Fahrenheit #3

Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

There were two main characters in the dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 415. These were the antagonist and protagonist, Guy Montag and Captain Beatty. They were both unique characters and revealed a lot of truth about humans. Guy Montag was an average Joe who made living as a fireman. This particular job is very unique, yet very ordinary in the dystopian world. The purpose of this job is to destroy book because of the illegalization of owning books. The two characters were on both sides of the rule. Beatty refused the idea of books, while Guy was reading books and trying to learn them, when it was illegal. Personally, I like Guy better because of my nature of being comfortable with good. Guy’s curiosity lead him to books and love of learning it. People like him brings hope because of one’s passion. Without passion, one cannot accomplish. In a world like the world in Fahrenheit, it is hard to accomplish for books. He revealed that curiosity is very natural and that it can lead a person to search the solution. The solution is hard to find but curiosity is what gives it an extra push.

The other main character is the antagonist. Even though he knew a lot about books and literature, his choice was bad for our world. Yes, like Guy, his curiosity lead to books and reading books. He found the solution, but what he didn’t find is the purpose of books and the benefit of it. In fact, he decided to discourage the people who had that curiosity. He was also a very confusing character. He didn’t reveal much about himself, but the amount he revealed made me think he was a bad influence to the “light”, which is Guy. Captain Beatty didn’t reveal from his saying, but his symbolizing the people who are the discouragers. These people are the people who always lead the weak ones into what is bad. It can be directly or indirectly. Peer pressure to make a friend start smoking is like Captain Beatty. They are discouragers of what is wrong and not good.

Fahrenheit #2

This book is a great choice for people who cares for books and literary alike. Books like these are very attractive because it is made from pure imagination. Imagination is what lead the author to this world where books are abandoned and is illegalized from society. However, a guy named Guy decides to search his curiosity and tries to keep books. This is what brought him the trouble, but for people today, this world doesn’t sound right. That is because we are different and right. Since there is no right or wrong themes, there is always a theme that is most close to. Therefore, I came up with this theme statement: Literature is such a big thing in people’s world that it is part of one’s growth of intelligence, thus separates us from animals. I thought about this statement very hard and decided this is as much as I can go close to the “perfect” theme for the novel. People has some story of exterminating certain books like the Holy Bible and Buddhist books, etc. The reason is from the idea that these books are the cause of such conflicts.

Personally I believe that exterminating certain books is ok, because some books are just very inappropriate and has no moral in it. I can’t give an example because I’ve never read one. However, I don’t agree with the fact that people should illegalize books and banned them.

It is important for the teens living in 2008 because teens grow in a very fast rate. And it is adults duty to use this speed of growth for the good, and one critical way is reading and teaching books, so that they can grow intellectually. Books are one way to grow and let their minds learn about the very world they live in. Even if it’s fictional, there is morals or symbols that will teach the teenagers about life.

Fahrenheit post #1

Are there any settings in the novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

There was a lot of different settings that one could choose to be significant, but most of them were places that we can all see in this world. Therefore, most of the settings in the book related to me, so you can say that I had hard time finding the setting. I found the fire station very beautiful to me. There were a lot of things that I liked about this place, before Guy found out about books and decided to change his mind. It said that Guy worked as a fireman for ten years in that fire station. During those ten years, he worked in the fire station, and mostly he socialized with his friends playing poker and chatting. The main reason why I chose this setting is because I, as a teenager, love socializing with peers and having fun. For Guy, it was to play poker. Maybe the poker represents what peers do for their “fun” time. However, just having fun is not the only reason. Other reasons, such as when Guy made his job more fun by making that poker table with his peers—that’s such an important and beautiful scene: being able to make your job more fun by thinking out of the box.
Personally, my job is to study and be a student. I made my “job” or my student years, fun by joining certain clubs and joining the varsity team. That is how I made my “job” fun. When it came to doing school work, I made it exciting like Guy, by being part of the work and just having fun. By having fun, I don’t mean by sleeping and being inappropriate. Fun, I mean by making something fun out of it. These days, people do their jobs and works as if they have to do it. They never do it from their hearts, and do it with a sigh. What they have to realize is that they can make the job more fun by making something creative and fun out of it. This should be applied to people around the world. World is a big place, which means you can do big things. All you got to do is find the things that will push you. For me it was making fun things out my student life, and for Guy Montag, it was playing poker with his peers. It wasn’t hurting anyone, so its ok to do it.