My prediction of the ending

I believe Montag is going to die. Things are getting to intense. He's getting caught up in things. This is like climax and something has to happen, so I'm sure he's going to die.

Questions

1.because it's sensing that he's thinking  & feeling & they believe that creates a reaction to the hound .
2.he threw a flamethrower to it. 
3.He realizes that Beatty wants to die, he doesnt try. 
4. He goes back for the books that he hid in his backyard. 
5.he almost got run over 

Questions #2

1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?

Montag was more interested than Mildred was. Mildred is much more intrested in t.v than books. 
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?

It creates suspense
3. Who is Professor Faber?

He is a character who believes in having strong moral principles in an individual
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?

He tries to ignore it because he's trying to memorize a part of the Bible
5. What argument does Faber make for books?

He says that they're read for Leisure,  quality, and to be able to carry out actions that to learned from reading into your life. 

6. What is the “small green metal object”?

A two way radio
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society?

That adults are amused with simple things like children are
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?

9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why?

My opinion on reading in class

I totally agree that people read at different paces and sometimes you want to go back, but you can't when you're forced to read with a group. Because not everyone will want to go back. Reading individually, in my opinion is much better. I can read st my pace with out anyone telling me "We went over that already" I have to be able to understand it in able to move on. So I think we all needed this in some way or form.

12 Questions about Fahrenheit 451

1.The novel Fahrenheit 451 begins : “It was a pleasure to burn.” Why does Ray Bradbury start the novel in this way? Why might it be more pleasurable to burn books rather than read them?

- Maybe because it's illegal and people in that society don't read them they burn them. 
2. In the opening scene, why are the books compared to birds?

-Books are compared to birds bc as birds fly away books can trigger thought in our minds
3. Discuss the difference between Montag and Clarisse’s lives.

-Calrisse thinks about the world while Milred doesn't, all she does is watch tv.

5. Why does the narrator introduce us to Montag at this time of his life, when he encounters Clarisse and confronts Mildred’s overdose?

-so we can see how much Montag is changing throughout the book 

6. Why does the author introduce the character of Clarisse before Mildred?
-Because before he met Clarisse he thought differently. She slowly starts putting ideas into his head and asks if he's happy, then he gets home and his wife died. So everything is falling apart for him. 
7. Why are all the houses fireproof in this society?
-Because firemen no longer put out fires, they start fires to burn books. So to make burning books safer they fireproofed the houses. 
8. Why does Mildred require emergency service? What service is provided?
- Because his wife overdosed on pills. The service they provide isn't so professional and not taken with much care because a lot of people overdose during that period of time. 
9. What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose?
-Some type of machine thing to kill people who disobey the laws 
10. Why does the society consider Clarisse “anti-social”?
-Because people don't ask questions and they live in a bad environment.  
11. When the woman’s house is raided, why does she light the match?
- To burn with her books. 
12. Describe the relationship between Montag and Mildred.
- They're very different people and especially now that Montag met Clarisse he doesn't have that same connection as before. 

My new beginning of the Story

Since I'm not good at creating my own story, I'm going to share ideas of what could have been another great way of starting the book:
 ... While I was reading the story I had a feeling Montag would have caught her something more unusual or strange for example holding the front cover of a burnt book. That to me would have created more suspense and would have me and I'm sure others hooked and CURIOUS...like she was. That also could have created Montag's mind to start flipping out like WHY?! WHY is she holding it, what's her purpose, does she disagree with the rules or?? The first six pages could have created for me more urge to keep reading if it got the characters flipping it out because I would have done the exact same.

Guiding questions

Describe the society (a fictional America) that Montag lives in. In what ways is it similiar to, but more extreme than, our society?  What signs are there that it is a "dystopia" (the opposite of utopia/ideal society)?

- I get a feeling that Montag lives in a society where you don't ask questions. Where curiosity is bad, like if you were expected to think a certain way, act a certain way, and live a certain way. Society today is more about wanting to learn new things. For example, my friends and I ask questions like crazy when we want to learn more about that certain topic. Unlike Montag he's more concerned on staying "inbetween the margins". In the first 6 pages we get signs and we already start to feel that they live in a society full of dystopia. For the reasons that asking questions is like WHAT?! Curiosity is not normal, also they burn books. 
2. What makes Clarisse so special?  So different from most people in her society?

- She's distinct from the rest because she's not only young, but she views things differently. She inspects everything from top to bottom. She wants to be informed. She's a girl who's full curiosity, she's a character who's gonna have a much more different way of thinking than others. 

3. Why do you think the mechanical hound has been programmed to react to Montag? 

- I don't understand this question. :/

WHAT I SEE IN LITERATURE

-So in The Great Gatsby the theme that i picked up on was love, was determination, also in some ways being  scared of not being able to change the past .. . so you can say low acceptance of things. Why? Well because in the story Gatsby was crazy in love with Daisy, he DIED for love. Determination because Gatsby never stops trying to get Daisy back, or to get Daisy to say that she never loved Tom, and finally low acceptance of things because he never wanted to accept the fact that he couldn't change the past. He strongly believed you could.

- In Prufrock i get a feeling that he also is scared of accepting the fact that things will get old. Just like Gatsby was scared that he couldn't change the past or that Daisy's love for Gatsby go told as well.

Prufrock

this poem has a lot of turns. I'm still tying to wrap my mind around it. Hahaha. It seems really intresting though, I have a feeling it's going to be good.