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Mohammad Mirza,
Jeremy Serio, Chloe Jones

Sachi Shah, Leilani Plaza,
Ashley Melville

On page 11 of Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury demonstrates an apprehensive tone by utilizing figurative diction. Following his strange encounter with Clarisse, Montag reaches his house. He describes his residence as lifeless and cold, as though it had been a graveyard. Subsequently, the readers are introduced to Mildred, who is unconscious and stiff due to a medicine overdose. This passage records Montag’s urgent and petrified reaction. “As he stood there the sky over the house screamed. There was a tremendous ripping sound as if two giant hands had torn ten thousand miles of black linen down the seam [...] He felt his chest chopped down and split apart [...] let their shriek come down and out between his bared teeth. The house shook. The flare went out in his hand. [...] He felt his hand plunge toward the telephone. [...] A terrible whisper. He felt that the stars had been pulverized by the sound of the black jet [...]  as he stood shivering in the dark [...]” (Bradbury 11). Montag’s outburst of desperation and the passing of air jets is  illustrated by Bradbury by use of comparative language. Bradbury uses the phrase “Sky over the house screamed” and “ripping sound as if two giant hands had torn” to demonstrate the roaring screech produced by the sound of the jets. He does so by assigning a personifying element to the sky and comparing the sound to a “ripping” noise created by “giant hands”. Such use of language amplifies the impact of the pandemonium. Montag’s emotions towards Mildred’s condition are displayed by Bradbury through by comparison to the feeling of being “chopped down” and “split apart”. Bradbury also expands the understanding of effects of the commotion by using words similar to “shivering” and “the house shook”. He also exaggerates the situation in the phrase “stars had been pulverized” by the use of a hyperbole to contribute to the tone of the passage. The use of metaphorical and figurative diction creates an apprehensive tone which symbolizes and foreshadows the forthcoming dangers, as well as, sorrow and despair. The author’s use of apprehensive tone to illustrate Mildred's condition and the pandemonium created by the jets establishes the flaws in the society of Fahrenheit 451. The urgent swarm of jets contribute to the idea that the society is on the verge of war and the notion that deprived dystopia of Fahrenheit 451 only breeds despair and conflict. Although, the possibility that the forthcoming war is actually a farce to induce fear of the outside in the society exists, it does not change the main notion of the sorrow in this society. Mildred, who is representation of an “ideal” citizen of this society is barely hanging on to physical live, but emotionally dead also helps reflect that the inhabitants, subconsciously, do not value life anymore. In culmination, Bradbury uses apprehensive tone to help convey these thematic elements by connecting the author's warning and purpose in this passage.

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Jared, Aaron, Chris

Bradbury utilizes a disgruntled tone to convey figurative diction. As Montag executes his task of burning books, he relishes in the destruction of past ideals. “IT was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (Bradbury 1). Bradbury uses figurative diction by illustrating the symbolism of the books being “eaten” to emphasize the harm in the demolishing of past beliefs. When the books are “blackened and changed,” Bradbury demonstrates the dissatisfaction he feels as the society is becoming morally wrong. The disgruntled tone allows Bradbury to further his message as he wants to show the problems a society can face if they act in a similar way. As, Bradbury describes the burning of books by Montag further, he illustrates the mindless, yet sadistic behavior while completing his job to further demonstrate his dissatisfaction with the society. “Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame” (Bradbury 1). Through the word choice Bradbury uses, he creates a displeasing tone through imagery. As “Montag grinned” at the site of the destructive flame, Bradbury exhibits his discontent towards this society's thoughtless mindset. The figurative diction Bradbury employs emphasizes his true warning to our society about the possible consequences of negligent behavior.

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Zoe, Diganta, Brady, Abby

By utilizing figurative diction, Bradbury develops a gentle tone. After Montag’s first interaction with Clarisse, he reflects over her demeanor while he walks home. Montag compares Clarisse’s visage to a “dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room...with a white silence and a glowing...telling you the hour and the minute and the second.” (Bradbury 8). A “small clock,” as opposed to a large one, is compared to Clarisse because she has an unassuming presence, but nevertheless she. is still there. To be “faint” is to be less obvious, and Clarisse isn't exactly a famous inhabitant of the neighborhood. Montag still notices her because she is different from everyone else he has encountered. White is a lack of color, unbiased and without influence from its surroundings. To call Clarisse a “white silence” is to convey the lack of pressure that she feels from everyone else, such as the people at school. This purity is apparent, in a “glowing” way, because everyone around her can sense her detachment from the common, constant need for stimulation from screens. She commands attention, and not in an overwhelming way, which Montag finds intriguing. Along with Clarisse's unassuming presence, her knowledge and complex imagination of the world around her is displayed in a metaphorical comparison to a clock displaying “the hour the minute and the second.” Therefore as in comparison to a clock, Clarisse is able to provide a new perspective on life, similar to a clock providing divinities time. Clarisse's pure attitude when conversing with Montag gives an air of innocence. She is pure and virtually nonexistent, but still can give the pure, unbiased truth about the world. Her metaphors and pure actions set a gentle tone. In essence Bradbury uses a gentle tone when Montag speaks with Clarisse to illuminate the theme: Those who are troubled are led to the pure.

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Gen, Angela, Sam

Brandbury evokes a discontented tone utilizing figurative diction. In the passage, Mildred attempted to commit suicide which led to operators coming into her house to pump her stomach of the drugs she overdosed on. As Montag witnesses the scene unfolding, Bradbury compares a pump to an animal saying, “One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there.” Through the quote, Bradbury is able to convey a discontented tone by comparing a black cobra to the mechanical pump. Since a snake represents coldness and malice, by using this comparison the reader can see that those characteristics have entered the society and have become part of the norm. Bradbury specifically uses this word choice to emphasize his negative view of the society. Since he views the society negatively, the tone reflects discontent of what the society has become. Through this, the reader learns that a society similar to the one Montag lives in only brings unhappiness. The reader then learns to be wary of what happens around them so that their own society isn't transformed to a dystopian state. Overall, Bradbury portrays discontentment in the tone to warn the readers of the dangers and emptiness of a dystopian society.

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Grant, Nikki, and Vanessa

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Ray displays euphonious diction and mysterious tone through the words of initial passages in the book. The setting takes place in a society where a fireman’s purpose is to destroy instead of save. The opinion of a certain fireman, named Montag, is shown right away through his job environment. This emotion of Montag is clearly displayed in the text with the quote, “IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN. IT was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning”. The euphonious diction is shown through the “symphonies of blazing and burning” and the “great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world”, showing the pleasantness of Bradbury’s writing. The “special pleasure” stated in the text shows an adoration or goodness in the mind of Montag towards the act of deconstruction. The mysterious tone, referring to the state of Montag, is enhanced by the “venomous kerosene” referred to inside of the text, providing a negative view of destruction inside of Montag. The “venomous” and “pleasure” of the text impacts the reader to the effect of establishing confusion and unrest inside of Montag. With the examples given, Ray Bradbury displays euphonious diction and mysterious tone through the initial passages of his book, Fahrenheit 451