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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyQuickwritesPart 1 - PromptsDirections: You are required to write a half page response for six of the following prompts. These will be collected as we finish each part of the book. Guy Montag What kind of a person just walks over the hole in the fire station floor without grabbing the pole until he’s fallen halfway to the ground? What does this tell us about Guy Montag as a person?Late at NightClarisse McClellan says that sometimes she stays out all night walking around until the sun comes up. What is the latest you’ve stayed up at night, or – should we say – morning? What is it like? How are the people different late at night? How does the world feel different?Little ThingsClarisse pays attention to little things, like the dew on the grass and the man on the moon. List 10 little details about the world that you notice.HappyClarisse asks Guy, “Are you happy?” and it rattles his entire existence. Now, you will answer the same question: “Are you happy?” Explain why or why not.PeculiarTell the story of the strangest person you have ever met, the most peculiar, the most different from everybody else and from your whole life experience.Too ManyMontag says, “There are too many of us, billions of us.” In what ways is he wrong? In what ways is he right?DisposableMontag says that this is the age of the disposable tissue (i.e. Kleenex). What does he mean by that? In what ways is he correct? Is he saying this is a good thing or not? Why?DandelionWhat kind of emotional effect does the dandelion have on Montag? Why does a silly little flower have such an effect? And what does it mean that it is the last dandelion of the season?HiddenTake a guess at what Montag has hidden behind the ventilator grill. Why would he want to hide something like that? Why would he be afraid of his friends at the fire station knowing about his secret?WatchingClarisse likes to watch people, to sit someplace like the subway and watch people. What do you think about her doing that? Have you done that? Why? Why not? What kinds of things do you see?Same StuffClarisse says that when she listens to people’s conversations they don’t say anything important or different or unique. Everyone says the same stuff. Nobody is talking about new ideas. In what ways is she correct? In what ways do you disagree?RiskyWhy do you think Montag puts the book under his arm? Why does he risk so much? What does he think he’s going to get?BotheredMontag tells his wife Mildred, “We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long has it been since you’ve been really bothered by something important, about something real?”Now you get to answer Montag’s question … how long has it been for you? What was the last really important thing that bothered you?BiggerBeatty says, “The bigger the market, the less you handle controversy.” What does he mean by “market”? Why is controversy bad as your market gets bigger? Overall, what is he trying to say about ideas and the things you say in a world where you’re trying to make a buck and sell things?WantWhat do we want in this country, above all?WhyBeatty says, “You ask why to a lot of things and you end up very unhappy, indeed.” In your experience, how has this been true? How is “Why?” a bad question? Which is better: (1) not having any answers to anything, or (2) having the answers and being unhappy?ForgetBeatty says, “If you don’t want a man unhappy, don’t give him two sides to a question to worry him. Give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there even is a problem.” In what ways is he correct? Wrong?EggsWhen Montag is reading the book with Mildred, he reads, “It is computed that eleven thousand persons have as several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.”What does this mean? How is this similar to Montag’s situation in this society? ................
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