Fahrenheit 451 Cause and Effect Essay
Requirements:
Introduction (1 paragraph)
Introduction must have an attention grabber.
Intro. must have the title of the book (correctly punctuated) and the author stated.
Intro. must have a well defined thesis that indicates what the paper will be discussing.
Support and examples (3 paragraphs) must show either a CAUSE and its 3 effects OR an EFFECT and its 3 causes
Each paragraph must have a topic sentence.
Paragraphs need to show unity.
You need details, examples and support for each paragraph.
Each point (each paragraph) should have one direct quote (parenthetically cited correctly).
Conclusion (1 paragraph)
Conclusion should restate the thesis in a new and different manner.
Conclusion should …show more content…
During the fire, Montag steals a book, however, “Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all.” Therefore, Montag blames his hand on stealing a book. Additionally, upon returning home from the fire and right before his mental breakdown, Montag stands in the middle of the floor and thinks “His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms...His hands were ravenous.”(Bradbury 45) Thus showing a recurring element that originated from the fire scene--Montag blames his hands on what he does. After his toughts about his hands, “He made…soft sounds. He stumbled toward the bed and shoved the book clumsily under the cold pillow. He fell into bed.”(Bradbury 45) Due to the chronology--that the breakdown happened in the scene after the fire-- and Montag’s thoughts about his hands, we can determine that Montag’s mental breakdown was caused by burning the old lady’s …show more content…
This is demonstrated when Montag says “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house,”(Bradbury, 55) and later, he also says “I’m so damned unhappy. I’m so mad...I might even start reading books”(Bradbury, 68). This proves that Montag started reading books because he reasons that, if a lady is willing to stay in a burning house with books, there must be something good in books. Thus proving that the old lady’s fiery death causes Montag to read books. Ultimately, the fire that lit the old lady’s house must have lit a fire in Montag’s mind as well, because he stole a book, admitted to it, and then starting reading books. These are all massive developments, and all of them happen because of the legal arson against the old lady’s house. Had this event not happened, Fahrenheit 451 may have turned out very
Requirements:
Introduction (1 paragraph)
Introduction must have an attention grabber.
Intro. must have the title of the book (correctly punctuated) and the author stated.
Intro. must have a well defined thesis that indicates what the paper will be discussing.
Support and examples (3 paragraphs) must show either a CAUSE and its 3 effects OR an EFFECT and its 3 causes
Each paragraph must have a topic sentence.
Paragraphs need to show unity.
You need details, examples and support for each paragraph.
Each point (each paragraph) should have one direct quote (parenthetically cited correctly).
Conclusion (1 paragraph)
Conclusion should restate the thesis in a new and different manner.
Conclusion should …show more content…
During the fire, Montag steals a book, however, “Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all.” Therefore, Montag blames his hand on stealing a book. Additionally, upon returning home from the fire and right before his mental breakdown, Montag stands in the middle of the floor and thinks “His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms...His hands were ravenous.”(Bradbury 45) Thus showing a recurring element that originated from the fire scene--Montag blames his hands on what he does. After his toughts about his hands, “He made…soft sounds. He stumbled toward the bed and shoved the book clumsily under the cold pillow. He fell into bed.”(Bradbury 45) Due to the chronology--that the breakdown happened in the scene after the fire-- and Montag’s thoughts about his hands, we can determine that Montag’s mental breakdown was caused by burning the old lady’s …show more content…
This is demonstrated when Montag says “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house,”(Bradbury, 55) and later, he also says “I’m so damned unhappy. I’m so mad...I might even start reading books”(Bradbury, 68). This proves that Montag started reading books because he reasons that, if a lady is willing to stay in a burning house with books, there must be something good in books. Thus proving that the old lady’s fiery death causes Montag to read books. Ultimately, the fire that lit the old lady’s house must have lit a fire in Montag’s mind as well, because he stole a book, admitted to it, and then starting reading books. These are all massive developments, and all of them happen because of the legal arson against the old lady’s house. Had this event not happened, Fahrenheit 451 may have turned out very