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.