(B) with Your Group, Brainstorm Reasons for Why Censorship Is Or Might Be Imposed

Fahrenheit 451

Censorship

(A) Define censorship:

(B) With your group, brainstorm reasons for why censorship is or might be imposed.

(C) Analyze the reasons listed by your group. Of these reasons, which does your group feel are valid reasons for imposing censorship? Explain your reasoning in the spaces provided. For each valid reason listed, brainstorm ways in which this type of censorship could or would be enforced.

Reasons

Methods of Enforcement

(D) In what ways has this enforcement of censorship already taken place? Have these methods of enforcement interfered with or affected your life in any way? Explain.

Rough Draft Due:______

Final Draft Due: ______

Autobiography as a Reader

Write an autobiography about yourself as a reader. (Your final draft must consist of at least 2 pages, typed and double spaced, including an MLA heading.)

Some things to consider:

Think about your experiences as a reader, for example, when you first learned how to read or were read to, positive or negative experiences, most or least influential books, poems, stories, newspapers, magazines, etc. Remember, your experiences as a reader reach beyond the school day.

Consider any changes in your reading habits or preferences; try to explain what might have influenced these changes.

Most importantly, try to give your reader an impression of how reading has influenced your life, for positive or negative reasons.

Be creative in your expression of your experience as a reader, and remember your own reading audience: your instructor and your peers.

Relax and have fun with this assignment!

Rough Draft Due:______

Final Draft Due: ______

Autobiography as a Reader

Write an autobiography about yourself as a reader. (Your final draft must consist of at least 2 pages, typed and double spaced, including an MLA heading.)

Some things to consider:

Consider any changes in your reading habits or preferences; try to explain what might have influenced these changes.

Most importantly, try to give your reader an impression of how reading has influenced your life, for positive or negative reasons.

Be creative in your expression of your experience as a reader, and remember your own reading audience: your instructor and your peers.

Relax and have fun with this assignment!

Name: ______Period: ______

Fahrenheit 451

Quiz: Part One-The Hearth and the Salamander

In the space provided, write the name of the character that fits the description provided.

1. ______He explains the history of book burning and the need for firemen.

2. ______She likes to drive fast at night and is obsesses with the “family.”

3. ______He begins to question the validity of his profession and secretly undermines

their authority by stealing books from the homes of dissenters.

4. ______She points out that Montag is different from other firemen; she inspires

Montag’s questioning of their society’s inveterate values.

5. ______The book-loving, idea-inspired author of Fahrenheit 451.

Choose the most appropriate response to the following questions.

6. What is the significance of the novel’s, and the number on the firefighters’ helmets?

a)The number 451 is the speed at which light travels.

b)The number 451 is the temperature at which water evaporates.

c)The number 451 is the temperature at which paper burns.

d)The number 451 is the temperature at which the book readers’ wood houses burn.

7. How is Montag’s career as a fireman different from that of today’s firemen?

a)Montag fireproofs people’s houses for a living.

b)Montag burns the books that some people conceal.

c)Montag puts out the book fires that are ignited by the authorities.

d)Montag teaches other firefighters about the history of firefighting.

8. What question does Clarisse ask Montag that startles him?

a) Clarisse asks Montag if he feels conflicted about his job responsibilities.

b) Clarisse asks Montag is his wife reads books.

c) Clarisse asks Montag if he reads books.

d) Clarisse asks Montag if he is happy with his life.

9. To what does Montag compare his and Mildred’s bedroom?

a)a tomb

b)a firehouse

c)a phoenix

d)a shrine

10. What does Mildred do that requires emergency service?

a)She ignites a fire in her own home.

b)She crashes her car because she was speeding at night.

c)She swallows too many pills.

d)She passes out from shock while watching her “family” in the walls

11. According to Clarisse, people her age talk about what?

a)television

b)nothing

c)each other

d)literature

12. What is the purpose of the mechanical hound?

a)It senses and identifies people who conceal banned literature

b)It censors the information that Captain Beatty releases to the public

c)It puts out the smoldering ashes that remain after a book burning.

d)It spies on the authorities who ban literature so that readers are not caught

13. Which is not one of the catalysts that Captain Beatty explains for the prohibition of literature in this society?

a) to avoid offending minority groups

b) government dictation to prevent treason

c) people’s growing demand for instant gratification and entertainment

d) the marketing of mass media

14. How does Mildred react to Montag’s exposing his secret stash of books?

a)She loves him even more for his rebellious nature and encourages him to read to her.

b)She feels proud of him for standing up for what he believes and urges him to quit his job.

c)She feels nothing because she plans to leave him anyway.

d)She feels angry and scared and wants him to reconcile the situation.

15. Identify the most accurate statement to describe Bradbury’s 24th century society.

a)Bradbury’s futuristic society values intellectualism and the individual spirit.

b)Bradbury’s futuristic society values unity of family and community and condemns people who interfere with this concept.

c)Bradbury’s futuristic society is disconnected from each other and values instant gratification.

d)Bradbury’s futuristic society deplores conformity and demands that all citizens assert their unique ethnicity.

Happy Days - Fahrenheit 451

(Part A)

1. Images:

2. How would you explain the feeling of happiness to someone or something totally alien to the word/concept?

3. Explain whether or not you think that happiness is a matter of choice?

4. Do you think that happiness can be influenced or changed by outside forces? If so, who can change it and how?

5. Would it ever be possible for the government, or any ruling body, to guarantee human happiness? If so, how would things be better/worse or both? In other words, what would be the consequences, both positive and/or negative?

6. In Fahrenheit 451, how do the government and the rest of society try to preserve what they describe as happiness? In your opinion, is it working? Explain, using specific examples.

(Part B)

Look through various magazine or newspaper print ads. What images o you find that convey happiness? Create a collage or other type of visual representation that shows how the media tries to convey the concept of happiness. Use magazines and newspapers to help you create this presentation. Write a one paragraph explanation that describes these images. Also, explain whether or not you agree with the images presented by the media. Consider how this relates to what we are reading in Fahrenheit 451.

Name: ______Period: ______

Fahrenheit 451

Read the following quotations which reflect Beatty’s descriptions of happiness. State whether you agree or disagree with Captain Beatty’s definition of “Happiness” in terms that apply to present day America. Write an informal response paper in which you defend your point of view by presenting specific examples from our culture to dispute or agree with his views. (Hint: you may use examples from TV, magazines, movies, family life, school, etc. to help support your argument.)

“More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don’t have to think, eh? Organize and organize and super organize super-super sports. More cartoons in books. More pictures. The mind drinks less and less. Impatience. Highways full of crowds going somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, nowhere.”

“People want to be happy, isn’t that right?... Well, aren’t they? Don’t we keep them moving, don’t we give them fun?”

“We’re the happiness Boys… We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.”

“So bring on your clubs and parties, your acrobats and magicians, your daredevils, jet cars, motorcycle helicopters, your sex and heroin, more of everything to do with the automatic reflex. If the drama is bad, if the film says nothing, if the play is hollow, sting me with Theremin, loudly. I’ll think I’m responding to the play, when it’s only a tactile reaction to vibration. But I don’t care. I just like solid entertainment.”

Hyde –Autobiography as a Reader (Personal Essay) Rubric

92-100 _____ Essay meets most or all assignment requirements (rough draft, peer editing, final copy, length, and format, etc.). Essay is focused and organized throughout the entire paper. Author uses deliberate and creative word choice clearly, and usesrelevant and interesting examples. Evidence of personal reflection and personal writing style evident is apparent throughout essay. Paper shows few to no errors in conventions, including spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and word choice.

83-91 _____Essay meets most assignment requirements (rough draft, peer editing, final copy, length, and format, etc.). Essay is focused and organized throughout most of the essay. Author uses thoughtful and appropriate word choice and uses relevant examples. Some evidence of personal reflection and personal writing style is apparent throughout essay. Paper shows some errors in conventions, including spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and word choice.

74-82 _____Essay meets some or most assignment requirements (rough draft, peer editing, final copy, length, and format, etc). Essay is focused and organized throughout some or most of the essay.Author uses some thoughtful an appropriate word choice. Stronger and more relevant examples are needed. Paragraphs are somewhat focused but need work. More evidence of personal reflection and personal writing style is needed. Paper shows some or many errors in conventions, including spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and word choice.

65-73 _____Essay does not meet most assignment requirements. Essay does not remain focused on this statement through most of the essay. Essay needs to focus on key points and to arrange a logical order of these points. Author uses inappropriate, informal, or banal word choice. Little to know evidence of personal reflection and personal writing style is apparent. Essay shows many errors in conventions, including spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and word choice.

Hyde –Autobiography as a Reader (Personal Essay) Rubric

Name: ______Period: ______

Fahrenheit 451

Quiz: Part Two - The Sieve and the Sand

Choose the most appropriate response to the following questions.

1. Which mightNOT a significant explanation for why Montag becomes frustrated and enraged while hearing the

dentifrice commercial while riding the subway?

a) its repetition interferes with Montag’s attempts to memorize the biblical passage ”The Book

of Ecclesiastes.”

b) the contrast between the simplicity of the commercial and the complexity of

the Bible passage represents the 24th century society’s preference for slick commercialization.

c) the commercial’s mindless repetition frustrates Montag, causing him to bolt,

therefore, escaping arrest.

d) the commercial is an undercover signal to firemen from Captain Beatty that one of their own men is suspected of

possessing books.

2. Which is not one of the things that Faber states is missing from 24th century society?

a) quality information, in other words, the truthfully recorded detail of life

b) relaxing forms of entertainment to calm the mind and spirit

c) the leisure in which to digest quality information

d) the right to act on what is learned from the interaction of quality information and leisure

3. Who is Faber?

a) Montag’s fellow fireman who agrees with his ideas about books

b) Montag’s neighbor who exposes Montag for concealing books in his home

c) an old professor from whom Montag seeks information and guidance

d) the chief fireman who discovers that Montag has been concealing books

4. What advice does Faber give Montag?

a) that books are dangerous to the socio-emotional welfare of their society

b) that books themselves do not offer answers, rather the books’ content offers truth

c) that every fireman feels curious about books once in awhile, but warns Montag against

indulging his curiosity

d) that Montag will die if he does not reveal his stash of books to his coworkers

5. What is the significance of the bombers flying overhead?

a) it builds tension as the reader moves toward the climax of the story

b) it shows how disconnected the society is from the hostile international crisis brewing around

them

c) it shows how consumed the society is by international political events

d) both a and b

6. Which of the following statements DOES NOT relate to the title of this section: “The Sieve and

the Sand?”

a) Montag cannot fill his mind with all of the new information because he is so unaccustomed

to thinking intellectually.

b) Montag feels as if his attempts to make his wife happy are like trying to fill a sieve with sand.

c) Montag finally has the quality of information, but not the leisure time to digest it before he is

expected to return to work.

d) Montag feels frustrated by his attempts to reconcile the changes he experiences

because there are so many forces working against him.

7. What is the small green metal object?

a) a communication device given to Montag by Faber

b) a communication device given to Montag by Captain Beatty, which also serves as a tracking

device

c) a radio transmitter that Montag uses to gain information about the impending international

crisis

d) a sensor that Montag uses to detect the movements of the mechanical dog

8. What does the White Clown show demonstrate about this society?

a) that the people crave the intellectual stimulation of public television

b) that the people fear violent children’s programming

c) that the people have grown desensitized to violent images and seek mindless entertainment

d) that the people favor comedic content over dramatic content

9. Which of the following statements is true about Montag’s decision to return to work?

a) Montag quits his career as a fireman and is rewarded for his service

b) Montag escapes before the firemen arrive at his house

c) Montag returns to work under the condition that he is permitted to read one book per month

d) Montag returns to work and plans to sabotage some of his coworkers

10. What is Montag’s destination at the end of “The Sieve and the Sand?”

a) Montag is headed for the river to find intellectual freedom

b) Montag is headed for his neighbor’s house to try to convince Mildred to escape with him

c) Montag is headed for the firehouse to finally quit his job

d) Montag is headed for a potential fire at his own home

Name: ______Period: ______

Fahrenheit 451-Exam

Read through all options before marking the best possible answer on the scantron sheet provided. (2 pts. each)

1. The author of Fahrenheit 451 is

a) Ernest Hemingway

b) Tim O’Brien

c) Ray Bradbury

d) Ken Kesey

2. Of the following options, which does Fahrenheit 451 notpose an argument against?

a) anti-intellectualism of the cold war era

b) middle class habits of conspicuous consumption and instant gratification

c) U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

d) American society’s ignorance of global events

3. Which character provides an inaccurate history of book burning and the need for firemen?

a) Granger

b) Montag

c) Captain Beatty

d) Faber