https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451 Post a text-based question about your reading of Ray Bradbury's _Fahrenheit 451_, and respond to a classmate's question with a response that includes text. en-us 2019-10-30 00:55:55 UTC 2025-09-25 23:54:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/406541987 While Montag is burning the house, he talks about how he enjoys burning the books. The narrator says “Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame”(p.2 Bradbury). I find this very conflicting. He says this as if he know things are being withheld from him, but he still enjoys himself, why? ]]> 2019-11-04 21:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/406541987 prenoveauj https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407180897 Montag explains everything in detail that happens around him; he gives you a clear picture."Her face, turned to him now, was a fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it" (Bradburry 5). I wonder why the author thought it was necessary to explain everything in detail? Although it gives the picture in the mind, why  go in detail of the many objects in the book? Why this way of writing, stead of letting the reader come up with there own images.    ]]> 2019-11-05 23:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407180897 quesnelr https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407218737 why do they not let the kids read and if they catch them reading they get trouble ]]> 2019-11-06 01:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407218737 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407372777 If houses are fireproof and there is thus no need for our definition of a "fireman," how can Montag burn down the houses he finds books inside of?]]> 2019-11-06 11:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407372777 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407391071 The first chapter of the book introduces Guy Montag and his job as a fireman. The chapter discusses how he has a salamander on his uniform, and a phoenix disc on the chest. Most of the objects mentioned in the chapter resemble fire, but why did the salamander come up? When he is having the conversation with Clarisse, he notices she is staring at the salamander and phoenix. The narrator says, "and then when she seemed hypnotized by the salamander on his arm and the phoenix-disc on his chest, he spoke again" (4). I wonder what is the symbolic meaning of the salamander? ]]> 2019-11-06 12:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407391071 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407403752 When Guy Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, he talks to her like he knows her. They have a conversation that seems very friendly, but also shows the personality of the main character, Guy Montag. "Clarisse. Guy Montag. Come along. What are you doing out so late wondering around? How old are you?"(Bradbury,4) I am guessing that Guy is just trying to be friendly with his new neighbor, but why did he ask Clarisse how old she is after asking the question of why she was out so late?]]> 2019-11-06 13:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407403752 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407406181 Guy Montag meets a women named Clarisse McClellan and they have a long conversation talking about themselves to get to know each other. Guy states that he's a firefighter and Clarisse responds with, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?"(Bradbury 6). Why are there specific people to start fires and burn book especially if knowledge and history comes from books?]]> 2019-11-06 13:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/407406181 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/408426371  Montage who is a fireman, is introduced to us. He has the job of burning down places that are found with books becuase they live in a dystopian society. He meets Clarisse McClellan and starts to talk to her. This gets him to think what old life was like. "'Whats going on, Montag had rarely seen that many house lights'"(8). Why do these people in this world need to think in a certain way? Do some people think another way? What happenes when someone disagrees with the leaders.]]> 2019-11-08 00:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/408426371 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599129 In the beginning of the book Montag and Clarisse meet, they end up taking about Montag's tattoo'.
"and then she seemed hypnotized by the salamander on his arm and the Phoenix-disc on his chest"(Bradbury, 4).  His two tattoo's represent his life as a fireman and how anything can happen to him and he will be okay. Why did the author use these two symbols and not just fire?]]> 2019-11-13 14:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599129 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599155 In the first part of the book, Guy Montag is described as a fireman who isn’t like other firemen. When he talks to Clarisse, he simply says hi to her, but most firemen would have ignored her. In the text it says “... stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining and alive, that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello, and then when she seemed hypnotized by the salamander on his arm and the phoenix disc on his chest, he spoke again.” My question is why would other firemen not say hi to Clarisse and just ignore her? ]]> 2019-11-13 14:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599155 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599430 I wonder if Montag does his job just because he has to, but doesn't like it, or if he he enjoyed destroying books? "Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away ,that smile, it never went away, as long as he remembered"(Bradbury 2). This could be interpreted as that he has to fake being happy by his smile or that he can't stop smiling because he enjoys his job.]]> 2019-11-13 14:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599430 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599847 In the book, Montag's wife, Mildred, takes pills when she's trying to go to sleep. She ends up overdosing, and Montag brings her to the hospital. When Mildred wakes up the next day, she doesn't know what happened, but is asking Montag why she feels weird. She questions, " 'What? Did we have a wild party or something? Feel like I've a hangover. God, I'm hungry. Who was here?' 'A few people,' he said" (Bradbury 16). Why did Montag lie to her and not say what actually happened?]]> 2019-11-13 14:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599847 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599923 In the beginning of the book, Montag's job was to burn down books and he explains his feelings on it like, "Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still griped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away, that smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered" (Bradbury 2). This confuses me because I thought he wouldn't want to burn books since he could gain a lot of knowledge from it. I wonder if he is burning books to stay safe or if he has an actual hatred for them. ]]> 2019-11-13 14:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599923 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599975 Who is Clarisse, what does she represent. Will she open Montages eyes to something knew? Clarisse states "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" and Montage responds with, "That's against the law' (Bradbury 5). I wonder if Clarisse disagrees with the way he does things and how the world in general burns books. Maybe she has a different opinion, but cant say anything. What happens if you disagree with the way the world distorts knowledge. Do they think knowledge is power and they want to limit the amount of power that citizens have. Ray Bradbury expressed in the video that Hitler burned books on the streets of Berlin. As we know Hitler was a power seeker and he wanted all of it. Bradbury also stated that books teach people things that teachers and peers don't want to teach. So this shows that books obviously have the ability to inform readers information that not everyone may want them to have. ]]> 2019-11-13 14:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410599975 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410613346 When we get introduced to all of the tattoos on him we kind of get to know his personality for example he had a falcon tattoo. We think it means that is powerful and that it has lots of meanings but I want to know what led him to get it in the first place? And what does it mean to him?]]> 2019-11-13 15:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/410613346 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131180 After Montag finds out Mildred overdosed, the narrator says, "One rops of rain. Clarisse. Two, Mildred. Three, uncle. Four, fire. One, Mildred, two, Clarisse. One, two, three, four, five, Clarisse, Mildred, uncle, fire, sleeping tablets, men, disposable tissue, coat-tails, blow, wad, flush, Clarisse, Mildred, uncle, fire, tablets, tissues, blow, wad, flush. One, two, three, one, two, three! Rain... (Bradbury 15)." What was the significance of this? Why did the author choose to put this in his book? What does it mean?]]> 2019-11-14 12:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131180 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131546 While Montag walked with Clarisse one day, She brought up how she fears the people in her age group, and how they kill each other. Clarisse says, “Did it always use to be that way? My uncle says no. Six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Ten of them died in car wrecks.” (Bradbury, 27) So why, in such a controlled, “safe” future, are the children at risk of being killed more than ever? Shouldn’t they be safer?]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131546 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131569 Montag, a fireman in 451, does not seem to enjoy his job. He doesn't like burning books, he thinks it's wrong, "He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as a true state of affairs" (Bradbury 9). I wonder if Montag wanted to be a fireman or was he forced to? ]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131569 rovetotr https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131581 When Montag is walking down the street, we meet an odd girl named Clarissa. Before we met her, Montag saw her as a white blur and very flowing and gentle human. "Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everyhting with tireless curiosity. . . . Her dress was white and it whispered"(Bradbury, 3). White means to be pure and gentle, clean and perfection. As Montag talked to her, he realized her and her family are very weird and abnormal to the other people in that world. If this is the case, why is she signified as a pure, perfect, and gentle being?]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131581 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131634 In Mildred's room, Montag found a bottle of pills laying open and empty. The next afternoon, Montag sits down with Mildred and tries to explain to her what had happened, but she keeps denying that she overdosed on the pills. "Yes," he said. "I wanted to talk to you." He paused. "You took the pill in your bottle last night" (Bradbury 17). Montag started the conversation very calmly in hopes that Mildred would know what he’s talking about. “I wouldn’t do a thing like that. Why would I do a thing like that?” (Bradbury 17) After the first time she denied it they went back and forth arguing about the situation. Is Mildred's memory loss a result of her not being interested in life?

]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131634 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131653 Montag and Clarrise met on the sidewalk near both of their houses one day when Montag got off the train. After this encounter Montag thought the Clarrise was unique in how much she knew about the world and her curiosity. However one day Clarrise stops walking with him on the sidewalk and is no where to be found,"And,then, Clarisse was gone... The lawn was empty, the trees empty, the street empty,..." (Bradbury 29). After reading this my question is where exactly did Clarrise go?]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131653 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131722 At the beginning of the book, there are many instances of Clarisse asking questions and making observations about the past. One question she asks is if kids used to kill each other in the past, she says, “Sometimes I’m ancient. I’m afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be this way? My uncle says no”(Bradbury 27). She seems to be the only person asking these questions, and she has the guts to go and ask a fireman, who has the power to get her in a lot of trouble for asking these questions. Why is it that she is the only one who recognizes that what is happening isn’t right? ]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131722 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131733 At the beginning of the book we meet montang who is a fireman and he said that he loved his job. He berns books for a living but what people don’t know about him is that he is stealing books from the fiers and keeping them to read. “Hidden inside the air vent in Montag's hallway is a collection of books that he has stolen. In fact, there are about twenty books hidden inside the air vent, each one taken from homes that he and his colleagues have incinerated. Nobody knows about Montag's secret collection—not even his wife, Mildred (Bradbury 8)”. But why did he say he loved his job if he also likes to read?]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131733 mccabes https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131788 Montag is a fireman who puts books on fire and does what everybody else does and is supposed to be like everyone else. Then he met Clarisse and when she talked to him, she was asking about firemen and what they do now  and about books. “So many people are afraid of firemen, I mean. But you’re just man, after all… Do you ever read any of the books you burn?”(1:6) Why is it that Montag is specifically the person who thinks differently and all the other firemen don’t care or don’t listen to her?]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131788 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131790 At the beginning of the book, Clarice is described as a informational and someone who loves books."You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow." As a simple reader can see, she tells Montag things that he doesn't already know about himself and gives him new knowledge. I wonder if the author, Ray Bradbary, choose this type of personality to represent books. In the video we watched about Ray, he said that books gave him new information and a new interest in life. I wonder if Clarice is going to be that person to Montag.]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131790 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131794 Montag meets someone by the name of Clarisse, while walking on the sidewalk. They begin to have a conversation which overall sounds like they have talked to each other more than once before. Montag then explains his job after she points to the badge on his shirt. Despite Montag being a “fireman”, she still talks to him as if he is a friend. It seems that Clarisse has an interest in Montag, even though most people are afraid of firemen. “You know, I’m not afraid of you at all… So many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you’re just a man, after all” (Bradbury, 4). Clarisse doesn’t think of him in a bad way because the first interactions weren’t bad at all, maybe she knows how Montag, deep down truly feels about his job and just wants to hear it from him.]]> 2019-11-14 12:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131794 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131981 Montag meets Clarisse on the side of the street. They seem to get along well even though they just met. Clarisse starts talking about a bunch of different things at once which seems to upset Montag. "Well doesn't this mean anything to you? he tapped the numerals 451 stitched on his char-colored sleeve. Yes she whispered, she increased her pace. Have you ever watched the jet cars racing on the boulevards down that way? You're changing the subject!" (Bradbury 6) Why would Clarisse keep talking and changing the subject so much even though Montag was trying to talk to her? ]]> 2019-11-14 12:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411131981 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411132920 Why do the fire men burn books? A woman sacrificed her life rather than live without her books. "The woman on the porch reached out with contempt to them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing. Why do some people follow the rules and some people don't? ]]> 2019-11-14 12:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411132920 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411132968 When Montag is walking along a sidewalk and turns a corner he meets Clarisse, who is just standing at the corner. When they see each other Clarisse "seemed hipnotized by the salamander on his arm and the phoenix-disc on his chest "(Bradbury 4). Both the salamander and phoenix are creatures that are able to regenerate themselves, but they also hold a some symbolism of fire as well. I think that this can go two separate ways. One is that the creature stand for the fires that Montag has made in his life, or it means that Montag will rebirth himself just like the Phoenix's body and the salamanders tail. Also when he is rebirthed he will change, and he will change for the better. He will realize what he is doing is wrong and he will try to fix it. ]]> 2019-11-14 12:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411132968 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411139389 Montag is on the sidewalk with Clarise, walking in the rain. Montag asks Clarise if she just goes around and does everything once, and she tells him about how she’s picking the years last dandelions. She proceeds to tell Montag why she loves being out in the rain, “And sometimes, I tell them, I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall into my mouth. It tastes just like wine. Have you ever tried it?” (Bradbruy 16). This makes me wonder why Montag doesn't have time to do/ appreciate little things the same way Clarise does. I think it would make Montag a happier person. 

]]> 2019-11-14 12:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411139389 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411140453 When Clarisse and Montag first meet, Montag seemed to be fascinated with her because of the way she gracefully walked down the sidewalk. When they first talked, Montag said hello, but he thought that he said something more wonderful than that. When Clarisse didn’t answer, she was just staring at the salamander on his arm and the phoenix-disc on his chest and she was so hypnotized by them. “But he knew that his mouth had only moved to say hello, and then when she seemed hypnotized by the salamander on his arm and the phoenix-disc on his chest, he spoke again.” Why is Clarisse so fascinated by the firemen? She was in awe when she talked to him and she seemed so interested about them. ]]> 2019-11-14 12:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411140453 https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411140752 Whenever Guy talks to Charisse, she always talked about or shown as light, while the rest of the world is in darkness. “Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with soft and constant light in it. It was not the hysterical light of electricity but-- what? But the strangely comfortable and rare and gently flattering light of the candle,” (Bradbury 5). She’s the only genuine person around, so she effects Guy deeply. Why does the rest of the world consider her crazy, yet Guy is the only one that understands her? ]]> 2019-11-14 12:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/Fahrenheit451/wish/411140752