Thursday, May 17, 2007
fahrenheit 451 #2
Fahrenheit 451 is a very good book. At first I didn't realize what Montag was hiding, but after a reading more of the book I understood. Even though Montag's a firefighter and burns books, he's still interested in them. He wants to understand why books were banned in the first place, and I believe he's really interested in them. Mildred has no idea that the books are hidden in the house because she doesn't know anything that goes on in the house. I don't think that Mildred, Montag's wife, really is aware of anything going on around her. She's always in her "parlor", which I didn't understand either. I thought that a parlor was just a room where people hang out, and I thought her "family" was her real family, until I read over it one more time. After realizing the walls in the parlor weren't just walls, they were actually large tv's. Also, the tv was like our modern day "video chats" you can do on iMacs. The tv's allow you to sit in a room surrounded by tv's and people on the tvs. They have become Mildred's family, and she thinks that she's happy. She's into all the technology that's coming up in the world, and she's aware of nothing that's going on around her. Mildred didn't even know that she overdosed one night. I don't think Mildred is really happy, I think she just thinks she's happy. I think that by the end of the book Mildred will stop relying on the technology and start to realize what's really important in the world.
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Eric, you poing out an interesting element of the novel and one that has bit of irony within it. Here we are, as a class, using technology to replace some face-to-face conversations about the novel. What do you think Bradbury would think of our use of blogs and commenting to discuss his book? How about things like MySpace to keep in contact with friends? Does things like that bring people together or actually do more to keep people from making real personal connections?
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Eric, I can agree with what you posted becuase i didn't relaize either that Clarrises family wasn'[t her real family until after I read that part over as well. When I did read it over it was kind of cool how the walls or Tvs allowed to see all of the people while you watched the Tvs. For Mildred is has to be important for him to realize what is real in the world and to stop relying on technology because thats not a good way to live.
Oh, Hello there Eric
You bring up some good points in you blog entrey. Like for instence, when your say " even though Montags a firefighter and burns books, he's still interested in them". You have a good idea of the story and it seems to me like you no what ur talking about.
I completely agree with what you have to say about Mildred, Montag's wife. I think she's living in her own artificial world, as is the rest of society. It seems that technology has completely consumed her way of life, personality, and sense of emotion. Life has become a large blur for her, to the point that she cannot even remember the first time her and Montag met. Do you think that Montag's discovery of knowledge and books will have any effect on Mildred? Will she continue to live the bland life she lives, or will she question her life and the world around her?
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