1. The novel begins: It was a pleasure to burn. Why does Bradbury start the novel in this way?

Why might it be more pleasurable to burn books rather than read them? I believe Bradbury starts the novel to peak our curiosity because the act of burning books is such a strange and odd thing for us in our current society. He also does this to show that the person burning the books must be rather strange as well. Books might be more pleasurable to burn because the person hates them and doesn't need them. 2. Bradbury begins the novel with a quote from Juan Ramn Jimnez: If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. Why did Bradbury select this statement, and what does it mean? He chose it to give incite on what a theme may be in the book. The reader may conclude that the author believes in rule breaking when necessary. An example of this is how Montag steals books and reads them when he is not allowed. 3. Montag's television includes headphones called seashells. The wall to wall circuit allows Mildred to enter the play and, therefore, the television programming. How does the technology within the novel compare to our current technology? In the first pages of the novel, does technology improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife, Mildred? Why or why not? The technology in the novel resembles the technology of today but the people are more dependent on it. The technology almost controls the people more than they control it. To Mildred, technology has improved her life by allowing her to except the way that it controls her and everyone else. The technology also hurts her and Montag's relationship by replacing him. 4. Bradbury chose his section titles carefully. Choose either, The Hearth and the Salamander or The Sieve and the Sand, and explain what this title means. "The Hearth and the Salamander " focuses on Montag's job as a fireman and is home. The hearth is a symbol of a home. The salamanders one of the official symbols of the firemen as well as their fire trucks. relationships. Bradbury choose "The Hearth and the Salamander" because they represent two focal settings in the book in that section. The Hearth being a symbol for home, and the salamander being the symbol for the firehouse. The Hearth is where all of Montag's family issues take place, and the firehouse is where he burns the books. 5. As Montag escapes the city and enters the silences of the natural world, he looks forward to the time needed to think all the things that must be thought (p.143). He discovers He was not empty. There was more than enough here to fill him (p.144). How has the silence and emptiness of nature proved fulfilling compared to his former life? How have books led to these realizations?

Nature has given Montag something that he never had in his old life. The simplicity and realness of nature is something he has never experienced before. Since the only things that Montag and everyone else in his world had experienced were fake or made just to distract, the actuality and truthiness of nature is far more fulfilling to Montag than the television show that used to amuse him. Books taught Montag that there is more to life than what he had. 6. Write about a book that opened new doors for you. If a book had a profound impact on you, explain why. If the book was pleasurable, explain in detail why you enjoyed reading it. Discuss characters, plot, setting, conflict, etc.

A book that has made a huge impact on me is "Night" by Elie Wiesel. When I read this story really opened my eyes mainly to the extremes that humans can go through. Every word made me more and more aware of the feats people can do. Elie is a young Jewish boy from Romania that is taken to a concentration camp with his family. He is separated from his family except he is lucky enough to stay with his father throughout his time at the camp. It seems as though it was purely his father that kept him alive through his many struggles. You follow them for a full year as they go from camp to camp on foot and in open cattle car without shoes and even clothes. In the end Elie is the one who survives this tremendous test of endurance. This book captures the true meaning of human survival.