Please choose one allusion from your list of allusions in Bradbury's work that relates to Part 2, The Sieve and the Sand. In your post, you must first include the allusion with quotes around the allusion. Then, you must discuss how it relates to what happens and what the allusion is referencing in Fahrenheit 451. For some allusions, the blurb on the handout is inadequate, so you may want to complete a quick Google search to better familiarize yourself with the reference. You may choose ANY allusion you want---even if someone else in the class has already chosen it.
I will be scoring your posts on insight, development, and proper use of the English language. Please do your best....and when you are finished with this assignment, F451, PART 2--B awaits you below.
:) Mrs. A.
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"What, do I give you trench mouth?"
ReplyDeleteThe allusion refers to the fact that captain Beatty was describing his dream and in the dream Beatty and Montag were having a debate about books. Captain Beatty is quoting a bunch of books and its making Montag dizzy and speechless. Trench mouth makes it hard to talk and Montag being speechless, is experiencing having trench mouth.
"This age thinks more of a gilded fool than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's schools". I think it's saying they are doing bad things instead of good things. like they set things on fire instead of extinguishing them.
ReplyDelete"half out the cave."
ReplyDeleteThis allusion refers to how the people in Fahrenheit 451 are controlled and made to think certain thoughts that the government wants them to think. The allusion reflects Plato's cave analogy and it shows how the government are the people who hold the spoon which reflects want the people are made to believe on the wall.
"this age thinks more of a gilded fool than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's schools." i believe that bradbury is saying that the government has made things so no one has to think or question anything in life . in the school system they throw facts t the kids instead of teaching them anything that might really matter in our world today . they look at fools who do not question what they are tole they just soak up the information given to them as to be better then students or people who try to find out reasons as to why thing are the way they are .
ReplyDelete"Words are like leaves and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found."
ReplyDeleteThe allusion refers to people and the what they have to say. The more people speak and talk about things, the less truth and knowledge there actually is in their words. Of course, this quote is from Captain Beatty who doesn't believe in discussions or anything of that sort.
"Truth is truth, to the end of reckoning." This allusion refers to the reality and truth in Fahrenheit 451. No one knows the truth about books, but the truth is very real. Books were once a very real and important to peoples lives, and fireman saved burning houses instead of burning them. That is the truth, and will stay the truth.
ReplyDelete"the sheep returns to the fold. We're all sheep who have strayed at times."
ReplyDeleteI think this is referring to how when Montag begins to find interest in the books, he is going against the rules by reading them to see what he can find out about them. Right now he is straying away from the "normal". But eventually he will return- he will give up on the books and go back to not worrying about them and start burning them again. --The people who read books are the ones that stray away, but they'll return and stay away from books, because that is what they are supposed to do.
"Knowledge is power." This allusion is stating that the more you know the more powerful you can be. This is shown in Farenheit 451 by the way that Montag looks at life after reading the books. He is different than everyone else and he realizes things that most people don't. So the books give Montag knowledge, which means he is also gaining power.
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ReplyDeleteThe allusion that i chose is "Knowledge is power."
ReplyDeleteI chose this allusion because it is self explanatory It means that the person who has more Knowledge than another has power over that person if they ever got into a verbal disagreement. When they get into a verbal disagreement the one with more knowledge will be able to find a solution to the disagreement that might benefits them both.
The reason that it relates to the book is that the more Montag knows abotu what the real world is doing he will be able to figure something out that will be helpful. The more he knows the better it will suit him when he tries to tell people what the government is doing and try to get people interested in books again.
"What do i give you trench mouth?" this allusion is referrhing to Captain Beatty talking to Montag about the books. Captain Beatty is telling him that the books are bad and he is making Montag nervous and speechless and that's why he says do i give you trench mouth. Trench mouth is a painful bacterial infection in the gums. It causes the mouth to swell
ReplyDelete"Words are like leaves and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." I think that this refers to the fact that the government says a lot in this time. They like to tell the people what they can and cannot do but at the same time behind their rules there is usually nothing to back them up. There is no reason behind what they are saying and the people are too careless to notice it.
ReplyDelete"Truth will come to light, murder will not be hid long.' This allusion is referring to Montag believing that reading the books will set the truth free. Also the books are a part of history and Montag doesn't want to forget history. The fireman who set the books on fire are murdering them and they can't be forgotten. Montag used to set the books on firer but now that the truth is in the light he see right and wrong.
ReplyDelete"Who are a little wise, the best fools be."
ReplyDeleteThis allusion is when Beatty wants to confuse and prevent Montag from taking anymore books. In John Donne's poem, "The triple Fool," its like saying how some of the best fools are the ones that don't know anything.
"Knowledge is power." this is saying that they're living a stupid life, that the knowledge they need is in the books that they are burning. Montag is saying that knowledge is everything, that you need it for everything or you are nothing. They need the books to become smarter
ReplyDelete"Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces". I believe this is saying that because of the war their world is falling apart. Their government is making needless mistakes. If they wouldn't of eliminated books then from history they could of learned from their mistakes. Now their government is falling through because of them making the same mistakes as their ancestors.
ReplyDelete"The others in the middle of the desert watched her crying grow very loud as her face squeezed itself out of shape." Montag was reading a poem to Miley and her friends in the parlor, and one of them started to cry. Bradbury used dessert to describe the room because the room was quiet and seemed lifeless.
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