Friday, April 26, 2013
Important Characters
Guy Montag: A fireman who decides to go against the script of that time period and starts to read the books that he is suppose to be reading.
Mildred Montag: Guy's wife who is obsessed with watching Television. She is in a great deal of pain and tries to commit suicide. She does not want to have any conversations with her husband and doesn't seem to care about him a lot.
Captain Beatty: The captain of Montag's fire station and hates books and everybody who insists on reading books.
Professor Faber: A retired english professor that reads books. He helps Montag on is journey of trying to get books legalized.
Clarisse McClellan: A seventeen year old girl who opens Montag's eyes to a world of beauty and possibilities.
Granger: An intelligent man who is the leader of the "Book People".
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Introduction: Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury in 1953. This book talks about a city in the future where books are illegal and the firemen's primary job is to go around and burn books. Bradbury wrote the book during the McCarthy era, when censorship was starting to be a problem and the threat of eradicating books was rising. Ray Bradbury took quite some time to name his book but he finally found the name when he figured out what the temperature for burning paper was Fahrenheit 451.
I chose this book because when I went to go ask Ms. Hall, the school librarian, what would be a good book for this project, this is what she gave me. She said that she thought it would be perfect for me because it has a lot of suspense and it will keep me wanting more.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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