Guy Maddin

In George Orwell’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a futuristic firefighter, whose day to day job requires him to rid the everyday streets of illegal reading materials. In a world where you cannot read books, and futuristic technological advances rules the lives of all citizens, Guy Montag began to rethink such ideals when he met a book-loving girl named Clarisse. Ultimately, Montag has escaped the war-destroyed city. He has joined a group of survivors who devoted themselves to memorizing and…

As author George Saunders said in “Thank You, Esther Forbes” on page 62, “By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions.” In this simple, yet elegant sentence I would elaborate its meaning as, The more vocabulary you have at your disposal the more vividly you can describe the world around you. Let me give you an example; If you and a 5th grader see an apple on a chair, the one with the more broad vocabulary would…

Human beings are naturally curious. We are made to create and solve problems. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist; Guy Montag, lives in a dystopic society where firemen burn every piece of evidence of the past which include books, houses, and in rare cases people. Montag is a fireman, a feared member in the government, who finds life boring and unpleasant not knowing what’s inside the books he burns. The government educates how citizens act by tv parlors throughout each house…

On the above date and time I was conducting a special patrol of waterfront Park. While conducting a check of Waterfront Park, I was approached by two city residents. Both residents advised me that they observed a blond female subject "passed out" on her driveway, located at 8715 Old Post Road. The residents stated that we probably all knew who the subject was because of all the trouble she has caused her grandparents. I immediately notified dispatch of the situation and I responded to 8715 Old…

Changing mindsets, breaking boundaries and burning one of the most powerful things in the world flood Guy Montag’s life. These are only three adaptations that happen during the time. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, the most important theme is change. Currently, books are one of the biggest learning utensils used in almost every subject. These textbooks and novels are packed with information to give us knowledge and help us understand subjects. When we read stories, we learn how to…

The poem “St. Petersburg” by Osip Mandelstam is about the change in St. Petersburg city from the past to the present, hence its name. In the first stanza the author about how he is going to meet St. Petersburg for the first time, and how the world is empty. Interpreting the stanza it seems that this would be the author's first netting after the name of the city has changed as he knows so much about the city in the past. The second stanza is about the environment in the city, in the past as it…

Has anyone ever influenced you in such a way that made you realize new things about yourself or your own life? This is exactly how Montag felt in the book, “Fahrenheit 451” after he was influenced by Faber. Faber impacts Montag in a positive way, proving the importance of being able to think for oneself and make conscious decisions. On page 82, Monatag says “I just want you to teach me how to understand what I am reading.” This quote shows montag just wants Faber to teach him how to make…

people who rebel against this conformed world, and learn about what used to be. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse McClellan is used as a symbol for non-conformity. Clarisse expresses her individuality throughout the day when she takes walks with Guy Montag. She is one who wonders about the world. She tells Montag stories that her uncle tells her, and they allow him to see what things were before. Clarisse does not care about herself, like most people, but she cares about what they do, and…

The Great Fire Chicago in October 8, 1871, was a city ready to burn like a fireplace and the author Jim Murphy showed enough evidence to show it’s a city ready to burn. Also in the book you could see the fire from miles,but they didn’t think it was something to worry about. In the book he tells you most of the city was made of wood. Such as “houses, roads, sidewalks, and even companies because they didn’t have enough money to make it out of stone”. There was only a few fireproof buildings in…

What does allegory mean? The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence. An instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression. Lord of the flies by ellie goulding is an allegory book because it show how kids need structure or they could do things beyond people's imagination. an example of allegory in the book lord of the files is “Ralph's conch-led Parliament represents democratic government”. And another good example of…