English Ten period 6

Carefully read/re-read Fahrenheit 451 up to at least page 14 in the online text.  You may go further if you desire. Be sure to complete your Literature Circle Role Sheet for your team.  If you were not here--still read, and still complete a role sheet!

English Ten. period 6

Fahrenheit 451 Close Reading Questions

1.       Why do you think it was a pleasure to burn?  Is it pleasurable to destroy? What about delete? Discuss.

2.       Draw a picture from the opening scene or any part of what we have read thus far.

3.       Compare and contrast Montag’s interactions with Clarisse and his home. How is his home described?  What is a mausoleum, and why might Montag’s home be described that way?

4.       Mildred’s face is described as a “snow colored island upon which rain might fall, but she felt no rain.” Why such a metaphor. Discuss the ironies in the metaphor and why it might be appropriate for Mildred. 

English Ten period 6

To provide additional background information before getting to far in Fahrenheit 451 today we weill read the following short articles, Nazi Book Burning Article

Life in The 1950s, create academic summaries and pose levels of questions.