Guy Debord

“We stand against the small time of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought” (bradbury 59). Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it was evident that people’s minds were corrupted to think that happiness was the only thing that mattered. Books were not allowed because they contained forbidden ideas and “no happy endings.” This led to the rebellion of Montag. Along with this, if books were found in a house, it would be immediately burned to the…

We should all stop eating chocolate bars. Right now. Based on the atrocities committed on cocoa farms we should abstain from anything with label of Hershey’s. This is, however, unlikely, as the greater amount of the population could never actually do this. Lucky for them, they do not have to because Hershey’s is working to fix many social and environmental problems and actually has a positive social footprint. Hershey’s is very open about their stance on the environment. They firmly believe…

Guy Montag is a firefighter in a futuristic world. Therefor, Firefighters don’t fight fires anymore, they cause fires. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Books in this world are different than they are now, they hold something that the society cannot handle. Consequently, the firefighters are ordered to burn them. Montag changes throughout the story by the influence of Clarisse, Faber, and Mildred. Ordinarily, books are a violation of people, so the Government feels that books can…

Fahrenheit 451 Essay In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag meets a young girl named Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse sets off a chain reaction and starts to change Montag's beliefs. Now, Clarisse is the person that starts all of this, but doesn't keep it going on throughout the book. There are other things that cause Montag to change his beliefs. Such as an old woman that didn't want to be separated from her books, so just burned with them instead. Also, Montag started to see that what the fireman and…

Stepping his foot into the massive fire without thinking a risk at the moment and have ability to stop it from spreading over; who can save so many lives from being in danger cannot be a simple ordinary man. As we can see in the image where a person is standing at the left side of the corner in the picture having a fully preventive brown dress with bright yellow strip on him is fearlessly staring in front of the huge golden color fire. In the image he is wearing a visible blue and green helmet,…

Book banning is an action that takes place worldwide instead of just in the United States. There are many reasons books are banned such as witchcraft, homosexuality, racism, and language. “A Day No Pigs Would Die”, by Robert Newton Peck banned because of cruelty to animals, violence, and graphic sexuality. Banned Book Week is the celebration of being able to have the freedom to read (Crum, 1). It is the ALA’s way of responding to the censorship of books (Monges, 1). Groups such as schools,…

My Personal Playlist and Transcendental Justification Icarus, Bastille, 2011 I personally love this song simply because of the Greek Mythology reference, as well as the really cool entrance; and I think that transcendentalists might like it as well. My interpretation of this song is that it is talking about how young people search for happiness by doing dangerous and risky things (i.e. Icarus got excited and flew up towards the sun), that may lead to them getting hurt (the sun melting the wax…

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” This quote by William Arthur Ward demonstrates the profound impact that adversity has on everyday individuals. Furthermore, this impact is especially visible in the texts, “Divisadero” and “The Rose That Grew From Concrete”, but also in our everyday lives, such as in the devastating form of climate change. Adversity shapes an individual’s identity in one of two ways: by building character strength or by breaking it. Michael…

Book Banning is Misguided. Book banning refers to the restriction of access to a book through assertion of processes initiated by a ruling organization or individual. Targeted books mostly those in schools, libraries or book stores are challenged by individuals in any particular society due to kind of content illustrated in them. Generally, the content is normally categorized as immoral by the challengers who believe that the said content can pollute or adversely influence a young readers mind.…

things that were going on in it. In the book, the main character, Huck, runs away with a slave boy named Jim. The two of them grow a bond and go on many adventures together on their raft. They even gain a few others with them. They gained a 30 year old guy who is said to be the long-lost son of an English duke, and an older man who claims he id the Lost Dauphin and should be the king of France. The book is fine to be in the class rooms, in my opinion, but possibly for the more mature groups so…