1. After having read part 1, consult the allusions handout and skim through the ones that are listed for part 1.
2. Choose one allusion from the list.
3. Discuss why you chose the allusion and how it connects to the event in F451. Why do you think Bradbury chose it?
Make sure you adhere to English rules and proofread. That is also a part of your scoring. Aim for a well-developed paragraph.
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The allusion I chose was Stoneman and Black. I chose them because they are the only two in the book that have names that sound like they have no emotions. The way it connects to the reading is that the men don't feel anything when they burn down other peoples houses. The men dont even have any feelings towards other members of their crew. These men just care about their job and how to do it.
ReplyDeleteI think that Bradbury put these names in his book because they represent what all the people in his book feel except a few people that rebel against the government. Bradbury shows us that almost all the people in this book has no heart.
The allusion I chose was Clarisse and how her name derives from the latin word for brightest. While reading Fahrenheit 451 I thought people were very dull, but Clarisse was very different. She seemed to know more than everyone else even though she is only 17. I thinks she knows that everybody thinks that she is strange, but in her mind she probably thinks that everyone else is strange. Everyone seems to see everything very black and white in this book. Clarisse is very smart and wants to really talk about life and the world that they live in . When Clarisse talks to Montag she has many questions for him. This makes you think she is really looking for answer to why things are this way.
ReplyDeleteI think this character of Clarisse's is significant because Clarisse and Montag seem to make a connection. They definitely have more going on in their brains then anyone else. They both have questions in their head, that they want answers to. I think this is included to help people understand that Montag isn't the only one thinking abnormally in this society. I think Clarisse's part helps Montag to realize what he is doing isn't normal. Clarisse helps Montag to really think and ask why are things this way, why do we burn books, why is it no one ever really talks.
The allusion I chose was the TV parlor. The TV parlor is basically where Mildred, and everyone else that doesn't "work", live and spend all their time in. Without it, they have no life. They are taught to not think for themselves or do things for themselves.. So they just sit in a room all day talking to the TV walls. They don't even have to think of what they'll talk about - it's all written out for them, and which the scripts make no sence and mean nothing.. This is something very common in this book. Bradbury creates this world that is very different - people don't talk in complete sentences, they don't think or do other than what they are told, and no one REALLY care about one another.
ReplyDeleteThe Allusion from the list I chose was Cacophony. I think Bradbury chose this because cacophony means "mindless noise." In this book Mildred has the "seashells" in her ears all the time and blasts the parlor walls. Everything the does dosn't really have any meaning, theres no substance. Her plays don't make sense. When Montag asks what they are about or why the actors are mad or anything about them, she can't answer. Nothing that happens in Mildreds world really makes sense. It's all random. I think Mindless noise suits this perfectly. They don't want the people in this world to actually think or have lives or talk. They want them all to pretty much be mummies. Which means everything around them is just mindless noise, it's not important.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion I chose was the electronic bees. The electronic bees are like the seashells that Mildred put's in her ears. The electronic bees is connected to fahrenheit 451 because the electronic bees block out thoughts and supplant them with mindless entertainment. When Mildred has the seashells in her ears she is thoughtless and brainwashed and the only thing on her mind is nothing. The seashells create entertainment but lack personal feelings.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion I chose was the title of the book, Fahrenheit 451. I believe that the title alone gives you a great start at what the book is going to be about! Four hundred fifty one degrees is the exact temperature that books burn. The whole story is based on a society that limits the knowledge that a person can attain.It seems as though the whole world in the book is the opposite of the world in which we live. Yes, there are many things that Bradbury predicted that would happen, like television and the take over of technology.
ReplyDeleteI believe Bradbury choose the number 451 because of the connection with the burning of books. That's what the whole book is based on getting rid of books and not allowing people to get "upset" by reading them!
sorry kaitlyn:) The Allusion I chose was Fahrenheit 451. I chose this because it relates to the passages inside the book. Fahrenheit 451 was included in the book because the books burn at 451 degrees and the story has a lot on burning houses and people. The fireman need to burn books because they will make people intelligent. Bradbury predicted the TV. taking over technology.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion I chose was Clarisse. Her name means bright and everyone else was like a puppet, to lazy to do anything on their own, the government controls the people's life. Clarisse had different ideas than most people and was not easily controlled by the government. I think Bradbury choose this name to show that there are still people who are different in this book, Not everyone is controlled by the government.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion I chose from part one was that's what the lady said. Mildred doesn't have a very good relationship with guy, her husband. Whenever guy and his wife talks, their talks are always short and to the point. Instead of Mildred explaining why or when the lady said that, her reply is, "That's what she said". This shows how Mildred always talks to guy. They both lack communication skills with each other.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion that I chose was Clarisse. Clarisse in Latin means "brightest," and even though she may not seem to be the brightest person to everyone else in the book, I think that she is. I think she's smart because she sees what everyone else doesn't. Clarisse somehow realizes that people don't stop and look at the nature, and they don't stop and talk to each other anymore. It shows that Clarisse is different when Guy asks, " what do you do, go around trying everything once?" Clarisse says, "sometimes twice." This is saying that Clarisse is normal in our world because most people will try anything once. In the world that she lives in people do the same thing every day. So Clarisse seems to be weird and different in her world, but she's actually a very smart person to figure out what other people haven't.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion I chose is the black cobra. A black cobra is like the thing in the story that sucks all the medicine out of the girl and replaces the blood inside her. A cobra also can sense fear like the machine can observe the body's organs and the soul.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion i chose is clarisse. clarrise in my opinion is like the medicine of the place. She is the beginning of the change in there world . I think that she noticed what was going on in that world and wanted change, so she talked to montag and he's realizing it too. i think that this will start a change in everyone
ReplyDeleteThe TV Parlor shows that they have little to no grasp on what is and isn’t real. The people in this world, and time had no communications between each other. The televisions and how they worked showed just that. Having and reading a script to the TV and it responding according to the script, come on now. You can’t get much faker then that. The television was a perfect example saying just how much that they didn’t care. They didn’t care about their relationships or the real world round them. They had no idea about what was real and what wasn’t. They were constantly around technology and that is all they knew and what they though was real, is in fact not real, and I can honestly say that, that is one of the concepts in Fahrenheit 451 that I just cannot get over.
ReplyDeletethe allusion i chose, is the title, fahrenheit 451. the writing describes that a book doesn't burn until it reaches 451 degrees. the firemen burn books because bradbury predicts that the wall TV will take over all technology.
ReplyDeleteThe allusion I chose is the Title of the book. Fahrenheit 451 is the title of the book because at 451 degrees books burn. This hole book is all about burning books and new technology and how the fireman burn the books because they don't believe in reading books. So they burn all of them.
ReplyDeleteElectronic Bees are a futuristic “seashells or ear thimbles” which block out thoughts and replace them with mindless entertainment.
ReplyDelete. I believe that Ray Bradbury found the electronic bees to be an important detail in his story because it shows how Mildred ,Montag's wife, allows her life to revolve around electronics. Mildred cant even go a few seconds without her “seashells.” In a lot of ways these electronic bees symbolize head phones in our generation today. Kids use head phones for entertainment but also to block out things we do not want to hear. Montag does not even have a real relationship with his wife she is either listening to her seashells or interacting with her television walls Mildred seems to have no time for her own husband.