Fahrenheit 451 Q8

Fahrenheit 451 Q8

- Entry of your choice

-> 'This is great!!' This was the greatest book I have ever read. My first book of the blog project was "Animal Farm". And my second book of the blog project is "Fahrenheit 451". Before, I read "Fahrenheit 451", I thought "Animal Farm" was the best book, but my thought changed. The book, "Fahrenheit 451", gave me a lot of moral lessons. In the story, the world is not allowed to possess or read books, and that is extremely cruel. People can not live without book. Actually people can live without book, but even though you live without book, that is not living peacefully. If you do not have book, you can not have initiativeness, you can not high knowledge, and you can not have fun with reading books. Reading books can make people thoughtful. Book is the best source that can make people creatively. If I was in Montag's world, I would not live in that place. Even though I live, I am going to possess books and read them. I do not care about the firemen who catch people reading books. Montag's world is totally stupid, and the government of Montag's world is also totally selfish. If I was one of the politicians, I would let people read books anywhere. And I am going to make people think creatively. That can make the country really nice. In the book, there is a dog that is made with machines. And the Mechanical Hound is really fierce and dreadful. If I was one of the scientists, I would make the Mechanical Hound help people, and really naive. This book was totally hopeless. Even though, Montag failed with his plan, I want to praise him, because he did have enough courage to change the world. This book showed me that how important the books are, and how important your mind is.

Fahrenheit 451 Q7

Fahrenheit 451 Q7

- Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

-> In setting, there are two kinds of setting. One is the place, and the other one is the time. I could think of many settings of "Fahrenheit 451". There were settings for times; also there were settings for places. I chose place to talk about. Actually, there were many places that were impressive. But the most impressive place to me was Guy Montag's house. First, I did not have any interested in Montag's house. It is because, Montag did not know what he was doing, he did not know what was right and wrong. Also, in his house, there were no such things like books. His house was normal to me. Later, Montag realized that he was doing wrong things such as burning books. He realized that the books were the best sources that can make people creatively. Then, Montag started to keep books in his house. He tried to change the world. I was kind of impressed when Montag tried to read books. The house that had books was so beautiful to me. Other houses could not keep books, because of the governments. But Montag's house kept books, and it was beautiful, even though Montag got caught by the firemen. The story of the book is very important, but the settings of the book are also important. Setting is just simple place and time, but it can show people that how the characters live at that era. The setting of the book can make people imagine what is going on, also the setting can show people what kind of situation that the main character is involved.

Fahrenheit 451 Q6

Fahrenheit 451 Q6

- Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.

-> In this novel, "Fahrenheit 451", there were few significant passage was when Montag fought with the Mechanical Hound.

It was half across the lawn, coming from the shadows, moving with such drifting ease that it was like a single solid cloud of black-gray smoke blown at him in silence.
It made a single last leap into the air coming down at Montag from a good three feet over his head, its spidered legs reaching, the procaine needle snapping out its single angry tooth. Montag caught it with a bloom of fire, a single wondrous blossom that curled in petals of yellow and blue and orange about the metal dog, clad it in a new covering as it slammed into Montag and threw him ten feet back against the bole of a tree, taking the flame gun with him.

This is the part when Montag and the Mechanical Hound fought. Montag got caught by firemen, and he got under arrest by firemen. He tried to escape, but he had to struggle with the Mechanical Hound. The reason that this passage is important is that I could see Montag's braveness. If I was Montag, I would never try to fight with the Mechanical Hound. Even though, Montag got injured on his leg, Montag kept fighting with the Mechanical Hound. The braveness was really great, but he failed to change the world. The success of the changing is world is important, but more important thing is that Montag showed braveness to change the world.

Fahrenheit 451 Q5

Fahrenheit 451 Q5

- What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?

-> There are lots of moods. But mainly, it is dark. The mood of this novel, "Fahrenheit 451", is extremely hopeless and sorrowful. In Guy Montag's world, the books are illegal. Most of the people in the world act just like robots. Most of the people have fixed thoughts. People in Montag's world just do what the governments say. Actually, people can not avoid government, because the books are illegal to read. If the book was legal, people would read books, and they would get out from the fixed thoughts. That means, book is the best source to make human creatively. But the government in Montag's world did not want people to resist on them. Governments just wanted to rule over the Montag's world. We can see sadness at the beginning of the book. People were not even allowed to read, and that was really sad. People in Montag's world were controlled by the governments just like robots. Also, when Guy Montag realized that burning books were not right things to do, he tried to change the world. But people found books in Montag's house, so Montag's house got burnt. Montag tried to escape from the firemen, but he got injured. And Beatty died, because Beatty chose death. Beatty did not have any courage to change the world. That was the part that I thought it was really hopeless. Montag had hopes to change the world, but he failed. Also Beatty died. The mood was very dark. If it was bright mood, I would have read with fun. I could not read the book with fun. But the book was really moral.

Fahrenheit 451 Q4

Fahrenheit 451 Q4

- What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?

-> The climax of the novel, "Fahrenheit 451", was extremely thrilling. After Guy Montag realized that all things were going wrong, he tried to read books. One day, when he was looking at his house, his house was burning. Because some books were found in Montag's house. It was a mistake that he put books in his house. Since, he possessed some books, he was under arrested. He tried to escape from them, but it was extremely hard to escape. He had to fight with the Mechanical Hound. Mechanical Hound was a dog which was made of machines. While he was fighting with the Mechanical Hound, his legs got hurt. Guy Montag also kills Beatty. Beatty wanted to die, because even though he knew what was going on in the world, he did not have any courage to change the world. I think this is the part which made me really scary. I was so surprised that Guy Montag got caught, and when he killed Beatty. I couldn't believe what was going on. So his plan (Make people read books) failed. Only thing Guy Montag did was reading books. For just reading books, Guy Montag's house got burnt, and he got under arrest. The world where Guy Montag lives is a terrible world. I was really sad when Montag's house got burnt. The author really wanted to tell that reading books should not be forbidden. It was sad ending. Montag's plan completely failed. I hope that Montag's world could read books freely.

Fahrenheit 451 Q3

Fahrenheit 451 Q3

- Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

-> In the novel, "Fahrenheit 451", there are a lot of special characters. Briefly, I will talk about three main characters in this novel. The first main character of the book is Guy Montag. He was a fireman. The fireman's duty was to burn all the books and all the houses when people read books and get caught. He felt great about his job. But as the time went by, Guy Montag was curious that why he had to burn all the books. Later, he realized that he was doing wrong things. The wrong things were such as burning books and houses. So he decided to change the world. I like his attitude, because he was really brave enough to change the world. He was challenging to the government. The second main character of the book is Beatty. He was the head of the fire station where Guy Montag worked. He knew what was going on in the world. He knew that all the things such as burning books and burning houses were wrong. He knew that he had to change the world, but he didn't have any courage. He was not brave enough to challenge to the world. Later, Beatty gave up his life and died. I really did not like Beatty, because even though he knew the world's government was wrong, he didn't even try to change the world. He was just scared to change the world. The last character is Clarisse. She was Guy Montag's neighbor, and she was seventeen years old. She was different from other girls in her age. She had deep thinking, and she was serious about every single things. She is the one that made Montag realize every single things going on the world. Actually she helped Montag to save the world. I also liked Clarisse, because she was not people like who are lazy. There were lots of things that I could learn about the main characters in the novel. They showed me how to behave when something goes wrong.

Fahrenheit 451 Q2

Fahrenheit 451 Q2

- Are there are any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?

-> There are some things that are related to current situations. And most of them need to be fixed. In the book, "Fahrenheit 451", the people in Montag's world are not allowed to possess and read books. Most of the people don't know why they had to burn books and houses if they possess books. People in Montag's world have fixed thought. They just do what the governments say. They always watch TV. They have to change the world, but they are too lazy. They just do what they want. But there are people who are worse than the people who are lazy to change the world. The person is Beatty. Beatty knew what was going on in the world, and why they have to burn books. Even though, he knew what was going on in the world, but he didn't have any courage to change the world. So later, Beatty chooses death. But Montag was brave. He tried to change the terrible world to peaceful world where people can read books freely. Montag is a person that I want to be. He was brave enough to change the world. Actually, these days, peoples are not brave enough to resist on the government. There should be lots of people like Guy Montag. We have to resist on things what governments do wrong. If we don't resist on things what governments do wrong, we will have to obey what governments say, and just act like slaves. We definitely should know what is going on, and what is good and bad. That is our duty.

Fahrenheit 451 Q1

Fahrenheit 451 Q1

- What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

-> The second book of my blog project is "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. The book, "Fahrenheit 451", is a book about the world that the books are not allowed. The main character is Guy Montag. In Guy Montag's world, the books are not allowed to read. Actually, people are not even allowed to possess books. The government of the world made people not to read and possess books. It is because if the government let people read books, people are going to think and able to revolt against the government. The world where Montag lives, the governments want to control over the country. Guy Montag was a fireman. The meaning of fireman was different from the real meaning of firman in this world. The duty of the fireman in Montag's world was that they have to burn houses that possess books. At the beginning, Montag was interested in his job. He didn't know what was going on, and he just did his best on his work. One day, he met a seven teen years old girl called Clarisse. She was a special girl. She was very thoughtful, and definitely different from other girls. Later, Montag realized that he should not have burned books, because books are the best sources that can make people think creatively. So Montag tried to stop the situation. Then, there was an another guy called Beatty. He was the head of the fire station. He knew what was going on, and why they have to burn all the books and houses. Beatty knew all things that governments are trying to do were wrong. But he didn't have courage to resist on the government. Montag was different from Beatty. Montag tried to change the world, and make government let people read books. The author, Ray Bradbury, wanted to tell people that books are the best sources that can make people think creatively. These days, children and adults always use electronic devices such as televisions, radios, and computers. Seldom people read books. Ray Bradbury wanted to tell that people make book, and books make people.