Review for March 5, 2007

On Monday, I read my quality writing, which earned a few laughs. Brittany did her review for Friday. Lindsey shared her research on the parallel between "Hollow Men" and The Power and the Glory. Lindsey explained how the prayer was changed, to add the words "the power and the glory". Then we dived into Fahrenheit 451. The class agreed on the fact that the mechanical hound is past the "line"; Bradbury is a technophobe. Then the class got in a very heated debate on where the needle is located on the hound. Some thought it was on his hand, some thought it was coming out of his mouth. Will the truth ever be revealed? Probably not. Ms. Hillestad then explained, again, how people are motivated by fear, which explains why Mildred called the firefighters about the books. Then we talked about how Faber is scared, but at least he admits to be a coward. A common theme in dystopia is a constant state of war, which is portrayed in the book. We also went over the 3 important things about book that Faber tells Montag:
1. Details and texture.
Books show the flaws and imperfections of people.
2. Leisure
Books give people time to think.
3. Right to carry out actions based on what was learned from the previous two.