May 9

Summary of Fahrenheit 451 to help you understand the book:
Sparknotes Burning Bright, part 1
Sparknotes Burning Bright, part 2

Here's a YouTube video of a teacher reading the entire book to his students. Some of you prefer reading along to an audio book, so I thought I'd include this for you.
Fahrenheit 451, The Hearth and the Salamander, part 1 of 2
Fahrenheit 451, The Hearth and the Salamander, part 2 of 2

Fahrenheit 451, The Seive and the Sand

Fahrenheit 451, Burning Bright, part 1 of 2

Fahrenheit 451 Burning Bright, part 2 of 2

Vocabulary for tomorrow: Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary, part II

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.