I have lots of questions this morning, and I can't decide which I like asking the best. So, it's up to you to decide which one(s) you like answering the best:
- What is Jazz? Why is it considered uniquely American? (Feel free to look online for this one.)
- Several Charlie Parker songs have "Bird" in the title. As you listen to his music, explain why you think the image of a bird fits.
- In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, the burning books are portrayed as birds. Why do you think this imagery fits?
1. Journal/discussion
2. Table reading with questions
1.The novel Fahrenheit 451 begins : “It was a pleasure to burn.” Why does Ray Bradbury start the novel in this way? Why might it be more pleasurable to burn books rather than read them?
2. In the opening scene, why are the books compared to birds?
3. Discuss the difference between Montag and Clarisse’s lives.
4. Montag’s television includes headphones called “seashells.” The “wall to wall circuit” allows Mildred to enter the “play” and, therefore, the television programming. How does the technology within the novel compare to our current technology? In the first pages of the novel,does technology improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife, Mildred? Why or why not?
5. Why does the narrator introduce us to Montag at this time of his life, when he encounters Clarisse and confronts Mildred’s overdose?
6. Why does the author introduce the character of Clarisse before Mildred?
7. Why are all the houses fireproof in this society?
8. Why does Mildred require emergency service? What service is provided?
9. What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose?
10. Why does the society consider Clarisse “anti-social”?
11. When the woman’s house is raided, why does she light the match?
12. Describe the relationship between Montag and Mildred.
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