's life, and immediately begins to question his relationship with his wife, his career, and his happiness. Also, Clarisse shows Montag how to appreciate the simple things in life. She teaches him to care about other people and their feelings. By the end of the novel, we can see that Montag is forever changed by Clarisse.
In today’s society people react to what is going on around them in many different ways. Some decide that they do not know enough and decide to learn more. Others either think that they know enough or they just do not care. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 two of the main characters demonstrate these traits. Bradbury uses the people and symbols to convey his message: that if people do not start to cherish their freedom on knowledge, they will lose it. Bradbury also uses the overabundance of technology to show how people’s understanding of the way the world works deteriorates. Through the characters Guy Montag and his wife Mildred Montag, Bradbury demonstrates the will, and lack thereof, to learn, the effect society and technology has on them, and how the two of them respond to the knowledge and insight of books when given the opportunity.
Bradbury uses similes to demonstrate the contrast of Clarisse and Mildred , showing that ignorance doesn't prompt happiness despite the way society interprets it to be. These vital comparisons show us how each character represents their current society to better comprehend what truly makes a person content . After a conversation Montag has with Clarisse where she questions him if he was happy, Guy recollects the moment and describes her as having" .. a very thing face like the dial of a small clock seen of a night when you waken to see the time and see the clock telling you the hour and the minute and the second... what it has to tell of the night passing swiftly on towards further darkness, but moving also towards a new sun." (Bradbury 10).
We were asked to specify our personalized outcomes in the beginning of the year, one of the most important parts of this for me was critical thinking. Critical thinking is an easy phrase to understand however is a more difficult process to actually follow through with. I wanted to find multiple senses of the text. Seminar taught me skills in which I have become more comfortable with analyzing a text. For example, through asking questions and annotating my book I have been able to understand more of the author’s intentions. In class when discussing Virginia Woolf’s “ How to read a book” I added more than twenty annotations to my book during the discussion. Along, with many of my peers I was at first dreading to read this essay because I thought this was going to be a borin...