Book Club-Flames by Jazmyn Daniels - BHS - 10

On page 2, it mentions a Montang. Not sure if it is a character or not. Later on, known as Guy Montang

9303021 — 2023-09-28 14:37:57 UTC

Clarisse McClellan- first introduced on page 4

9303021 — 2023-09-28 14:43:21 UTC

At the begging of the book the mention the main character going to the fair station and cleaning off from a day at work.

9648671 — 2023-09-28 14:45:35 UTC

Montang (i think thats the main character) leaves the fire station with the girl (Clarisse) who approched him who was his next door neighbor.

9648671 — 2023-09-28 14:52:28 UTC

On page 9, the author addresses all these questions to bring the reader closer to the story, allowing the reader to connect more or allowing the reader to understand how Montang was feeling.

9303021 — 2023-09-28 14:54:45 UTC

Montang wife, was brought up

9648671 — 2023-09-28 14:57:58 UTC

the fire fighters start fires instead of stop them like the fire fighters do in our day and age.

9648671 — 2023-09-28 14:59:02 UTC

Character

9352061 — 2023-10-02 14:54:44 UTC

The characters that where introduced includes, Guy Montang, his wife Mildred Montang, neighbor Clarisse, later on we met a few people from the fire station.

Setting

9352061 — 2023-10-02 14:57:00 UTC

Some settings introduced where that of Guys home and neighborhood, and the fire station, we have not yet been given a time period in which the book takes place.

the main character makes a appearance in the beginning of the story.

9285982 — 2023-10-04 19:12:34 UTC

the settling is showing the wife having to go to the hospital.

9285982 — 2023-10-04 19:13:16 UTC

The story connects with the real world because of the struggle the husband had at the beginning of the story with the overdose.

9285982 — 2023-10-04 19:15:55 UTC

9303021 — 2023-10-05 14:55:02 UTC

The people we think are protecting us are the people who can take away our safety

9303021 — 2023-10-05 14:56:23 UTC

Roles can't be determined based off what you think but based off what you see.

9303021 — 2023-10-05 14:57:15 UTC

Knowledge can be taken away which can have an impact on society and what they know.

Authors craft

9352061 — 2023-10-13 20:18:23 UTC

The authors craft is that of descriptive and lyrical properties. The frequent use of similes, metaphors and personification are all used to help enrich the story and the smaller details behind the bigger pictures. His style of writing furnishes the book with constants examples of symbolism.

Message

9352061 — 2023-10-13 20:26:02 UTC

The main message of the book is to connect the importance of knowledge and identity in a society including our own and the one in the book. It helps to show that identity and society can easily be corrupted by inexperience, suppression and the tools designed to distract people the sustainability of their current world.

9648671 — 2023-10-31 14:49:03 UTC

buring books are actully something that happens around the world for the very same reasons as in the book, to block people from knowing to much becuase knowlage is the greatest power. even though in america this isnt happing many other places around the world are exsperancing this.

Contemporary connections

9352061 — 2023-10-31 14:51:15 UTC

When connecting the book to current events it can be connected to the issues surrounding book bands in library’s around the nation. Books are being band or censored in school and public library’s for their “inappropriate” or “offensive” themes and topics. This is a major problem and debate going on in American book culture.

9303021 — 2023-10-31 14:53:49 UTC

A contemporary connection in the book is how Montag felt pressured and nervous on page 111 when he had to throw the flame. This is an example of current events like mental health crisis because when you are stressed, you begin to panic, allowing your anxiety/adhd to show.

9285982 — 2023-10-31 14:55:47 UTC

the connection in the story connects with the struggle going on with the different types of stuff

Setting

9303021 — 2023-11-17 21:03:21 UTC

unspecified city near Chicago, presumably in the heartland or central part of the country, like St. Louis; distant future after two atomic wars post-1990.