Monday, March 30, 2015

All Boys, All Blogged: March 31, 2015

Focus: What aspects of our society is Bradbury warning us about?

1. Warming up: Questioning so called "reality" TV

Viewing a quick clip on The Hunger Games and how "reality" TV affects our lives

Brainstorming a few concepts together...

a. What is reality TV?

b. What types/genres of reality TV have you noticed?

c. To what extent is reality TV real, and to what extent is it fake?

d. Why do you think reality TV has become so popular? Why do we watch it?

e. In Fahrenheit 451, how does TV fictionalize the end of Montag's chase?  Why?

For ideas, please peruse this article on reality TV.


2. Enjoying our final fishbowl together: The ending of Fahrenheit 451

3. Wrapping up: What is your big takeaway from this novel?

HW:
1. Start studying words 16-30 in your F451 vocabulary packets; quiz this Friday.

2. If you're delivering your banned book speech this Friday, start preparing and rehearsing.

70 comments:

  1. Will the world be rebuilt and will books be reestablished and read as they used to be?

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    1. I actually think it will. This is a huge change and they will now all understand.

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    2. I think more people will start to try and make books legal again, people will realize books aren't bad.

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    3. I think the books will be reestablished to make the younger generations smarter and more educated.

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    4. I think the government will try to reestablish what they destroyed but they will need to get the trust of their people again.

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  2. Why do you think the government chose to drop the bombs on their own people?

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    1. I think that because of the threat Montag posed to the whole country, that was the only way in their minds to truly get rid of him.

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    2. The people started to see the world in a way that the government was hiding them from so they had to stop that.

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    3. The government doesn't value the people. They only value the control that they have. So they dropped bombs because to end the curiosity that they were getting.

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  3. Did you like or dislike the way the book ended? Why or why not?

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    1. I disliked the way it ended Reid. I wish it would have ended with more answers and less of a cliffhanger.

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    2. I don't really like it because, it ends on a cliffhanger and you never know if Montag persevered or not.

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    3. The ending wasn't as concrete as I expected it to be.

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  4. I find it interesting on page 150 when Granger introduces all the men to Montag because all of the men are successful educated individuals. Do you think that these men are the perfect fit to help rebuild and move forward?

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    1. Yes I think it all starts with a small group of intellectual individuals. I think they can also make a change how they are reaching out to other individuals like them across the country to start a movement.

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  5. If the book continued what predictions would you have?

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    1. I predict that after a long time and after several generations that books would come back.

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    2. I think the educated people who remember the books would be able to write them down and reproduce them back into books.

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    3. I think that more would follow Montag and want to know more about books.

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  6. i think that montag is saying that all of the eras of the way the world is run are seasons

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  7. On page 145 Montag says, "Once, long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where he was walking now" did Montag follow Clarisse in a way throughout the book?

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    1. I think he did, she kind of inspired him from the beginning, and he started following her ideas and morals with the world after he met her, especially after she died

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    2. I think that Clarisse had a plan to get more people on the books' side or on her side. I think that he did follow her in a way because she helped him many times throughout the book.

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    3. I think he did, he turned himself from conformity into going against society with the help of Clarisse, and now he is walking where Clarisse did. It is much like a circle, he has finally become what Clarisse was. Instead, he is not moving just one person down a different path, he is moving society.

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    4. I feel like Clarisse and what she and Montag talked about, has effected him throughout the whole book. Hes made certain decisions based on the effect that she had on him.

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  8. I liked how they brought up the ending and how it ended abruptly.

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    1. I agree it was unexpected and I liked that.

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  9. Do you think this book was a cliffhanger when it ended or was it a smooth ending?

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    1. I think Bradbury was obsessed over his endings, just like any author, and I think he made it a smooth ending because Montag and the other men walk towards the city in order to help them rebuild, which is not much of a cliffhanger.

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    2. I think it was a hopeful cliffhanger and leaves the reader wondering what the people will do next.

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  10. Why at this point did he remember where he met Mildred?

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    1. Because he finally escaped the mind game he was in, and all of his memories and thoughts became clear.

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    2. I think because he finally came back to full reality and realized everything and understood what was happening when he was on the outside of the city looking in.

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  11. i think that the book ended so suddenly because the author wanted us to have to think more about it

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    1. I agree because not creating a smooth ending makes the readers look at what the book was about more than just telling them how it ends.

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  12. On page 145 Montag says, "Once, long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where he was walking now...". Why do you think she went back after doing this? Why not, like Montag, stay on this new path?

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    1. Great quote it really makes you think towards the beginning and how Clarisse affected Montag.

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    2. Thanks man really appreciate it

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  13. If the book continued, what do you think would've happened?

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    1. I think the outsiders, like Montag, would use all of their knowledge and rebuild the way the world should have been.

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  14. On page 144, Granger says "All of us have photographic memories, but spend a lifetime learning how to block off the things that are really in there". Do you think this is true? What do you think we as a whole have blocked off?

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    1. We as a whole like to block out old memories, things that we would rather not remember.

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  15. How would you have ended the book? Why is your way better?

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    1. I think it should have ended with a look into the future showing how the world has changed.

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    2. I would end the book the same was as Bradbury did because fire is a constant symbol, and the Phoenix is also a symbol of fire, and Bradbury ended it with hope, in which he believed would happen to our society in the future. But he wanted the symbol of a the city rising from the ashes like a Phoenix, which is actually pretty cool.

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  16. if you lived in this world and you were a fire man would you have tried to save books like montag did or would you have gone with the system

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    1. It's hard to say, I think Montag did the right thing but it would be hard to tell what people would do with books because you would think completely differently in that society than you do in ours.

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  17. What do you think all the bible references mean? How does it connect?

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    1. The last quote was from the Book of Revelations, the apocalyptic book in the Bible. I think it was used not only because it is a well known verse, but also because it is about the healing of nations.

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  18. How does the bombing of the city present a new and fresh start for the society?

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    1. It kills off all those goons that did not know how to live.

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    2. Once again with fire, this show a new start because the whole society needs to start over again.

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    3. It destroys all that was created in the past and people have to focus on rebuilding a new society. It gives them an option to stay or move to a new place

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    4. Its like Montag being the phoenix and coming out of the flame and rising out of it as a sign of a new beginning.

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  19. Why do you think Granger comments that they will first need to build a mirror factory to take a long look at themselves?

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  20. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"- George Santayana. Do you think that this is true for the F451 world? The way I see it, I would expect a complete re-boot. Crusades, Renaissance, world wars, the whole spectrum.

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    1. I agree because in order for change there has to be some of big civil war.

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  21. Do you think Ray Bradbury's novel could become a reality someday? With what we talked about earlier with reality tv and how it effects brain development, should we be worried about it?

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    1. It should be something we watch out for someday. We already don't use books as much as we used to because the internet is faster.

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    2. What if this whole book was a reality TV show, and this was just the world watching it.

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    3. If you just look at modern aspects of our society, you see that we are working our way up to it already. We keep getting bigger TV's, putting our kids in school for longer, people constantly have headphones in (seashells), etc. People see all these advancements as progress, but unchecked, are they really progress?

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  22. Is there anything symbolic about the bombing? Possibly referencing the phoenix and a new society being born from the ashes

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    1. I think it symbolizes Montag as the phoenix and how he rises up to start the new beginning.

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  23. Does Bradbury make the whole city get bombed to symbolize the city being taken down to the ashes but then referencing the phoenix to show that the city and world will rebound? Is that the reason there was war the entire story?

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  24. Why do you think Ray Bradbury wrote this book?

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    1. This was written in the 50's, the time of the Cold war. War and The Red Scare definitely influenced parts of the book.

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  25. The verse at the end is from the book of Revelation. The last book of the bible.

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  26. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,/ And you shall eat the herb of the field./ In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread/ Till you return to the ground,/ For out of it you were taken;/ For dust you are,/ And to dust you shall return.” - Genesis 3:18-20. Do you think Bradbury had this in mind when writing this?

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  27. To answer Will's question, I think the city is supposed to resemble the phoenix and it was Bradbury's intentions to burn the city to show how fire now symbolizes preservation of humanity. (pg 144) When Montag notices that fire is good.

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  28. I think him remembering where he met his wife to give a little resolve to the book. Before, him and his wife were distant and it wasn't really a marriage and the barely knew each other. In the end, he was still able to remember where they first met. It showed a little bit of their humanity.

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