Okay so this week I was told to blog about class. Today my group and I were suppose to present our close reading annotations with the class. Of course time ran out and we are also the last group to go, so we will have to wait until tomorrow to present. Everyone had to do their close reading on "Fahrenheit 451", sadly. It's not that I don't like the book, but sometimes the figurative language makes it hard to comprehend what the author is saying.
I like the fact that the book appeals to my emotional side. I actually have sympathy for the main character "Guy". I feel he's going through so much with his wife right now and he probably feels like he has lost the only person that understands him, who is Clarisse. I know she was hit by a car and died but I feel like the author could have gone more in depth of why or how it happened. I think Guy may feel like he is all alone in the world at this point. His wife is suicidal, his dear friend has passed, and the mechanical hound dislikes him for some reason.
I am currently on page 79, but I'd rather not go in detail about what I'm reading because I'm not sure if everyone has reached that point. As I was just writing, the question "Does everyone in that society know how to read?" I ask that because, if books aren't good in their society, that means they weren't doing much reading growing up. They were just taught a trade so they will be able to work and have fun with their lives. I fell asleep doing this so I'm going to end this blog right now.
That's a good question. My guess is that they kind of know how to read easy things, but they can't read anything complex because they aren't used to thinking about difficult topics (or understanding things like figurative language).
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