Carleigh Penrod p.5

Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451 was unique and interesting, however I found it hard to follow. Bradbury was very creative with his inventions such as the "ear bees" and "walls", but I think he could have done a better job getting across the role of the "Mechanical Hound". The morals and themes in this book were incredible, and it's exactly what our society needs. I felt as if I was looking through a giant window into the future. Another thing I enjoyed was Bradbury's great use of words. He didn't use ordinary words like "smart" or "sad" or "dull". In place of these words were descriptions such as "intellectual" "melancholy" or "featureless". Bradbury also used great imagery, putting moments into a different perspective. Questions I would like to ask him are "Where did you come up with things like the 'ear bees' and 'walls'?" or "Why did you choose for Montag to destroy Beatty?" This book was interesting, and required a lot of thinking!

Ray Bradbury and F451

Ray Bradbury author of Fahrenheit 451 has always been a lover of science fiction. Although I personally am not, this book was a lot more interesting then I expected it to be. One thing I found really interesting was that this book was written at the same time that t.v and the start of electronics were coming about and Ray Bradbury hit points that actually came to happen in the future! How amazing! This book was full of figurative language that made the book so interesting. My favorite type of figurative language used, was the imagery. The way Ray described scenes was incredible. One question I have for Ray is, what caused you to think of the things you did for the future? Were you surprised when some of these things actually started to take place?

Thank you so much for a great read!

Bobbie Wilde P.6

Thoughts on Fahrenheit 451

I really like how Beatty showed Montag his library. We as readers didn't know he had one, but at the same time we did. It all fits. Of course Beatty would have a library and of course he would have been living off of books as a child and young man. That is just who Beatty is. And it makes perfect sense, (at least to me anyway), that Beatty would have suffered sorrow, pain, heartbreak, grief, and treachery, and turning to books to find comfort and solace, not finding any. It really shows the other side of books. When Beatty needed comfort and solace, he turned to books; the wrong source of the kind of solace he needed. The kind of comfort Beatty needed was healthy, healing, human interaction. Books bring one kind of comfort; the kind Beatty needed was not found in books. So to him, he felt like books had betrayed him and in turn he turned on them and became a "First Class Chief Fireman." Beatty was "book smart." He just wasn't "psychologically and emotionally smart."

-Emily Wahlquist
6th Period 12-8-11

Interview extra credit #13

1.
What advice would you give young writers today that helped you as you wrote f451?
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Back when you were writing f451 did you fear that one day you would see a future like that one?
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Even today, as books are still an important part of our community, many teens and even adults don't like to read. What would you tell them to encourage them to broaden their reading experiences?
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Have you ever thought about what happened to your characters after their story ended?
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Did your family support you in choosing to be a writer and writing such new genres?
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There were no children really introduced in F451, did you ever consider making a child a character in your book?
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Were you afraid when you realized that a lot of your wild predictions were actually pretty close to life and technology today?

Extra Credit Jillian Brinton 6th

While I was reading Fahrenheit 451 I found that it was hard to read his writing. There were a lot of referrals to events of the past. Although it was very interesting to hear about his different "new" electronics that are so much like our own today. For example the ear buds and the wall screens. They are like ear phones and big screen T.V.s. It is almost insane how close he is to the real thing of how we are today. As we read this as a class it was really interesting to see and discuss with every one on the electronics and how alike we are today. And also how we can stop and keep this from happening. All of us turning our world into a messed up dystopia. We can't let that happen.

Josie Harris P.5

In Fahrenheit 541 the society is out of control! The people are obsessed with their technology. They have things called "Ear Bees" and "walls". The "Ear Bees" are like our ear buds and the "Walls" are like our big screen t.v's. It seems like Ray Bradbury almost predicted the future. He wrote this book in about 1953 and in Fahrenheit 451 society is just like our society today about 58 years later. How did Ray Bradbury come up with the idea about little "Ear Buds" and "Walls"? What does he think that the technology will be in another 50 years? That would be extremely interesting to read another book of his that is more recent.

Katy Moore, P. 6

After finishing Ray Bradbury's novel "Farenheit 451" I was extremely impressesed with his nearly pshycic understanding of the future. With walls and ear bees being so close to big screen TVs and ear buds, he could have influenced many inventors to go big with their inventions. His story was so unique and far-fetched, where did his inspiration for it really come from? Sure, he says that the characters came out and told him his story, but how did he really come up with the idea for a book so different from all the others around him. Being dystopian, our main character faces change and the will to escape from the world he's surrounded by and start over, did Ray ever feel that way when he was growing up or just living in the world? His love for knowledge and everything around him is shown through Clarrise, whom he says is really him. This mysterious book has changed the way our world works, and will influence readers for many years yet to come.

Mindy Jessop 6th period

Ray Bradbury has created a book from the past that predicted our future. F451 is a great book that has a lesson to be told, but behind this lesson there are many hidden treasures that describe our present time now. In the book he talks about "walls" and "ear bees." We have ear buds and big T.V. screens. He discovered through this dystopian lifestyle the importance of books and the effect it would have on society. How did he learn this? Ray Bradbury says that the characters came to him and told the story. Through all of this he made a book that will go on for years and years to come with a message to be spread.

Extra Credit- Sarah Nelson

In October of 1953, when the first copy of Fahrenheit 451 was published, Ray Bradbury had no idea his book would go down in history. I think it is a book symbolic of how easy a society can go wrong. When you begin to read F451, it is a reality check. It is crazy to realize how similar things are now to the ones Ray Bradbury wrote about in this novel. How did Ray Bradbury come up with the ideas for the future?
Our society will turn corrupt if ordinary people turn away from books, reading, and the habit of thought. Thoughts begin everything. They give ideas on what to think, say, and do. If you take that away, all things fall apart and us(as human beings) become numb and indifferent. He says that this book is about political and social atmosphere; impact of TV, radio, media, and the lack of education. Our society still has a long way to go with its education system. It is all about attitude.
Bradbury says that the characters speak and teach him. I wonder how that works if he is the one that brings them to life. How does he let them "just speak" to him? Ray has always had hope for the future; he always believes in himself. He says, "Reading is the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization."

Alex Burns 5th Period Extra Credit

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a dystopian novel that has many references to modern day technology. The catch is that it was written in the 1950's. Bradbury created an entire world in the future through Fahrenheit 451. This world is simply an exaggerated version of today's society. He predicts earphones, Bluetooth, automatic doors, color television that can cover an entire wall, but the most disturbing prediction is the one that shows the amount of feeling that is doused by media. Nearly every household has a computer or TV and its inhabitants are consumed by it. This is the same in Fahrenheit 451, though on a much more extreme scale. Bradbury tried to make a world that was as terrible as he could imagine. We are quickly meeting that standard.
How did he do it? How did he predict the technology and the behavior of society 50 years in the future?
He claims in his interview that his characters speak to him. He is simply wrote down what they were saying. Is it just me or is that a little creepy? This man lets the voices in his head write a story and 50 years later it its found that the story is a near mirror to us today. Could he be predicting the future? It sounds ridiculous, but that is the only answer that I can think of. That or it's one heck of a coincidence.
Ray Bradbury, What do you mean by your characters telling you their story, and why/how are they predicting the future? What is your take on your own fictional writing becoming truth?

Riley Richmond- Extra Credit 9th Honors

In Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury their are many predictions of inventions. He wrote the book in the 1950's and it is so correct, in comparison to nowadays. It comes across to me that he was a "fortune teller" he was so smart. How did he have the knowledge to predict all the inventions that were made? I was shocked throughout his interview how humble he was with all the compliments and the rewards his novel received. If i were to interview Ray i would definitely ask him how he got the idea to predict those inventions. It is insane how much it seems like it was written in our modern days.

Parker Hill Extra Credit

The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is all sorts of inventions that so mind blowing that you would never think of..if you lived in the 1950's. These inventions are so close to what we actually have today, it's very horrifying to think about. It's almost like Ray Bradbury was a fortune teller and he could see into the future. The book was very interesting. I would suggest it to anybody that likes Science Fiction books.

I have several questions for Ray Bradbury. I would ask him where he learned to think of these wonderful inventions that are in the book. Another question I would ask him is where he learned to write. Was it frustrating having to use a typewriter? My final question is what do you think the world will be like in twenty years from now?

Extra Credit - Kurt Healy

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a dytopian novel that takes place 2300's. In the novel Bradbury had many devices that were similar to modern day devices. Such as seashell radios, and wall screens. He also had a exaggerated version of the society that we have today where nobody really interacts with each other, virtual reality is reality for some people, and nobody reads books. I didn't really expect to like this book but it was definately the best book we have read in honors english so far. I'm also really looking forward to the remake of 1966 movie version of this book. I know it will be amazing and I also know it will fit in great with what is popular these days. Hopefully they will have a good cast and a big enough budget to make it as good as it has the potential to be. Overall, this was an amazing book with a really eye opening message.

Extra Credit by Janelle

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is an intriguing novel. It's incredible how frighteningly accurate this story is to modern day technology. I'm constantly curious of how the author created all these things (seashell radios, fast cars, large billboards, T.V. walls) from his mind, but here they are to this day. Things like that aren't very likely to be coincidental. It's fascinating how Ray Bradbury seemed to almost know these things would happen. Fahrenheit 451 isn't his first book but certainly his best.

Extra Credit - William Hurley

The novel Fahrenheit 451 was an excellent book. Throughout the novel, I kept realizing just how detailed the book was. Ray Bradbury wrote many books in his time, bringing each book into the world one word at a time. His first book, Dark Carnival, started his works off, and they grew in number. Something that I want to ask Ray Bradbury is; "What did you mean, in the interview, about the characters coming to you, and telling the story?". What inspired you to write a book about the loss of books, and where did the ideas for the technology (walls) come from?

Extra Credit Ammon Mills

Ray Bradbury grew up loving science fiction. By 1992 he had written 28 books. His first book was a bunch of short stories called Dark Carnival. Farenheit 451 is one of his most favored books. Ray tells a story of how how he payed rent every week to use a typewriter at UCLA. Because his ofice space at home would be a distraction. Bradbury tells a story of him and his friend walking down the street when a police officer pulled them over for no reason. This exprience inspired him about the society he should put in his book, Farenheit 451. Ray Bradbury says that in is books the charecters come to him.