Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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…

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…

Have you ever wonder how Fred Drew became Hydroman? One day he was swimming in the ocean when all of the sudden he started drowning. By the time they saved him, he swallowed a bunch of water. He was having a bad week as you can tell, because his house caught on fire but instead of burning to death, he accidentally threw fire out of the window and then evaporated somewhere out on the street. He then realized that the only reason why he could do any of this because of him drowning earlier in…

Things have taken a dark turn since you went away. You have opened my eyes to see what atrocities the firemen let transpire. Just recently, we let a woman burn alive in her house. (hsdjfd) She was too attached to her books to let them go, so she too went up in flames alongside her treasures. Before meeting you I never would have understood this passion to take your own life in the name of books, though you have set a fire of curiosity within me. I sometimes even find myself speaking like you,…

Important to acknowledge at the outset that Herzog is not a young man. He's the same age as Scorsese and note how long it's been since Scorsese settled on being an illustrator, a lifetime. Herzog as recently as a few years ago was still venturing out in search. Having said that, it's hard to fathom this was made by the same man who gave us Stroszek and Fitzcarraldo. In those, the place was real. The protagonists were actual lost souls, not actors feigning. The journey was about actually going…

Jhoana Gutierrez Per. 2 Fahrenheit 451 Essay In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the mood is mostly intense and kind of dark. The situation he points out as dark is the way the world is living, and intense is the adventures that the character, Guy Montag has during the story. Montag is a fireman who wants to know more about life than just being a fireman and sitting down in his home with an unhappy marriage. This book really shows how out of control our government can get and how…

Don DeLillo’s novel, “Falling Man” deals with several topics that have surrounded the events that occurred on the tragic day of September 11th, 2001. In particular, I would like to examine how he translates the concept of time and loss. I would like to begin with looking at the passage on page five “In time he heard the sound of the second fall…. He heard the sound of the second fall, or felt the trembling air, the north tower coming down, a soft awe of voice in the distance. That was him…

Fahrenheit 451 & The 5th Wave Fahrenheit 451 and The 5th Wave, are two very good, very different dystopias. They both have their heartbreaks, their fights, their moments, but they cannot be called the same. But instead of distancing them with their differences, how about we compare and contrast these two dystopian novels. Fahrenheit 451 is a society that is still functioning at the time of the book, and firemen are a large part of the story. The twist in the story is that the firemen…

Everybody feels like they are missing out on something. Or when your friends start laughing at you, and you don’t understand what is so funny. Well, authors do the same thing in books. Instead of laughing at you they have symbolic meanings in their stories that only the most concentrated readers can spot. In the “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce a man is being hanged on a bridge. Authors like, Ambrose Bierce, use symbolism to further their stories. The bridge means a tough…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like without books? If so then read this book to get a feel for what is could be like without them. This book is in a world where there is no books or a lot of knowledge. The reason why is because there is no way for people to learn anything that you could learn from books. The point the author is trying to get by this is that we need books to learn, and that actions have consequences. Radbury wanted the readers to imagine what it would be like in a world…