Fahrenheit 9/11

What Bradbury Got Right Fahrenheit 451 is an extremely important novel, especially in today’s world. The novel centers around Montag, a fireman who sets fires ablaze instead of putting them out. “What is he burning?” One might ask. The answer is literature. Books in this world are completely banned and must be burned if discovered. Technology has completely taken over, and people are constantly immersed in it. He loves his job until he meets his neighbor, a teen girl named Clarisse. She helps…

boom in both the production of dystopian literature as well as interest. From popular young adult novels such as The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to classroom reads such as Animal Farm by George Orwell to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, people have become…

August 8, 2016 Teacher Vince Vigil Grade 10th Fahrenheit 451 Questions Comfort vs. individuality ● How Mildred watches TV to block out reality instead of facing it and becoming an actual human. ● Most of the people including the firemen they don’t question why the burn the books most of them…

Fahrenheit 451 Test by Raj Thaker BOLDED ANSWERS = RIGHT ANSWERS 1. What is the name of the character that changes Montag’s way of thinking? Clarisse B) Janet C) Debra D) Gina 2. Today’s earbuds would be equivalent to __________ in this book. Earplugs B) Mufflers C) Seashells D) Hats 3. What is the purpose of the mechanical hound? Houspet B) Testing Purposes C) Kill Fugitives D) Train other dogs 4. What is a fireman’s job in this book? Put out fires B) Burn down houses with books C) Help…

The MQ-9 Reaper The MQ-9 Reaper was designed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. There have been multiple updates and refinements to the aircraft itself, but its original design was based on the Predator airframe, also designed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The original proof of concept was named the Predator B-001, which took to the skies in February of 2001. After the proof of concept was successful, General Atomics Aeronautical System planned to refine the system, coming up…

Drones, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to point out, are aircrafts that can be controlled remotely or through pre-programmed missions. Drones are mostly slow moving but they have a huge advantage of the conventional aircrafts. The difference between conventional aircrafts and drones are the fact that drones can stay airborne for up to several days at a time while conventional aircrafts just cannot. They have also been putting much work into reconnaissance technology and missile strike…

11 epic drone photographs (-- removed HTML --) With the use of drones we’re now able to take photographs like never before. These 11 drone photographs show what photography is now capable of. 1. Dubai, United Arab Emirates Since Dubai is within the Arabian Desert sandstorms are quite common. This drone photograph shows a highway after one such storm. (-- removed HTML --) 2. Budapest, Hungary With a bird’s eye view of Budapest, this photograph captures the majesty of the sunrise and the…

morning in 2012. A 911 operator received a call at 9:45 am from a man. He reports being worried about his next door neighbor, a 38 year old hispanic woman named Anna Garcia. He informs the police that the last time he had spoken to Anna was the previous morning at around 6:30 am. He reports seeing her wear a sweater when they were experiencing a heat wave that day. Anna's dog has been barking uncontrollably. The police and the EMT arrived at Anna's house at 9:56 am. When they entered her house…

problem can be at least partially attributed to lack of funding. Almost everyone pays a “9-1-1 service fee” as part of their phone bill. This money is then used to help fund 911 dispatch centers. Except this is not necessarily true. “The FCC’s fee reports show that since 2008, at least 20 states [including California] have diverted those dollars elsewhere. . . New York state, which has seen multiple breakdowns in its 9-1-1 systems, took in over $185 million dollars in fees in 2014, but then…

allocated by what the capital tells them to do:district 1 luxury,district 2 masonry/stonework,district 3 electronics, district 4 fishing, district 5 power,district 6 transportation, district 7 lumber, district 8 textiles,district 9 grain, district 10 livestock,district 11 agriculture and district 12 coal mining. Every year there is something call the hunger games where 1 boy and 1 girl from each district go into and area…