https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451 Some things to think about as you read Fahrenheit 451 en-us 2017-11-29 01:24:35 UTC 2017-11-29 02:03:11 UTC hello@padlet.com llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211226390 Dangerous Book is recalled! While reading this link, think about why it's funny. Why did the author choose Fahrenheit 451 to write about?]]> 2017-11-29 01:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211226390 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211226925 Bishops Latimer and Ridley were burned in 1555. About 400 years later, Bradbury used their dying words in his novel. Read the link and think about why he would use this quote. What does it mean? How is the woman in the novel connected to these bishops?]]> 2017-11-29 01:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211226925 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211227490 A lot of the things that were science fiction to Bradbury are very similar to the real technology we have today. Talk about this at your table and see what you can come up with. Then, read this article and see if the author thought of any you didn't. What do you think of the article? Is the author right about what our society is like today?]]> 2017-11-29 01:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211227490 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228125 Read this article, where the author compares Clarisse to those who refuse to use social media. Is the author right about the dangers of Facebook? What do you think? What would Bradbury think?]]> 2017-11-29 01:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228125 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228548 This is a short story also written by Bradbury. It's not very long, but I think it is very interesting. Do you recognize any connections to Fahrenheit 451? Are they saying the same thing? If not, what is different?]]> 2017-11-29 01:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228548 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228792 Watch the opening scene of the film from 1966 here. What did they change? Why did they change it? Does this give you a different feeling from reading the first couple of pages?]]> 2017-11-29 01:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228792 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228987 This is the scene where Montag meets Clarisse for the first time from the same movie. Again, think about the changes they made. For starters, why make Clarisse 20 instead of 17?]]> 2017-11-29 01:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211228987 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211229549 Here in the USA, we take for granted certain freedoms. It can be hard to imagine the kind of censorship that Bradbury depicts. But there have been (and continue to be) plenty of times that we have censored certain words or actions. Read the article, and see if it makes Bradbury's world look any different to you. Does this seem like something that could happen again?]]> 2017-11-29 01:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211229549 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211230011 This is a poem about book burning that comes from an entirely different point of view than Bradbury's. Read it and talk about it as a group. Whose view do you agree with more?]]> 2017-11-29 01:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211230011 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211230265 We often associate burning books with Nazis, and they certainly did destroy many books. But we are still doing it today--in fact a book that many of you have probably read has been the target of several recent book burnings. Read about it here.]]> 2017-11-29 01:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211230265 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211230546 When Montag wants to shake the people out of their comfort zone, he reads them a poem called "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold. Read the part starting with "The sea of Faith." Why did Bradbury choose this poem? What does it mean? Discuss it as a group, then you can read one person's analysis here. What do you think? Are they missing something? Did you find a different connection?]]> 2017-11-29 01:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211230546 llawren8 https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211231162 Could our world become like the one described in the novel? Has it already? Talk about it! Read this article on the topic. Do you agree with the author? What about the other people in your group? You know how hard it is sometimes to put up your phones during class--is that a sign of the same thing Bradbury is talking about?]]> 2017-11-29 02:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/llawren8/f451/wish/211231162