Welcome to English III. This is our blog spot. Here we will share our feelings and ideas about the works we are studying. I encourage you to be honest, but I EXPECT you to be mature and respectful.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil
I hope that you are enjoying Fahrenheit
451 by Ray Bradbury. It truly is a "thinking" book. One of the many things
I hope that you will think about as you read this novel is its theme of
indifference. As you are reading Part One, what are some things you have noticed
about the society that reveals their indifference? Does our present society
share some of these indifferences? or others? Explain. (
The deadline to post a response to this question is midnight, Monday, Dec. 3,
2012)
Some indifferences I have noticed so far in the novel is an indifference to nature and natural beauty. For example, grass, trees, and flowers are all regarded as blurs not beautiful parts of nature. Likewise, Clarice's uncle was arrested and jailed for slowing down to appreciate the beauty of it. I feel our society shares this but to a lesser degree. Many people are too busy with their daily lives to notice nature regularly, but some do still take the time to appreciate it. C.A. 1st Block
I find the largest indifference I have found is the lack of appreciation for the natural world. In the book, grass patches, rose gardens, and animals are known as "blurs" because drivers fly by without even the faintest thought to look. I believe todays society is filled with people who are entirely like this, but also with people who are nothing like this. Many people don't care about nature in te same way, however, it is also filled with people who do nothing but continue to be amazed by natures beauty.
I think the another indifference is how you never ask questions but you get the answers. In this book, the teachers are on TV, not face- to- face to anyone. No one really asks questions. For example, physics is mysterious and interesting. In this book, no one would question why this happens and why that happens. Today, society is not like that. Anyone can ask questions and get the answers. In fact, it is kind of required in society now for one to ask questions.
Some things that I have noticed about the society in Fahrenheight 451 that shows their indifference is no one questions any thing and no one thinks about anything. The people in the society dont really wonder how things came to be, they just do as they are told. Another thing I noticed was everything is so fast paced that no one looks at the little things in life. An example of this is how the billboards are 200 feet long because people were speeding by so quickly. No one notices the grass or the moon or any part of nature. I believe our society shares the same problem of being fast paced. People in our society don't appreciate the small things and just try to hurry with everything they do.
I feel the largest indifference in this novel so far was how the "handymen" treated Mildred after she overdosed on sleeping pills. As we discussed in class, the average doctor today (emphasis on DOCTOR) would show extreme care and concern for a suicidal patient, whereas during the time period of the book, these people are just another body to clean out. The mental state of these patients is not even taken into consideration, which could be the most important faction to pay attention to. This indifference towards these patients shown by the "handymen" in Fahrenheit 451 is not shown in our hospitals today, nor do I believe it will occur within my lifetime or sometime after that. Beyond that, technology may play a large enough role to lead a possibility of such indifference, but I believe human instincts and morals will prevent such disrespect.
One thing that reveals the society's indifference is the lack of care or concern for the people around them. For example, Mildred said, "I hate her" about the woman who burned with her books without even knowing her. The fact that Mildred, and probably many other people in the society, are glued to their virtual TV sets removes their ability to learn to be social. I believe our society does share some of these qualities because with the new technology that comes out, we become more 'glued' to our phones, iPods, iPads, ect. which, in time, weakens our "people skills."
I find the largest indifference is how things like signs on the side of the road have not been made hundreds of yards long because no one can read them with the speed they traavel. Our society can relate because a lot of people never take time for simple things anymore, everyone always uses the quickest way out.
The largest and strangest indifference to me the lack of questions. In today's society, whenever someone finishes a lesson or speach, he or she asks if there are any questions. In the book, nobody asks anything and if they do, they are considered different.
In the book, the theme of indifference that really speaks to me is the lack of humanity in these "firefighters." Beatty was willing to let the woman burn with her books,stating she was just another "fanatic" and walked out, without caring to get her out!In our society, firefighters help and I think Ray Bradbury was really creative, turning them into a book burning army of sorts.
I found the theme of indifference especially in the scene when Montag is sick and his wife does not seem to care. There is no compassion for others. He had to ask her multiple times to help him and she still was, in a way, rude to him. He asked her to do a simple thing for him and call Beatty, but yet she was again rude and refused to do it. Society these days lacks the same compassion the she failed to show her own HUSBAND. A select few people in our society feel that they have more important things to do like watch tv instead of helping someone in need. It really is amazing how Bradbury made real world connections with his book.
11 comments:
Some indifferences I have noticed so far in the novel is an indifference to nature and natural beauty. For example, grass, trees, and flowers are all regarded as blurs not beautiful parts of nature. Likewise, Clarice's uncle was arrested and jailed for slowing down to appreciate the beauty of it. I feel our society shares this but to a lesser degree. Many people are too busy with their daily lives to notice nature regularly, but some do still take the time to appreciate it. C.A. 1st Block
I find the largest indifference I have found is the lack of appreciation for the natural world. In the book, grass patches, rose gardens, and animals are known as "blurs" because drivers fly by without even the faintest thought to look. I believe todays society is filled with people who are entirely like this, but also with people who are nothing like this. Many people don't care about nature in te same way, however, it is also filled with people who do nothing but continue to be amazed by natures beauty.
I think the another indifference is how you never ask questions but you get the answers. In this book, the teachers are on TV, not face- to- face to anyone. No one really asks questions. For example, physics is mysterious and interesting. In this book, no one would question why this happens and why that happens. Today, society is not like that. Anyone can ask questions and get the answers. In fact, it is kind of required in society now for one to ask questions.
Some things that I have noticed about the society in Fahrenheight 451 that shows their indifference is no one questions any thing and no one thinks about anything. The people in the society dont really wonder how things came to be, they just do as they are told. Another thing I noticed was everything is so fast paced that no one looks at the little things in life. An example of this is how the billboards are 200 feet long because people were speeding by so quickly. No one notices the grass or the moon or any part of nature. I believe our society shares the same problem of being fast paced. People in our society don't appreciate the small things and just try to hurry with everything they do.
I feel the largest indifference in this novel so far was how the "handymen" treated Mildred after she overdosed on sleeping pills. As we discussed in class, the average doctor today (emphasis on DOCTOR) would show extreme care and concern for a suicidal patient, whereas during the time period of the book, these people are just another body to clean out. The mental state of these patients is not even taken into consideration, which could be the most important faction to pay attention to. This indifference towards these patients shown by the "handymen" in Fahrenheit 451 is not shown in our hospitals today, nor do I believe it will occur within my lifetime or sometime after that. Beyond that, technology may play a large enough role to lead a possibility of such indifference, but I believe human instincts and morals will prevent such disrespect.
One thing that reveals the society's indifference is the lack of care or concern for the people around them. For example, Mildred said, "I hate her" about the woman who burned with her books without even knowing her. The fact that Mildred, and probably many other people in the society, are glued to their virtual TV sets removes their ability to learn to be social. I believe our society does share some of these qualities because with the new technology that comes out, we become more 'glued' to our phones, iPods, iPads, ect. which, in time, weakens our "people skills."
I find the largest indifference is how things like signs on the side of the road have not been made hundreds of yards long because no one can read them with the speed they traavel. Our society can relate because a lot of people never take time for simple things anymore, everyone always uses the quickest way out.
The largest and strangest indifference to me the lack of questions. In today's society, whenever someone finishes a lesson or speach, he or she asks if there are any questions. In the book, nobody asks anything and if they do, they are considered different.
In the book, the theme of indifference that really speaks to me is the lack of humanity in these "firefighters." Beatty was willing to let the woman burn with her books,stating she was just another "fanatic" and walked out, without caring to get her out!In our society, firefighters help and I think Ray Bradbury was really creative, turning them into a book burning army of sorts.
I found the theme of indifference especially in the scene when Montag is sick and his wife does not seem to care. There is no compassion for others. He had to ask her multiple times to help him and she still was, in a way, rude to him. He asked her to do a simple thing for him and call Beatty, but yet she was again rude and refused to do it. Society these days lacks the same compassion the she failed to show her own HUSBAND. A select few people in our society feel that they have more important things to do like watch tv instead of helping someone in need. It really is amazing how Bradbury made real world connections with his book.
BD 3 block
yea because we stell have people who dont cair about noone elps but them selfs
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