The House is Burning

As the great Albert Einstein once said, “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything,” this represents the society in Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. The protagonist of the novel, Guy Montag, challenges society’s deranged ways while transforming into a more thoughtful, reflective individual. Bradbury uses characters and events to show Montag’s transformation throughout the novel. Using Clarisse McClellan as a catalyst, Ray…

from now the planet will not be the same as it is today. With the effects of climate change increasing it is destined to negatively affect the world as we know it. Many factors from humans contribute to this global climate change. Starting with the burning of fossil fuels for energy, deforestation, and greenhouse gases increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. These events are some of the main reasons for our current global climate change problems; to include sea levels rising,…

characters that best exemplify courage are Jem, Scout, Dill, and Atticus. The reason i believe that they exemplify courage is because they have all shown a bit of courage throughout the book. For example, Jem and Dill were able to walk up to The Radleys’ house even though they were scared. Another example, Scout was willing to talk to Boo Radley even though she thought he was dangerous. And finally, Atticus showed courage by shooting Tim Johnson. All of these events needed courage, and they all…

(104) Grounds: Burning man is once year, where tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert also known as the playa to create Black Rock City. This festival is a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. They…

Some of the major themes of Burn Burning were the class system, family loyalty, and most essentially the ways in which we fight against perceived wrongs. This family, especially Mr. Snopes, is frustrated with the class system and the never ending cycle of poverty. He victimizes his family even before they are forced to work to fill the upper class’ pocketbooks. The first day is when he track manure into the house. He tends to paint the upper class with the same brush and extends the stereotypes…

everyone else. On page 23 Clarisse asks why Montag is a firemen. She says that he is different. Then on page 141 Montag is starting to rethink his life “one of them had to stop burning. The sun wouldn't, certainly. So it looked as if it had to be…

The Flames of Insight As responsibility hides behind a red veil, a futuristic society lives under the false notion that everyone is equal, and therefore, everyone is happy. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of destroying books in a society where they are forbidden, questions whether what he does is right. Through witnessing a woman burn to death for her books and Faber’s, an elderly former professor’s, teachings, Montag is trapped between the worlds of Fire and…

just see them as a blur, however those who are actually thinking further their knowledge in what the might be. Clarisse says, “If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! he’d say, that’s grass! A pink blur? That’s a rose garden! White blurs are houses. Brown blurs are cows. My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove forty miles an hour and they jailed him for two days. Isn’t that funny, and sad, too” (Bradbury 6). This shows just how harsh the government is with people who think and…

In the documentary “The Impact of Global Warming” it showed many ways of how global warming can effect and is effect our society and our planet. One of the impacts of global warming that the documentary addressed was the rise in sea level. There are many causes that effect the rise in sea level but one specific effect is the melting of glaciers and ice caps. When our temperature increases dramatically high it causes many of the glaciers that are situated across the globe to melt, whether its…

an economy collapsing, Hitler seized the opportunity to manipulate the vulnerable society. One of Hitler’s uncontrollable actions led to burning books, to delete words disagreeing with his powerful opinions. During the Holocaust, the Jewish population was heavily targeted. However…