Period 4A/4B -- Fahrenheit 451 #3 -- English 10

Fahrenheit 451 - Chapter 3 “Burning Bright”

AS OF 1/1/13, THIS ASSIGNMENT IS COMPLETE AND NOLONGER
CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA THIS BLOG. SEE MR. DAWURSK TO
COMPLETE AS AN ALTERNATIVE LATE ASSIGNMENT.

First, choose just THREE questions from the eight below and write at least a one paragraph response for each of the questions you chose. Put all the paragraph responses under the same comment. Include any evidence from the reading to prove your arguments (your point of views).

Next, after you have written your comments, then write a one to two sentence reply to someone else's paragraphs.

Finally, this blog assignment is due no later than 9 AM on Friday, December 7, 2012.

Here are the questions. Remember to choose only THREE to answer.

 

1. What is the explanation which Montag and Faber arrive at for how so very much could have happened within one week? Why?  Explain your answer.
2. Describe the effects of the war as Montag imagined them.  Why?  Explain your answer.
3. What is the promise at the end of the novel?  Why?  Explain your answer.
4. What’s up with those chapter divisions? Does the plot seem suited to its three-part format? What do you make of those chapter titles? Explain your answer.
5. Does the violence prevalent in the futuristic world of this novel comment in any way on our own society? Do we, in a way, love violence as well? Is there anything wrong with that? What’s healthy and what’s not?
6. Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but since Captain Beatty cites censorship as one of the main reasons books ended up banned, we’re going to ask you this question anyway: where can we draw the line with appropriate censorship and shameless destruction of information?
7. Check out the cover image for the 50th Anniversary Edition. What do you make of the fact that a man, made of books, is being burned, rather than just a pile of books?
8. Bradbury says his novel is about TV replacing books, not about censorship. Does he get to say what his book is about? Is he “right”?

Period 4C/5A -- Fahrenheit 451 #3 -- English 10

Fahrenheit 451 - Chapter 3 “Burning Bright”

AS OF 1/1/13, THIS ASSIGNMENT IS COMPLETE AND NOLONGER
CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA THIS BLOG. SEE MR. DAWURSK TO
COMPLETE AS AN ALTERNATIVE LATE ASSIGNMENT.

First, choose just THREE questions from the eight below and write at least a one paragraph response for each of the questions you chose. Put all the paragraph responses under the same comment. Include any evidence from the reading to prove your arguments (your point of views).

Next, after you have written your comments, then write a one to two sentence reply to someone else's paragraphs.

Finally, this blog assignment is due no later than 9 AM on Friday, December 7, 2012.

Here are the questions. Remember to choose only THREE to answer.

1. What is the explanation which Montag and Faber arrive at for how so very much could have happened within one week? Why?  Explain your answer.
2. Describe the effects of the war as Montag imagined them.  Why?  Explain your answer.
3. What is the promise at the end of the novel?  Why?  Explain your answer.
4. What’s up with those chapter divisions? Does the plot seem suited to its three-part format? What do you make of those chapter titles? Explain your answer.
5. Does the violence prevalent in the futuristic world of this novel comment in any way on our own society? Do we, in a way, love violence as well? Is there anything wrong with that? What’s healthy and what’s not?
6. Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but since Captain Beatty cites censorship as one of the main reasons books ended up banned, we’re going to ask you this question anyway: where can we draw the line with appropriate censorship and shameless destruction of information?
7. Check out the cover image for the 50th Anniversary Edition. What do you make of the fact that a man, made of books, is being burned, rather than just a pile of books?
8. Bradbury says his novel is about TV replacing books, not about censorship. Does he get to say what his book is about? Is he “right”?

Period 4C/5A -- Fahrenheit 451 #2 -- English 10

Fahrenheit 451 "Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand "

AS OF 1/1/13, THIS ASSIGNMENT IS COMPLETE AND NOLONGER
CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA THIS BLOG. SEE MR. DAWURSK TO
COMPLETE AS AN ALTERNATIVE LATE ASSIGNMENT.

First, choose just TWO questions from the eight below and write at least a one paragraph response for each of the questions you chose. Put both paragraph responses under the same comment. Include any evidence from the reading to prove your arguments (your point of views).

Next, after you have written your comments, then write a one to two sentence reply to someone else's paragraphs.

Finally, this blog assignment is due no later than 9 AM on Friday, November 26.

Here are the questions. Remember to choose only two to answer.

1. What is the meaning of the title of Part 2?
2. What is the importance of the “Dentrifice” commercial?
3. Why does Montag go to see Faber? What does Faber tell Montag about books?
4. What are the three things which Faber says are missing from society?
5. Describe the parlor women, their views, their conversational concerns.
6. Why does Montag read “Dover Beach” aloud to the ladies? How do the women react?

Period 4A/4B -- Fahrenheit 451 #2: English 10

Fahrenheit 451 "Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand "

AS OF 1/1/13, THIS ASSIGNMENT IS COMPLETE AND NOLONGER
CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA THIS BLOG. SEE MR. DAWURSK TO
COMPLETE AS AN ALTERNATIVE LATE ASSIGNMENT.

First, choose just TWO questions from the eight below and write at least a one paragraph response for each of the questions you chose. Put both paragraph responses under the same comment. Include any evidence from the reading to prove your arguments (your point of views).
 
Next, after you have written your comments, then write a one to two sentence reply to someone else's paragraphs.

Finally, this blog assignment is due no later than 9 AM on Friday, November 26.

Here are the questions. Remember to choose only two to answer.
 

1. What is the meaning of the title of Part 2? 
2. What is the importance of the “Dentrifice” commercial? 
3. Why does Montag go to see Faber?  What does Faber tell Montag about books? 
4. What are the three things which Faber says are missing from society? 
5. Describe the parlor women, their views, their conversational concerns. 
6. Why does Montag read “Dover Beach” aloud to the ladies?  How do the women react? 

Farrenheit 451 - #1: English 10 Blog

Farenheit 451 "Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander"

AS OF 11/28/12, THIS ASSIGNMENT IS COMPLETE AND NOLONGER
CAN BE SUBMITTED VIA THIS BLOG.  SEE MR. DAWURSK TO
COMPLETE AS AN ALTERNATIVE LATE ASSIGNMENT.

First, choose just TWO questions from the six below and write at least a one paragraph response for each of the questions you chose. Put both paragraph responses under the same comment.  Include any evidence from the reading to prove your arguments (your point of views).

Next, after you have written your comments, then write a one to two sentence reply to someone else's paragraphs.

Finally, this blog assignment is due no later than 9 AM on Tuesday, November 20.

Here are the questions.  Remember to choose only two to answer.

1. What is the significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes?

2. Clarisse causes Montag to recall a childhood memory in which a wish was embedded. What was the significance of the memory and the wish?

3. Find two similes Montag uses to describe Clarisse. Do the similes serve any purpose other than to characterize Clarisse? Explain your answer.

4. What is the significance of the refrain repeated by the woman whose house was burned? What did it mean? What is its effect on Montag?

5. What does “antisocial” mean? What does it mean in the society of Fahrenheit 451? To who is the term applied?

6. Summarize Beatty's explanation of how the need for firemen arose.