To quote the words of Zig Ziglar, “It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.” Michael Hingson had to learn this throughout his entire life, especially during one of the most monumental events in modern day history: the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Author Michael Hingson, with the help of Susy Flory, reiterated this idea throughout the book Thunder Dog. The main message Hingson conveys in Thunder Dog is to make the best of a situation. Using flashbacks, dialogue, and character actions, Hingson relays this message.…
Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander 1. As the story opens, what are the forces acting upon the protagonist, Montag, and what other forces help Montag in the recognition of his dilemma? One of the forces acting upon Montag as the story opens is his job.…
Summer Reading Questions 1. According to Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, forbid people from reading books is a way to make them happy. However, are they really feel so? Provide evidence from the book to support your answer.…
In his younger days, Ray Bradbury stayed in his mother’s womb longer than expected; therefore, he developed his sight and hearing and remembers coming out. He believes by this happening he is a lot more intelligent than everyone else. (Weller 12). Bradbury grew up simple, his favorite activity was going outside and running freely in the woods then writing about his experiences.…
“The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs. Shears' house. Its eyes were closed. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead” (2).…
In “Something Wicked this way comes” by Ray Bradbury, Mr. Dark is the villain in the story making him the Devil Figure. He is evil incarnate meaning he is naturally an evil person who is out to get who ever comes in his way. One way Mr. Dark is shown to be a Devil Figure is through his tattoos “you must be the Tattooed Man…no the Illustrated Man” (Bradbury74). He is the Illustrated man owing the fact that every tattoo is meaningful unlike the Tattooed Man. For every person that that scrambles to the carnivals charms, he has tattoos covering his whole body.…
In Fahrenheit 451, author Ray Bradbury depicts a future world where everyone seeks only to be entertained. As a result, everyone has shifted away from books and the knowledge they provide. Society then orders the firemen to burn books so that nobody has to read their "lies". Through the use of metaphor and contrasting ideas for books, Bradbury shows that destroying knowledge to “save” life ultimately leaves it dull and meaningless.…
4. It was important in the book for Montag to trust his wife enough to show her the books. It showed that he really cared about her and wanted her to wake up. Her discovering the books in the movie just makes him out to be the bad guy. 5.…
Fahrenheit 451 is one of the many books that is injected with multiple instances of social commentary in which Ray Bradbury critiques the citizens and their home society. Most of which refer to the censorship the government imposes on the society and their people. The citizens have been brainwashed to destroy all of their community’s past. This is evident when we see that firemen are completely different than what we know today and what they were in the past. Firemen are now trained to light things on fire instead of extinguishing.…
“Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed”, by Ray Bradbury, Harry throughout changes from paranoid, to frantic, and brainwashed. The moment Harry sets foot on Mars he wants to leave, Ray Bradbury Illustrated this here, “‘Let’s get back on the rocket”, ‘Go back to earth?’ replied his wife Cora ‘Yes listen!’” The wind blew as if to flake away their identities.’” (1). The reason Harry is paranoid is because he feels out of place or an outsider being on Mars.…
”(Bradbury 13). He came home to this scene and then called the Emergency Hospital. They saved her and she had no recollection of the events the night before. Montag finds happiness when reading the books but he is stressed out because he has to hide it from everyone else. He finds others…
The burning of books, the murdering of lives, and the destruction of knowledge. All of these subjects intertwine in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 to create a censored world where knowledge is viewed as a crime. As books represent knowledge in Bradbury’s novel, it is clear that the act of burning books as well as the individuals who refuse to give them up represents censorship and the oppression of knowledge and freedom of speech/expression. The three major points that will be discussed in this essay are: the burning of books mirror the real world’s book burnings as well as their purpose to censor and destroy knowledge, the burning of the old women and all of those before her represent the oppression of freedom of speech/expression, and…
Reading novels can lead to the encountering of interesting characters that invite an individual’s empathy and understanding. However, a person with limited knowledge or experience in a set of circumstances can defer them from the ability to empathise with others, leaving them frustrated towards a particular character. In “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime” written by Mark Haddon, explores the need to understand to a certain extent in order to empathise with others. Haddon, challenges readers to accept other’s opinions through viewing their unique perspective. Fundamentally, an individual will always come across characters that connections can easily be built with, whilst, there are other characters that will be questionable because…
In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon introduces Christopher Boone. A 15 year old boy who discovers his neighbors, Mrs. Shear’s dead dog in his backyard. In this paper I will explore the reasons why this is actually a murder-mystery novel, why Christopher would be considered autistic, analyze some of the major characters in the novel and how they relate to the themes of the novel, and explain my take of the ending. Christopher at the start of the novel explains that this is a murder mystery novel, one which he is writing. Even though most would argue that it is not.…
Sherlock Book vs. TV Series The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the BBC version The Hounds of Baskerville are two works of art that are mainly telling the same story. There are, however, many differences about the book and the movie. Those differences don’t affect the outcome of the story, but they give less impact to the story. Along with the differences there are many similarities, and those similarities provide confidence that it is the same story.…