2. Hand in yesterday's journal, which was to respond to the following quote: “We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?“ ~Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451 (Note: when responding to a quote you may agree, disagree, argue, discuss, express opinions, provide examples, etc,–whatever the quote brings up in your mind. If it's hard for you to come up with 1/2 page, you should explain to me why it is important to be bothered sometimes. Remember, the characters in the book aren't bothered by anything--but they should be! There is a famous political bumper sticker that says, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention," which is a similar idea. There are problems in our society and it's too bad when people just sit back and don't feel upset enough to do something about them). Think about problems in our society that we should be bothered about: American
3. Discuss the following issue that relates to being bothered by disturbing things:
Do you feel that the media in this country should show pictures and video footage of dead American soldiers killed in action?
4. Using a sheet of printer paper, illustrate a scene from the book. 15 points. You may work with a partner
- Picture--no stick figures
- Two people talking
- Speech bubble
- 10-20 words summariizing the part of the book depicted in your picture
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