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does this mean that the dog is more open minded and can think by itself more than the brainwashed humans
ReplyDeletePeople will always fear another who is "better" than them. Yes the Hound and Firemen but also they used to fear intellectuals. It didn't help to get rid of books because there is always fear. But they did to make "no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against." (Pg. 55-56). It did not help fear go away at all. Maybe it made it worse?
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DeleteI do think taking away the books made it worse. Relating to one of the purpose questions, books play an important role in society. They allow us to understand our history, learn from mistakes, and connect to others. Diversity leads to a successful society as it allows us to make advancements and grow. Taking away this 'freedom' of books in order to remove conflict added to their fears. ("Each man the image of every other; then all are happy...A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it." pg.55-56)
why is having human interaction and the feeling of real emotions important to us and our mental health?
ReplyDeleteI thought that Ashley's thought on technology was really interesting. When Montag walks into the firehouse on page 28 of the graphic novel, the hound growls at him. Regardless of his colleagues' reassurance, Montag still feels that the hound "doesn't like him." The fact that the hound might have the ability to judge humans suggests that it is more intelligent than it's creators. There's also a certain fear that comes along with that. One of our fears in today's society is technology taking over, that's why people write speculative fiction such as F51.
ReplyDeleteThis would make a lot of sense especially because of the way people act about stuff like books that are full of knowledge.
DeleteIf the society's citizens rebel each generation and the one before was violent, do you think the children may actually want to not kill others? But they wouldn't know how. They would be forced to do the same to be the same as everyone else. "everyone MADE equal. Each man the image of every other" (Pg. 55) But maybe they would want to stop at some point. Maybe they'd want to be different. Want to not kill their friends.
ReplyDeleteThe dog is more to have a thing that is hunt and kill to only find some things that are more of a way to look at how people is how they are only here for this one thing such as a bit of a trend as they go down hill as the time goes on.
ReplyDeleteAlison has a question on the document that asked why people are so against the power of words. I think it's possible that they got sick of misinformation. When books are condensed into graphic novels or "for dimwits" versions (pg 47 of the Graphic Novel) I was just watching a Phillip Defranco video this morning where he was discussing a controversy with the channel Kurzgesagt, a pop science Youtube channel that condenses broad topics into digestible pieces in their series "In A Nutshell." The problem was with their video on addiction, which suggested that addiction was solely psychological and not chemical. Their ONLY source for the video was a TedTalk, which was a condensed version of the speaker's book. According to Defranco, the speaker's book suggested that he did NOT believe addiction was solely psychological. Obviously, as things got condensed, important information was lost, and controversy was sparked. As Caleb said, we're lazy. This fast paced society in F51 was lazy, and instead of dealing with the controversy, they decided to erase it all together for the sake of ignorance, as it is bliss.
ReplyDeleteOn page 9 of the graphic novel it is stated that "I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly" this cupeled with the tenagesrs crashing in to each other and killing each other, are there any driving laws. is there a speed limit or just go as fast as you have the courage to go. If there are no speed laws that might be a flaw in there goverment. another thing is they don't have firefighters to put out fires but they do have hospitals and doctors so do they have any police.
ReplyDeleteIn the society I feel that people are disconnected and Fahrenheit 451 is trying to show a way our society could go in the future. The want to show the darkside of life that we don't see. We don't see the dig picture that we are missing. Everyone is so stuck up and want to live the perfect life that they forget that they're just an everyday ordinary person.
ReplyDeleteThe discussion about technology to me has brought up the question about the older generation. When we think about the generation before us the differences in technology are huge. I wonder how the young generation think about the older generations in F451. Is there anyone over the age of 50 or anyone that remembers a time that is different than it is now.
ReplyDeleteMorgan had a question on the document, "what can this book teach readers about the negative effects technology advancements can have?" In the book, Bradbury is suggesting that as technology advances, human interaction decreases. An example of this could be our society today. It was not that long ago that people did not have cell phones and the only way they really communicated was face to face. These days, people may use their phones to interact with others more than they talk to each other in person.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of things discussed so far but one general idea kept coming back up. The book is kind of an indirect message to our society today. We are slowly becoming like their society, and we are being consumed by technology . I heard someone mention that life has no meaning to them, and that we are losing connection to the people around us.
ReplyDeletehow do the people view in other government positions because they think as one person is and how they choose a government official and what do they do for them as the government and how they try to make a better way at looking at do they just look at how the president looks or do they still have some other view just or do they ever have worries of other things or do they ever have a thing to look forward to do they ever have that feeling about any thing.
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