First 5,4,3,2,1

5 Comments:

• Guy Montag is a fireman and is also the main chracter of the book.
• Guy gets excitement out of burning the books so that the United States in the future has basically no knowledge of anything.
• This book kind of goes against everything that we find normal in the present.
• Guy has many different and mixed feelings about Clarisse: nervousness, confusion, attraction.
• Clarisse is a strange character. To me she is kind of a random part of the story.

4 questions:

• Why does the author choose the number 451 instead of any other number?
• Does his uniform symbolize anything or is it something that was just thrown together?
• Where dis Clarisse come from?
• What is the deal with Clarisse why is she introduced the way she is, and what is her significance in the book?

3 words:

Nozzle (Bradbury 3): a projecting spout, terminal discharging pipe, or the like, as of a hose or bellows.

Grille (Bradbury 10): a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.

Refracted (Bradbury 11): to alter by viewing through a medium

2 Literary devices:

Personfication: "Whistling, he let the escalator waft him" (Bradbury 4).

Metaphor: "A pink blur..." (Bradbury 9).

1 Summary sentence: In this first section we are introduced to Guy the main character of our story, as a fireman who has a duty to fulfil for the U.S, as well as CLarisse a strange girl, who Guy is attracted to.