Seashell

light he [Montag] imagined how this room would look. His wife stretched out on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling by invisible threads of steel, immovable. And in her ears the little Seashell, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her…

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury introduces a new world that people were not yet use to almost like the future. Ray Bradbury introduced this new world in his book by using his main character Guy Montag. The story start with Montag ,who is a fireman who burns books for a living, meets a young girl named Clarisse. Clarisse changes Montag's view of his life by asking him one question, “Are you happy?¨ This is where Montag took a turn and begin to change his view of life. Montag started to question…

Over the years I have experienced both severe anxiety and depression. When I found my self in the middle of an anxiety attack I always tried to get away from everyone and just close my eyes to imagine my safe place, the place where my anxiety and depression did not suffocate me. This place I envisioned for myself is the same place I still find myself going back to in my mind, even today for example when I learned one of my classes might prevent me from going to pharmacy school in the fall…

On Thursday September 22, the entire class met at 9:30am in front of the windmill. There we were told the route through the Cedar Dell Pond we were heading in and shown naturally occurring jagged rocks from Professor Broadrose. While still standing by the windmill we were told to look over the pond area and imagine there were no trees, this would be a Tundra. This is what existed 9-11 thousand years BCE. The day was hot, at this time there were no clouds in the sky. To begin we did a survey…

1. What do the “firemen” do for a living? Why is this ironic? They burn houses and this is kinda ironic because normally a fireman was suppose to put out fires not to start one. 2. In the opening scene, why are the books compared to birds? Books and birds are compared because while the books are being burnt they take flight to that bird that is nuisances. 3. According to what you read in the opening pages, what does Montag think of his job? Montag believes his job is entertaining and is…

In 1483-1485 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici commissioned the painting of The birth of Venus. Artist Sandro Botticelli completed this work of patronage for the Medici family. Using tempera on panel this piece is about 9 feet high and 6 feet wide, creating a larger than life element to this piece. This piece was originally titled La nascita di Venere and today can be viewed in the Uffizi Gallery, but was originally for the villa of Castello owned by the Medici family. This famous…

The Fiery Journey Knowledge and fire are two distinct substances that share a similarity; they give people freedom. Fire is a boon to mankind. Fire assists a man to survive, guiding him through the cold, allowing him to obtain edible food, and so on. However, fire contains a dual personality; it can be giving, caring and beneficial, or it can be destructive, taking away and cataclysmic. In this way, knowledge and fire are similar. Knowledge can be used to carry out great actions, it can help…

Shikata ga nai was a common phrase among Japanese Americans that means “it cannot be helped,” which referred to their social predicaments after Pearl Harbor was bombed (Wu 1345). Assorted important events that steered this transpired at that time. The internees all found ways to cope with the problem, though, such as playing baseball or creating art. Decades later, the government would compensate for their actions. Sending innocent people to internment camps is absolutely immoral and one of the…

in the world in the exhibit. Look at the exquisite minerals up-close from every angle with walk-around cases that are illuminated very well to see the minerals. This exhibit is right next to the Smith Gem Vault that showcases amazing gem-quality seashells and finishes the…

gibbering mankin” This evidence has montag rebelling from the controlling and restricting government having no choice but to use violence in order to defend his property. Another way the government inflicts violence is when Montag puts his ear into the seashell it says”The fugitive cannot escape if everyone look from his house… he felt the city turn it’s thousands of doors…….. He wanted to see the man alive and not burnt back there like a body shell.”. This section in part 3 supports the fact…