Early Final Review

• Ourselves, conflicts are never boring, conflicts happen everyday, conflicts are set up for people to fail and to create tension between one another.
• In "Young Goodman Brown'' his perceptions of people for who they are, are completely destroyed by what he knows now.
• Patience yet persistence, everyday people will do the good the bad and the so/so.
• Sometimes by asking the questions that aren't always asked, by doing that you open up to a whole new "dimension" of opportunities
• Emphasis on how we as a people are very complicated, we talk about our various "examples" of ourselves
• Diction, what is it, the words an author chooses
  -How does one create the tone in a story (an author's attitude towards the audience and or the subject)
  -Hawthorne's diction influences the tone (non-cultural words "thither", remembrance of things past)
  -Hawthorne's syntax (his dialogue is short) Why? When you are walking their is a lot of dialogue going on)
• Dialogue focuses on one thing at a time (understand what characters are going through)
• Allusion is a reference to something that an author expects the reader should know
  -Genre is the classification of literature
  -Mood is the reader's emotion
  -Intransigent means to be stubborn and unwilling to change your views
  -Carping is to complain  
• In "Young Goodman Brown" we see the sunset as a symbol, why is it a symbol, it's a border between time we can't see the unseen
  -Foreshadowing can allude to something that may happen later on in the story
• The characters are what can develop a story and make it much more personal
  -Dynamic characters change all throughout the story
  -Static characters stay the same
• Maybe not everything is always as clear cut and in front of your face as you want it to be
• In a way "Young Goodman Brown" is taking a finger and pointing it at religion and saying that not everything is as it seems
  -Irony is when an author contradicts what we all believe is the opposite
  -Epigraph is something written before the beginning of the story
  -Self determination is going against your idea of what you should do

Fahrenheit 451 summary notes

• Montag is introduced as a fireman, the tone immediately changes, Montag becomes a very different person when he takes off his firefighting uniform 
• "Turned the corner" usually refers to beginning a new chapter of "something"
• In the story the candle is referred to as a symbol of comfort, intimacy and is easily created
• All science, starts with science fiction
  -Passage from Pg. 5
  "The autumn leaves blow over the moon lit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving seemed fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward."-sliding walk?? What does that mean, the wind itself cannot carry someone
  -Passage from Pg. 7
  "Her face bright and white as snow." The author is talking about his view of people, which in a sense is the babbling idiot inside all of us
• Montag starts to realize how much Clarisse has gotten him to start thinking about himself and his relationship with his wife seems to be showing how there is a feeling of separation and as well as a lack of intimacy between the two of them.
• Ray Radbury tries to predict many things that turn out to be happening in todays modern time
• People have stories about to tell about big influences or changes in their life
• The conflict between Captain Beatty and Montag are easily noted and we later learn more information about Beatty knowing that he is secretly a reader and that this conflict will continually start to manifest itself into another conflict.
• Hero's Journey -A call for adventure
• Pg.51 -Montag starts to have an epiphany and slowly begins to change his life, so he ultimately decides that the kerosene and matches need to be ditched immediately
• Pg.52 -Montag becomes worried over whether or not to tell Beatty about asking for a day because he knows that Beatty is starting to grow suspicious of Montag's actions.
• Pg.56 -"Click, Pic, look, eye, Now'' How is this essential to taking a photo or video?
• An observation; the newspaper that we all get today would be the exact amount of news that people in the 18th century would get for their entire lives.
• "I think, therefore I am"
  -Ergo, sum cogito ergo sum Reme desearts

Fahrenheit 451 Response questions

1. The significance of the salamander in the story "Fahrenheit 451" I believe is that it has something to do with the fact that a salamander is a very small creature that is able to create a problem with the snap of your fingers. 
2. The inciting incident for me in the story was when Montag was sent to the older woman's home to burn her house because she was reading books. Throughout the conversation the old woman is pleading with Montag to not burn her books and destroy her house, it is here where Montag begins to feel real sense of sorrow for what he is about to do. When the kerosene is splashed around the entire house the old woman makes one last plea with Montag, "Don't burn my books." I believe that this qualifies an as inciting incident mainly because we start to see a shift in Montag from a static character to a dynamic character.
3. I believe that in Montag's mind, he views himself as a hero and that his actions are those of a hero. I do not feel that he is a hero in any way whatsoever.
4. Bradbury's tone throughout the story gives a feel of gloom and even confusion in a weird sort of way. The society that Bradbury creates makes the reader know that there is something very, very wrong yet no one seems to be willing to fix the problem/s.
5. The story itself is very sophisticated, where certain sentences are straight to the point whereas others are long, drawn out and overly descriptive. 

Possible Vocabulary words Pgs. (80-90)

Receptacle 

Garment

Profusion

Praetorian

Harlequin

Cheshire

Saccharine

Cowardice 

Contemptible

Aha Moment

My aha moment is that people at this school do not know how to walk through the hallways. At this school you can't just walk through the halls and then all of the sudden....STOP! You are in my mind stupid and should know that if you do that in front of me, I will push you out of the way and not feel bad about because YOU ARE STUPID, sorry not my problem. Don't block traffic and talk to your friends in the middle of the hallway! Just don't do it!

Vocabulary Fall List 6

1. pratfall-(noun) when you land on your butt, ex. When Julia fell off her bike we were worried, but then laughed at her moment of pratfall.

2. bewilderdly-(adjective) completely confused, ex. We were all bewildered by the sound of the lightning storm.

3. titillation-(verb) to excite or arouse, ex. We experienced the titillating thrill of riding a roller coaster.

4. theremin-(noun) musical instrument, ex. I found out yesterday that a theremin was used for the Star Wars theme song. 

5. tabloid-(noun) newspaper usually filled with made-up information, ex. Marcy heard from the entertainment tabloid that George Clooney was in the hospital.

6. centrifuge-(noun) device which rotates at a high speed, ex. The centrifuge in the fan stopped working today.

7. haltingly-(adjective) faulty or imperfect, ex. When I got my essay back the big comment in red ink was your thesis is haltingly filled with no real answer. 

8. probing-(verb) to search or examine thoroughly, ex. Whenever I go through TSA it feels like we're being probed from head to toe.  

9. stagnant-(adjective) not flowing or running, ex. Our faucet has been completely stagnant since last night.

10. cacophony-(noun) harsh disturbance of sound, ex. The planes from the airport created a cacophony of noise during lunch. 

What Are We Talking About?

Every single day we have conversations with ourselves, our friends and our families. The conversations vary from what happened in sports to how their day is going or even if their failing a class or not. For me my conversations usually tend to evolve around how people are doing or maybe what they think about the football game this week. Lately I've noticed that the main topics for this week have been about the Ebola virus and "So, who are you going to vote for homecoming." Earlier in the week walking through the hallways I hear people talk about the football games that happened over the weekend. For me gaining value in a conversation would be for anything that's personal such as family.

Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary/Fall List 6

1. tatters-(noun) a torn piece of clothing ex. She was wearing a tattered white dress with a black top.
   
2. merely-(adverb) simply, nothing more than ex. I was only merely explaining to my neighbor what the homework assignment was about.
   
3. vast-(adjective) of great area or size ex. When he got to the top of the mountain, Dave stared down to gaze upon the vast area down below.
   
4. parlor-(noun) a private room in a place of business ex. This morning as the sun rose we all ate together in parlor.
   
5. abruptly-(adjective) sudden or unexpected ex. The announcement from our boss came as an abrupt surprise since he had not been at work for the past three days.
   
6. refracted-(verb) condition of an eye ex. These new glasses have really help refract my vision.
   
7. immense-(adjective) huge ex. At thanksgiving there is always an immense amount of food.
   
8. imperceptibly-(adjective) very slight, gradual ex. Over a period of two weeks Samantha started in an imperceptibly increase in her math grade.
   
9. ventilator-(noun) a machine used to help people breathe ex. When we took Kevin to the hospital they had to ventilate him to allow for him to breathe.
   
10. olfactory-(adjective) pertaining to the sense of smell ex. Bloodhounds tend to have an olfactory sense of smell when it comes to sniffing out someone's trail.  

 

Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary

1. minstrel- (noun) musician or a poet pg.4


2. silvered- (adjective) a tinted silver color pg.6


3. imperceptibly- (adjective) very slight or gradual pg.11


4. stratum- (noun) a layer of material pg.14


5. lozenge- (noun) a small sugar flavored pill used for medication pg.18


6. jargon- (noun) the language peculiar to a certain trade pg.42


7. centrifuge- (noun) a machine that rotates at a high speed pg.45


8. pratfull-(noun) a humiliating defeat pg.56


9. titillation-(verb) to excite or arose pg.58


10. leadon-(adjective) hard to move; dull pg.58

Literature Analysis

1. To be quite honest I did not ever pick the book specifically to read, my mother found this book and gave it to me and within the first few pages the content was innapropriate, yet interestingly enough and it drew my attention because the majority of the story resolves around topics that we deal with as teenagers.
2. Throughout the first few pages what kept me interested was opening to the story about Junior's (who is the main character) medical problems, for example, he talks about how he was born with forty-two teeth instead of thirty-two and that the "white dumb-ass dentist" gave him half of the proper medication. So immediately this took my surprise as soon as I turned to the first page.
3. I don't really think that I have a certain type of a reading pattern, but what I tend to look for in a book includes a story that can paint a very clear picture of what's going on, this ties in to how I tend to do better by visually learning. If there a book is not able to paint a clear and set picture then my interest in the book just drops dead.
4. The plot of the novel centers around a boy nick-named "Junior (who's real name is Arnold), who realizes that unless he goes to a neighboring high school in the "hick" filled farm town high school only a few miles away, he will remain a poor ass Indian, living in a poor ass home in a poor ass Indian Reservation. His struggles throughout the book include the topics of love, hate, family and perseverance.
5. The theme of this story to me is that life is going to throw whatever the heck it wants, and it's up to you in how you want to maneuver and deal with what's thrown at you.
6. The tone throughout the book is light at times, more so in the beginning when he talks about his various medical problems, his life in general and his family. However as you go through the story there are some dark moment, such as when his dog Oscar is shot because he is sick and not doing very well, or when his grandmother is crossing the street and is hit and killed by a drunk driver. Overall though I wouldn't say there is an exact tone that is consistently present throughout the whole story.
7. When junior decides to attend the rival hillbilly-filled high school of Reardan, we are introduced to our first example of Indirect Characterization, it is here where we meet the secretary of the school. "Hi, my name is Melinda, welcome to Reardan." "We've only got one hallway here," she said and smiled. She had red hair and green eyes and was kind of sexy for an old woman. Our next example is of Direct Characterization, "My classmates snickered. They pointed their fingers at me and giggled. Except for one. Gordy, the class genius. He raised his hand.'' Our final example of Direct characterization comes when we meet one of Junior's first antagonists. "Roger the Giant and his gang of giants strutted over to me." Lastly our last example of Indirect characterization comes when we are introduced to one of Junior's first crushes. "I fell in love with an Indian girl named Dawn. She was tall and brown and was the best traditional powwow dancer on the rez. Her braids wrapped in otter fur, were legendary."
8. I would say that whenever the author is starting to introduce us to a certain character, he tends to go really in depth as to what they look like, how they are as a person. So as far as I'm concerned the only thing that I noticed is that rarely will the author use any curse words or references to any ''suggestive" material. 
9. The Protagonist in this story is absolutely a dynamic character, throughout the story we see him change both mentally and emotionally. 
10. When I finish the story I really feel as though I went up to this person, and shook their hand and introduced them to me and they told me their life story.