Janisse Ray

Faber is the new character introduced in part two. He teaches Montag more about books and why they are important. Faber shows Montag about poetry and how even though they’re words it tells a story. Montag learns how to read poetry and how to analyze it and digest the words to form what the author is trying to portray. Later in the book Montag isn’t as alone in his learning about books and invites two girls to join him in a poetry session. While Montag is reading the important words of his new…

In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Jonas is a normal citizen in a community who is assigned the job to hold all the memories of his community. In my opinion, having one person carry every memory in a community will not make the community happier. This job will also make the person selected unhappy. If people are not able to develop true emotions, then they would not be able to connect with others, and develop close relationships. This system effectively sacrifices one person just to make the community…

with the reader through different scenarios, taking their own thoughts and opinions and expressing them through the protagonist of the literary piece. There are several ways an author can incorporate theme in his or her writing. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury communicates the numerous themes of his novel by encompassing within the text references to several tangible works of literature. In doing this, Bradbury created a strong foundation for the entirety of the novel to sit upon, making it…

Written Response Questions -- Explain how your personal values and taste influence your response to the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso (Martin and Jacobus, pg. 8). How could knowledge about the artist, his Cubist style, and the painting’s historical context influence that response? I personally have never been a huge fan of Picasso because he draws crap that confuses people. He gained fame and then his work continues to be looked at with so much joy and fame because it’s him. This influenced…

Book Burnings are known to happen from time to time over the course of history. Reason go from trying to erase an entire culture to just not believing in the writings. But, if someone told a group of people to jump off an airplane without a chute they wouldn’t, because they know they shouldn’t and there will be consequences. The seemingly non harmful action of destroying the writing of someone else affects us in more ways than we can count. Mass book burnings are due to the ignorance of citizens…

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury. The book was published in 1953. The protagonist, Guy Montag, burns people’s illegally owned books for a living because they promote creativity and free thinking, something that is banned in their society. After Montag meets and has a long talk with seventeen-year-old Clarisse McClellan, he becomes dissatisfied with where he is in life and starts to question if books are actually unprofessional. Eventually, Montag starts to steal…

People have different opinions of a utopia and dystopia, such as the people in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. It is a book about a society where it is believed that the best utopia is one where everyone is equal in intelligence so that there is no superiority. Therefore, the people in their society are required to burn books within 24 hours of first sight. The people in Fahrenheit 451’s society can actually compare to our society today despite all the contrasts that we have with theirs.…

help diagnose, students interested in this field need to understand the skills utilized because Radiology and Sonography both require different techniques. For instance, Radiology uses electromagnetic rays to take pictures of the patient’s body parts. The most common use of this technology is X-ray. Radiology is used to see things such as fractures, pneumonia, and even breast cancer. Most people that want to become a Radiology Technologist take the path of getting a two-year associates degree…

Mateo Reyna 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…

In the graphic novel V For Vendetta by Alan Moore there are several themes that occur. The author, Alan Moore, describes himself as an anarchist and shows this belief throughout the panels of this novel. The central theme for V for Vendetta is the relation between freedom and anarchy. In the graphic novel, V describes himself as an anarchist. He believes that all government is corrupt because it takes away human freedom. The Norsefire government is guilty of taking away human freedom.…