Captain Beatty is an interesting character. His profession calls for him to oversee the burning of books; yet he knows a great deal about literature.
For this blog, please create Captain Beatty's back story. Write in first person, as if you are Captain Beatty and be sure to answer the following questions:
1.) Where are you from?
2.) How did you get into your profession?
3.) Why do you do what you do?
Responses should be a minimum of 250 words in length. This blog is due on Sunday, 13 March by 11:59 PM.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Fahrenheit 451 # 1
This blog is due on March 6th by 11:59 pm. Please write a minimum of 250 words in response to the following prompt:
According to A Glossary of Literary terms by M.H. Abrams, a dystopia is a "representation of a very unpleasant imaginary world in which ominous tendencies of our present social, political, and technological order are projected into a disastrous future culmination."
What are the potential dangers, if any, of a society like the one that Bradbury presents his reader in Fahrenheit 451? What makes Montag's world a dystopia? In your opinion, what needs to be done in order to ensure that the world does not become like the one that Bradbury has created?
According to A Glossary of Literary terms by M.H. Abrams, a dystopia is a "representation of a very unpleasant imaginary world in which ominous tendencies of our present social, political, and technological order are projected into a disastrous future culmination."
What are the potential dangers, if any, of a society like the one that Bradbury presents his reader in Fahrenheit 451? What makes Montag's world a dystopia? In your opinion, what needs to be done in order to ensure that the world does not become like the one that Bradbury has created?
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