Question #6
Entry of my choice

There are two reasons I chose this book. The first reason for choosing this book is the title 'Fahrenheit 451.' The title was interesting, and I wanted to know what the title meant for the entire story. After I finished the book, I knew that the 'Fahrenheit 451' was the temperature where the books can be burned. Guy Montag was the fireman who burns the book, so the temperature is related to him, eventually.

I am satisfied to find the true meaning of the title :)

Also, people recommended me to read this book. I once read Ray Bradbury's stories, but disliked his stories because it quite saddened me by reading his stories. I think this book also had the point which contains the saddness, but I think the story consequently ended happily.

Eventually, I don't regret reading this book! So I also recommend other people to read this book :3

Question #5
What is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?

The mood of the novel was depressing, gloomy, and desolated. All three words represent the word: sad.

The problem of this novel was the restriction of thinking, which meant reading. The world in the book was totally different from our world; it made me feel that I am far away from it. Also, the restriction restraints the people to think, and restraints the people to have emotion. The setting of the novel made the whole book desolated........

The book sincerely reflected the sadness to me, so I think I would read something different

than the 'Fahrenheit 451' next time..

Question #4
Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful or disturbing or memorable? describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

The most disturbing setting of the book that I thought was 'burning books.' The world in Fahrenheit 451 doesn't allow the people to read books. So, the people only watch TV, watch TV, and watch TV. In their world, the term 'reading' seems to be disappeared. Unlike the world we live in, firefighters don't exist in their world; the firemen exist. Firemen are those who set fire on the books. People get disturbed by any kind of knowledge given to them, and report it to the fire station. Then, the firestation sends firemen, and the firemen burn every books they see.

I was disturbed by the setting they burn the books because books are one kind of source that helps the people to earn knowledge. I also like reading books during spare time, and find joy in the reading. So, I thought the restriction took out the joy from the people in the book, and was disturbed by it..

Question #3
What is the climax of this novel? what happens? how do the events of this novel make you feel?

I think the climax of this novel is when Guy Montag kills Captain Beatty. After Guy Montag goes to the firestaion to give one book to Beatty, they hear a alarm sound, and find out that the alarm sound was from Guy Montag's own house. When they arrive to Montag's house, Mildred takes her suitcase and takes a cab. Soon, Guy notices that Mildred herself put in the alarm and betrayed him. Guy, being dumbfounded, soon gets forced by Beatty to burn his own house. Then, Guy starts to burn everything in his house, because he wanted to change everything. After him burning the house, Guy gets arrested by Beatty; however, Guy twitches the safety catch on the flame thrower and throws the liquid fire to Beatty. Beatty soon turns in to a corpse. Then, Guy shoves the other two firemen who was with him, and runs away.........

This event made me feel the intense, because I thought that Beatty was one of the main characters, so he wouldn't die no matter what happens to him. Also, this made me think of farther conflicts between Guy Montag and the fire-station, for killing the captain.

As I thought so, he soon gets trailed by a new Hound, and other people. After this event, the story got more excited, so I looked forward for more interesting conflicts.

Question #2 What is the major theme of this novel? why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2008?

The major theme I think is looking yourself correctly. The novel starts with Guy Montag thinking of the reason of his unhappiness on his life; I thought that Guy really didn't know the reason of his unhappiness on his life because he didn't know himself well. He just reflected him as a fireman, thinking the kerosene as a perfume. But, after meeting Clarisse and being asked if he is happy or not, he starts to find himself. Also, at the end of the sory, Granger talks about building a mirror factory to take long look in themselves. This means that people living in their world should look upon themselves, to know what they really are.

Just as the people living in the world of 'Fahrenheit 451,' teenagers living in 2008 doesn't know who they really are. The people living in the book's world are buried in the media: television, radios; like them, teenagers are all buried under homeworks, projects, tests, or other playing materials. By spending time on the school works or spending time on using computer, teenagers don't have any time to spend on to find their real looks.

Since I am one of the teenagers, I also feel that I am buried under all other things; after finishing the schoolworks one by one , and playing, I get out of the pile, but soon realize that the day has already ended. I find myself standing in middle of the dawn, looking at the dark and black sky. I feel that the dark and black sky represents myself, because I don't recognize myself. Sometimes, I find the shining stars saying 'this is you!', but soon find that they already faded away, and forgets about the shining stars.

What I want to say is that we all seem to live by the rules, that are made by ourselves. We should spend a little bit of time to look at ourselves; like when we watch television or do some other stuffs. Then, we would know more about ourselves and enjoy our life :)...

1st question: Who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? why or why not? what is special about them? what do they reveal about the universal human experience?

- The main characters of this book are Guy Montag, the fireman, Mildred Montag, wife of Guy Montag who always watches television, Captain Beatty, also a fireman like Guy Montag, but is a boss of Guy, and Professor Faber, who helps Guy Montag throughout his journey to find the real happiness by reading books and finding the real meaning of the books.

In these characters, I liked Guy Montag, but didn't like Mildred or Beatty because of their actions shown throughout the book. In the book, the character's world is totally different from our world that they hate and prohibit reading books; they also punish the reader.

Guy Montag, was a fireman, who burns books. One day, Guy meets a girl named Clarisse; Clarisse asks if he is happy, but Guy just smiles and comes into the house. However, he realizes that he is not really 'happy.' Day by day, Montag meets Clarisse outside and talks with her. He starts to be influenced by Clarisse.

One day, Montag heads to an old woman's house to burn the books on her attic. When the books fell into Montag's hands, he secretly hides in his jacket and takes it to home. Few days later, he hears that Clarisse died by a car accident; Montag gets shocked and after, he decides to read the books and find the solution for his dissatisfaction towards his life.

In this part, I liked Guy Montag because he was trying to find the real meaning of his life through reading the books. Even though reading the books were outlawed, he didn't refuse reading, but admit it. The most interesting part of the book was that Guy Montag never give up reading books. He continues his journey even though he was chased, and had no supports. As I looked at Guy Montag continuing his journey, I was affected by the endurance and the spirit he had.