Fahrenheit 451

This book is very interesting i think. The whole society seems to me that they dont like nature and animals yet there is a salamander on the firemens' sleeve, there is a robot dog called a hound, and the machine that pumped Mildred's blood was called a snake. I found that to be alittle interesting. Also, with the hound, the snake, and Mildred, Bradbury says that they are all dead but alive at the same time. He uses it alot so far in the book. I think it describes everything in society including the people because they are all technically alive, but there are so many rules and regulations that the people are dead like zombies just going throught the day. That is why they have so many suicides in one night like the snake operator said. It is a theme that I think will come up alot more in the book.

Mildred also is a very interesting character. She tries to OD on sleeping pills but denies it in the morning and almost becomes aggressive about it towards Guy. Also, she seems to be more obsessed with her work than with her own husband. It almost seems like she can't wait till he is out of the house and going to work. I wonder why she wants him out so badly. What could she be up to?

Guy Montag is a fireman, and he notices that he acted and looked exactly like the other firemen did too. But all of the sudden he is questioning his actions as a firemen and isnt participating as one in all of the "fun" things that they do. He is questioning things that someone in his position should not be. He should be doing his job and burning books like the authorities want him to. But every since he met Clarisse, she has got him thinking more and more about how the social structure is wrong and how society is drone like in following standards. I think that he will eventually stand up for change, but I am not sure how well that will work out for him.


-- RJ Murray

fahrenheit 451 Kerth

I think that the beginging of this book is very interesting. More so than i thought it would be. I like the way that it is written becuase it makes our society look so ridiculous and so far in the past. I think that this is a book that will make us think about the freedom of our society and how lucky we are to be living in a culture where books are allowed and we are able to read what we want. This seems like it will be a humbling book that will cause us to think twice about our freedoms. I hope it is more interesting than A Brave New World because that book was too bizzare for me. That type of society didn't seem possible to me but the typeof society presented in 451 seems like we are just a few steps away from it. I can't wait to see how this story unfolds.

Alysha Scarperia?!

Well, this is my frist blog and I really don't understand how to do this thing so I'm just going to write. I didn't know where to put my name so from now on I am just going to put it in the title. By the way, I'm reading "BRAVVVVVE NEW WORLD" I don't think I'm going to like this book though, I feel like it's not going to be good. Then again, I felt the same way about F451 when I first started to read it and then I ended up liking that book. There's not really much I can say so far about Brave New World because the first chapter seemed confusing and boring. All it really talked about was cloning... I guess? Does anyone else feel like they want to sing the Aladin song when the read the title of this book? Anyone... anyone? I feel like I want to shout, " A Brave New World... " and so on. But yeah, could you imagine if you got older and human beings didn't "reproduce" as they do now. I know scienctist have a lot of things they can do now with making babies, but where would the joy be in becoming a parent if you really couldn't have a baby? You just give up your eggs and sperm and then someone makes thousands of babies out it. It's weird. I wonder if the people in this book really have parents? And if people don't reproduce, what would happen if someone where to become pregnant? Or do they just not have sex? Or are they unable to become pregnant? This book is something else.. I'll just have to read more of it to really get a feel for what it's going to be about.

fahrenheit 451?

im not really sure if im doing this post right but here goes. The beginning of this book was actually very interesting -alot more interesting then i thought it was going to be, i thought it be a little boring. the beginning was a little confusing for me though, i dont know if anyone could answer this but, what exactly was this fireman, Guy Montag doing? burning books? and for what? i dont really get that. What year does this take place in because after i read where the fireman saw the girl Clarisse McClellan and began to walk with here and have a conversation with her, she mentions that firmen used to be people who put out fires not start them, and she mentioned that it was considered against the law to drive slow or to be a pedestrian. so, i was thinking that maybe this book took place in the future sometime. i dont know. Then the book really got interesting because i learned that the firman has a wife and aparently she tried to overdose on sleeping pills and i think this was maybe a suicide attempt? hopefully the book will continue to get better and better.

Brave New World Test Prep

Eh I know I'm probably the only loser coming on today, but just thought I'd ask a few questions and/or comments about Brave New World before our test tomorrow. Does anyone FULLY understand the religous conversation between John, Bernard, and Mond in Chapter 17? I understand some parts of it including: God being labeled as "old" and so he must being forgotten...but does anyone get the quotes by Cardinal Newman and what Mond believes is the way people develop a belief in God? Mond's big thing is that alot of things he doesn't want in his society aren't wanted because he's afraid that those things in the end will make the society more unstable. And a comment on Violent Passion Surrogate (VPS) seems to me to be a complete opposite to soma, it seems to give you the equivalent of fear and rage without having to go through the actual situation...why would this even be needed?

Brave New World

By the time i'm up to the general questions for BNW, some of the things asked are still confusing: I dont see how john is like a biblical character, I dont really see why Ford is such an appropriate name for their god. Also, a question such as "what is the purpose of human life" is kind of complicated to answer as well; especially since the answer for characters in BNW and somebody in our world would differ greatly. Its just that these arent exactly answers that you could go back and look up in the text and to some extent, i dont realy know what they're asking.

couple quick questions

I have a couple quick questions.

1. Is Clarrise actually dead, or is Mildred just being crazy from her pills.

2. Is the dog that Mildred hears outside of the house while Montag and her were reading books the dog from the firehouse? If so, is this dog how they find out if people have books?