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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Coggle Diagram
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Characters
Guy Montag
A fireman. 30
Enjoys this job
Clarisse McClellan '17 and crazy' (what she said, but can we trust her)
She dead. Hit by car.
Mildred Montag. Married to Guy. Took a bottle of sleeping pills.
Alive. Stomach got pumped. Doesn't remember committing suicide (or won't talk about it)
Millie's Friends
at least one is married to a soldier. She is anxious about the war, but tries not to be.
At least has lost multiple husband's to suicide
Captain Beatty
Faber
Society
Houses are made of fireproof materials (Guy says that always have been)
Bullet trains are a common form of public transit
Consumers cars still exist. Highways still exist. 40 miles an hour (64km/h) is considered so low that police can fine you for not driving faster
Firemen burn books, rather than put of fires.
Technologically advanced (futuristic but relatively near-futuristic. Bullet trains, Airpods and some kind of cheap fireproof housing material is very common.)
Stomach pumping and blood cleaning technique
Techniques
Lots of metaphors (normally based around fire)
limited 3rd person (why not first person)
Character foil
Montag and Beatty
Imagery
Lots of fire related imagery
Also lots of mythical creatures
Some natural imagery
Symbolism
Phoenixes
Dialogue (compare the speaking styles of two characters)
Allusion
Characterisation
Foreshadowing
Juxtaposition
Themes
Questions
Have you ever heard someone or said something like "I haven't read a book in years!" with pride? Where did the pride stem from?
Have you ever seen someone criticise a book and found yourself getting angry about people criticizing it? Have you ever not wanted to know about an creator or celebrity's life so you could enjoy their work without thinking about them?
Have you ever read the wikpedia or sparknotes article instead of reading a class novel?
Let's describe the stereotype of vegans
They make a big deal of it
The try to force it on others
They protest
Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.
Questions
How important is comfort in your life?
Would you be willing to work a job which gives you a comfortable life but actively makes someone else's life worse?
Would you will be willing to work a job which gives you a comfortable life but requires to ignore someone else who make others' lives worse?
Why do we study history?
How should a history class make you feel?
How should a history class taught in Germany make you feel?
How should a history class taught in Italy make you feel?
How should a history class taught in Ireland make you feel?
How should a history class in America make you feel?
What is your favourite film (or favourite film you saw last year)?
Revenge of the Sith
Shutter Island
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure. -Thomas Jefferson
What does this mean?
What would make you 'act out' this quote?
What was Beatty's intention?
Beatty didn't want to die
If it was a plan, he has found an entire sleeper cell
Beatty wanted to dominate/humiliate Montag
He humiliates him both physically and mentally.
Beatty wanted to die
He has been reading. What if he hates himself?
Context
Consumerism
McCarthyism
Book Burnings
Dystopian fiction
Cold War
intellectual elitism/ anti-intellectualism
