A STEP AHEAD OF THE HOUND

PAGES: 123-132
Questions
1. What did Montag do at the Blacks' house?
2. How does Faber describe the war?
3. Describe Faber's TV.
4. What was on TV while Montag was on the run?
5. What was Montag running for when everyone looked out of their houses?

Answers
1. At the Blacks' house Montag placed the books in their house
2. Faber described the war as remote
3. Faber's TV was one of the small 1980s TV
4. While Montag was on the run, he was on the TV
5. Montag was running for the river

THE CHASE IS ON

PAGES: 114-122
Questions
1. Why did the Hound attack Montag?
2. How did Montag defend himself?
3. What did Montag realise about Beatty?
4. Where did Montag go?
5. What happened when Montag crossed the street?

Answers
1. Montag attacked the Hound because he had killed Beatty
2. Montag flamed it
3. Montag realised that Beatty wanted to die
4. Montag ran to get to Faber's house
5. When Montag crossed the street he was almost run over by some teenagers in a car who he thought might have killed Clarisse

What does "Sieve and the Sand" refer to?

1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
3. Who is Professor Faber?
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
5. What argument does Faber make for books?
6. What is the “small green metal object”?
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society?
8. Why does Mrs Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why?

ANSWERS

1. Montag is actually interested in reading them, and Mildred is scared of reading them

2. The effect is that they treat them as normal 

3. Professor Faber is an older man, who was an English professor

4. Montag reacts by getting annoyed by it and screaming for it to stop. He did this because for the first time he actually tried to concentrate on something

5. He says that 1.

6. It is a sort of mic where people can listen in from

7. It shows that things are really simple and stupid

8. Mrs Phelps cries because poetry is sad, 

9. At the end, Montag arrives at his own house because one of the ladies reported him for the books

QUESTIONS I SHOULD KNOW for FAHRENHEIT 451

1.The novel Fahrenheit 451 begins : “It was a pleasure to burn.” Why does Ray Bradbury start the novel in this way? Why might it be more pleasurable to burn books rather than read them?
2. In the opening scene, why are the books compared to birds?
3. Discuss the difference between Montag and Clarisse’s lives.
4. Montag’s television includes headphones called “seashells.”  The “wall to wall circuit” allows Mildred to enter the “play” and, therefore, the television programming. How does the technology within the novel compare to our current technology? In the first pages of the novel, does technology improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife, Mildred? Why or why not?
5. Why does the narrator introduce us to Montag at this time of his life, when he encounters Clarisse and confronts Mildred’s overdose?
6. Why does the author introduce the character of Clarisse before Mildred?
7. Why are all the houses fireproof in this society?
8. Why does Mildred require emergency service? What service is provided?
9. What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose?
10. Why does the society consider Clarisse “anti-social”?
11. When the woman’s house is raided, why does she light the match?
12. Describe the relationship between Montag and Mildred.  
13. What is the purpose of Beatty's visit? 
14. Reread Captain Beatty’s monologue (pp.57-59). Discuss his view that school cultivates anti-intellectual sentiment (p.58). In your opinion does it accurately depict your high school? Do books violate the idea that ”everyone is made equal” (p.58)?
15. Why does Montag feel “fat”?

ANSWERS:
1. Bradbury started the book off with it as a "hook" to catch the reader's attention and it has something to do with the book
2. Books are compared to birds because birds are basically a symbol of freedom in how they can just go anywhere they want and aren't restrained by anything and in books, you can find a type of freedom such as birds have, well at least in my opinion
3. The difference between Montag and Clarisse is that Clarisse seems to be more exposed to the wonders of life, making her actually happy, while Montag has the sort of happiness that isn't really real
4. The technology described by Bradbury is pretty similar to earbuds, which is pretty freaking crazy. Technology definitely doesn't improve Montag's relationship with his wife because they are in their own worlds making them distant, which seems to happen more and more nowadays
5. I guess we were introduced to Montag's life at those moments to bring forth how his life truly is, filled with deception and mystery.
6. The author introduced Clarisse first before Mildred because it makes Mildred look bad compared to Clarisse
7. Houses are fireproof in the book because only the books are meant to be burned not the house
8. Mildred required emergency service because she overdosed on pills. I think she might have got her stomach pumped, it was weird, though.
9. The mechanical hound is I guess to be sort of like a police dog which chases the people who might not want to burn their books.
10. Society considers Clarisse to be anti-social simply because she isn't like the rest and is just being herself, self-reliant, and not what society wants her to be like, 
11. When the woman house is raided she decides to burn the books because she'd rather do it herself than let someone else do it, kind of like George deciding to shoot Lenny himself in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
12. The relationship between Montag and Mildred can be described as a 2017 love, distant but just there to feel normal
13. The purpose of Beatty's visit is to basically check up on him
14. 
15.

Higher Education Learning week- Day 1

So since I wasn't in class today I guess I will just describe what this was.

Well, we had a little college fair in the Wilson gym, which was pretty cool. There were around 20-ish really great colleges. Although some caught my interest more than others, such as Southern Utah University, Univerity of Idaho, Colorado State University, Cal Lutheran, New School of Architecture & Design, and Fresno State. These got my interest because the people at the booths were cool to talk to which kind of tells me how the school atmosphere is like. They were really enthusiastic to talk to us and give us the information we wanted. I was also interested in these more because they had D1 athletics such as Track & Field, Cross Country, and Wrestling which is a great bonus. Another thing that sparked my interest in these was that they all have really good courses for computer science, which will eventually lead to a job for me as a programmer or something else that's interesting.
So, I guess I didn't really waste a chance to learn today.

CAN WE WATCH THE MOVIE? OR MAYBE JUST NOT?

Well, to me watching a movie after reading the book sometimes disappoints. It disappoints in the way that you finish the book full of expectation that hopefully, the movie will be as awesome as the book, but really most of the details are taken out or changed. Anyways, I'm still not awed by the book even through the analysis of it. So, it really doesn't matter to me whether we watch this movie or not.

Essay prompt

    Gatsby's desire for "success" is both evidence of the American Dream and of an obsession. Sure he hustles, which is related to the American Dream, to hustle until you make it big, but his reason for doing it is his obsession with trying to impress Daisy, not to live the American Dream. Gatsby symbolises part of our culture and our personal desire because we mainly want to get rich so that we can flaunt our success, whether it be by showing off our cars or living in too big of a house.

    Gatsby's desire for success is evidence of the American Dream in many ways which we consider to be part of it. One reason is that you need to keep on hustling because life is a never-ending grind so you have to make it big early. For example, he doesn't stop working, even though it is shady business as can be seen by the call from Chicago at the end of the book when Gatsby dies, but he still keeps on going. He also stays humble about his money to other people. He is humble because he knows where he came from and he still respects people.

    Gatsby's desire can also be connected to an obsession because of the way he acts and is.
for pointers, he doesn't seem satisfied with everything that he has. For example, he keeps on wanting to get more and more stuff. He also only wants to get rich because he is obsessed with impressing Daisy. For example, Jordan said that he had worked hard so that he could buy the house that was directly across the bay from Daisy's house,

    In a way, Gatsby does symbolise our culture and desires in a few aspects. One aspect of our culture is that we like to show off to impress. For example, he throws all of those parties in order to impress a certain someone living directly across the bay from him. Another aspect of our desires is to want to get more and more even though we already have enough.

    In Conclusion, we can say that Gatsby's desire for success is both evidence of trying to live the American Dream and of an obsession he has with Daisy's approval of him. Sure he is an example of starting from the bottom and making it big but the sole intent of that drive was one person, his obsession with Daisy.