Fahrenheit 451 Entry #1

5 Comments:

• 451 is the number on Montag's helmet-title of book
• The sidewalk he was felling uncertain about whether it would be burned
• The lady's name is Clarisse McClellan
• The book take place in the future (after present life)
• The used "ancient" machines and new ones

4 Questions:

• How was it a pleasure to burn?
• Who was the lady that just showed up out of nowhere?
• Wasn't it always only the girl walking with him?
• Is the girl some type of spy who is trying to find out informatiotn?

3 Words:

• Miraculous (pg. 7): of the nature of a miracle
• Refract (pg. 11): to subject to refraction
• Pulverized (pg. 14): to reduce to dust or powder

2 Literary Terms:

• Personification "the house jumped up in a gorging fire" (pg. 3)
• Simile "everything there, as if her eyes were two miraculous bits on violet" (pg. 7)

1 Sentence Summary:

• Introducing the story and characters to let reader get the gists of the stroy.