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"In this particular clip you will see a basic movie trailer advertising the events that occured in this book in a visual perspective. Enjoy!"

 

 

Journal Entry #1

As I have started to read this book, I’ve found that it already has me inquisitive of what’s truly the meaning behind its title. It begins, “It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 3). In my mind I immediately draw conclusions that there must be some hidden psychological paths down this literary climb somewhere. Furthering my reading calms my speculations for a while, but at the same time I’m more curious to the fact of his ironic encountering experience with his neighbor Clarisse McClellan (who I find quite peculiar as well). She seemed very down to earth and at the same time awkwardly portrayed but she seems to have a lot of sense. For example “You are an odd one” (Bradbury 8), Guy Montag (a fireman) concludes. Already I feel the author taking me down a spiral of comparisons that seem to lead to further contradictions. For example: “Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” (Bradbury 8).  I wonder how this statement would unwrap and come into play with the purpose of the actual title…. (186 words)

 

"In this scene you will witness Motag and Ms. McClellan coversing as they did on a regular basis.".

Journal Entry # 2

Wow, it seems there is some psychological suspense going on now. When furthering my reading I discovered that Mildred (Guy Montag’s wife) has apparently overdosed and has been lying in bed. What makes this so suspenseful are the comments and speculations Guy made in discovering his wife’s situation?  “His wife stretched on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling  by invisible threads of steel, immovable”, (Bradbury 12). One thing I would like to acknowledge is the author’s use of great description to provide a sense of the gloomy mood. He portrays the mood in a way that leads me to a more inquisitive view of the actual meaning of this book. Furthermore, Guy discovers evidence as to his wife’s “breath going in and out, softly, faintly, in and out her nostrils…” (Bradbury 13). Mildred’s rushed to hospital (153 words).

Journal Entry# 3

I've never in my life heard of a dog with eight webbed feet. "...the creature that quivered gently, gently, its eight legs spidered under it on rubber- padded paws", (Bradbury 24). More and more the setting of the future seems to be confirmed and defined throughout the weird technological enhances that I've yet failed to witness realistically. I can't believe there was actually a mechanical hound in the firehouse! He seemed pretty evil. Not only did this creature (better known as a hound) have insect legs but it also had "...multi-faceted eyes...” (Bradbury 26). Ironically to me it seems weird how this particular creature can create such inquisitiveness in Captain Beatty- “Why? You got a guilty conscience about something?” (Bradbury 27). I wonder would something weird be revealed from such ironic speculations....  I wonder could it be something suspicious going on with Montag and Ms. McClellan. (148 words).

 

"This is a picture of a sketch of the mechanical hound".

Journal Entry # 4-5

 Yet again Ray Bradbury has driven me into such an inquisitive track and caused me to speculate that Guy Montag is changing as an individual overtime. According to the previous quotations- “It was pleasure to burn….He strode in a swarm of fireflies. He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house”, (Bradbury3). In this quote, you can see how Guy Montag found the joy in his job through his pride. In this way you can indicate his joy to burn the books, but not once was there speculations concerning his inner feeling concerning his job. “I’ve tried to imagine, just how it would feel.  I mean, to have firemen burn our houses and our books”, (Bradbury 34). This comment made to Beatty led me to see how somehow he was beginning to contradict his job and uncover a shadowing character that we have yet seen to be the real Guy Montag. “Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief”, (Bradbury 37). “His hands were ravenous. And his eyes were beginning to feel hunger, as if they must look at something, anything, everything”, (Bradbury 41). From these former quotes I speculated a drastic change that I wonder would become Montag’s own fire- “There’s a phoenix car just drove up and a man in a black shirt with an orange snake stitched on his arm coming up the front walk...Captain Beatty? He said”….. Uh-oh! (278 words).

Journal Entry# 6

                So apparently, I guess the firemen are ones who support the idea of burning knowledge that are consisted in books. "Today thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time, you are allowed to read comics, the good old confessions, or trade journals", (Bradbury 58). In this particular quote I found out that even though the firemen burnt the people’s books at 451 degrees Fahrenheit as well as their houses, apparently they were allowed to only read certain things that I suppose discouraged intellect, but better yet entertained the individual as they read. Later I found my speculations were confirmed, "the word 'intellectual', of course, became the swear word it deserved to be....and wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beatings and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal....So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it....Who knows who might be the target of a well-read man? Me?” (Bradbury 58). Even though this quote seems a little lengthy I feel this shows the insecurities the future evidently had on itself. Who wouldn't support knowledge before entertainment? In my book, they go hand-in-hand. As of right now, I feel that ignorance is supported in the eyes of Bradbury.....or maybe somehow he'll work this into a way of making a logical point. I suppose we'll find out sooner or later.  I must say, there was one particular line that I found interesting-"There was no longer need of firemen for the old purposes. They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind..."(Bradbury 59). In my brain, when I read this, I immediately visualized the meaning of this statement. It seemed to me that society during this time was being led down a path of ignorance-the people were being brain washed in my perspective. (322 words).

Journal Entry # 7

Montag seems to really have something on his mind that causes such a frustration within his own anxiousness. "Now Beatty was almost invisible, a voice somewhere behind a screen of smoke...."What's this?" asked Mildred, almost with delight Montag heaved back against her arms. What's this here?"..... "Sit down!" Montag shouted, (Bradbury 56). Apparently Mildred came across the book he had hidden behind his pillow. Ironically Beatty goes into depth about the happiness of the civilization and how in ignorant comparisons he says-"Someone's written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book", (Bradbury 59). Honestly, I feel that "future" civilization had definitely been brain washed. It seems that Montag is the only sane one- "Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same....insane mistakes!” (Bradbury 74). I support Montag as an individual character. I now begin to see the persistence of the man who once found light from Mr. Faber (an English professor he met in the park) who provided Guy with the insights of his time period. (189 words).