May 7, 2014

Great Quotes from Fahrenheit 451
Copy the following quote and then answer the three questions to the best of your ability Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh, God, the terrible tyranny of the majority.
Questions: 
1. What is "the majority" in the book Fahrenheit 451?
2. In what way are most people ("the majority") tyrannical? (A tyrant is a person who unjustly oppreses (controls) people)
3. People often talk of peer pressure, which is an example of the majority controlling you. Give an example of a time in your life when people have tried to control your thinking or actions. Then tell how you responded. Your example does not need to involve peer pressure, but it does need to relate to the ideas in the quote. 






Remember the firemen are rarely necessary. The public stopped reading of its own accord. You firemen provide a circus now and then at which buildings are set off and crowds gather for the pretty blaze, but its a small sideshow indeed, and hardly necessary to keep things in line. So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily. 

Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there. 

 'Stuff your eyes with wonder,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.