I believe that I should be placed in honors ELA for next year. My grades this year, while not perfect, do match the criteria for honors. I have earned mostly fours on my writing, with a handful of 3.5s and only one or two threes. I am not going to make excuses for those less than perfect grades, but I do honestly believe that I can do better. I know what my weaknesses are, and I will work towards improving them. My essay for Fahrenheit 451 in particular was not as well written as I would have wanted, but in the process of writing it I learned some time management skills and the importance of the planning process. All of this I will use next time around to write better analytical essays.
One of the requirements for the honors level English class is that students should be able to write essays independently, and I believe that I will be able to do this. There were a lot of support materials provided for the Under the Persimmon Tree essay, and using those I was able to write a successful essay. The Fahrenheit 451 essay was far more independent, though there was still support provided. By the time we began writing our essays for Fahrenheit 451, I had learned enough to be able to write it well. From writing that essay I gained more skills, and I became better at writing independently. I am sure that by the time I reach ninth grade, I will fulfill that
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I know that taking honors next year is going to require more work and effort than taking an A level class, but I am more than willing to do it. I know that I can put in the effort both outside of school and in school to achieve success, because I understand the importance of hard work and care about doing well in school. As I have demonstrated this year, I always try to do my best and almost always complete assignments on time. So although taking honors will require a time commitment, I am willing to put in the extra
Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, differentiates from the cinematic form of the novel directed by François Truffaut in numerous ways. Bradbury states, “The movie was a mixed blessing. It didn’t follow the novel as completely as it should have. “It’s a good movie: it has a wonderful ending; it has a great score by Bernard Hermann. Oskar Werner is wonderful in the lead. But Truffaut made the mistake of putting Julie Christie in two roles in the same film, which was very confusing, and he eliminated some of the other characters: Clarisse McClellan and Faber the Philosopher and the Mechanical Hound. I mean, you can’t do without those!” Other than the characters in the story, including the score
“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings” is a famous quote said by Heinrich Heine, which relates to the concept of book burning, seen in the novel Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury uses his unique literary style to write the novel Fahrenheit 451; where he brings his readers to a future American Society which consists of censorship, book burning, and completely oblivious families. The novel’s protagonist, Guy Montag, is one of the many firemen who takes pride in starting fires rather than putting them out, until he encounters a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan. As the novel progresses, the reader is able to notice what Clarisse’s values are in the novel, how her innocence and
I believe that I should be in English 9 honors for freshman year. I think this because I have worked really hard to get where I am in school and think that I can only improve. Honors English is a challenge I would like to work for. This year most of my grades in ELA have been 3.5s although there are people that get better grades I am willing to improve and push to be in a high level class. I would like to push to the best of my abilities in high school and work hard and being in an honors class would let me be able to do that. The work load will not bother me because I believe it is worth it. In high school I would like to challenge myself in ways I never got to in middle school. I am looking to learn at a faster pace than I have been learning
Censorship amounts prohibition of expression of someone’s ideas, thoughts which may be detrimental and prejudicial to a particular class of people. The book Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, revolves around the idea of censorship as a bane to the society and culture. The book touches on various consequences of censorship like social isolation and infringement of thoughts. Bradbury has given an accurate representation of the society leading to an end as censorship proceeds to prohibit literature. Literature is power and censorship is suppressing it. Suppressing
Saint Augustine, a well-known philosopher, once said “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”. This year, I learned that a book is much more than a bunch of words with a cover, I figured out that books are meant to widen your knowledge, change your perspective and teach you a lesson for life. The values, perspectives, and positions I will present in front of you today are lessons for life I learned throughout this year and this class.
In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, we can see a lot of things wrong with the society, things that most people think could happen to us, but is it really that unrealistic? Ray Bradbury didn't think so when he wrote it because he was writing about his own time period, shortly after WWII, but the themes he wrote about are still present today. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury criticizes illusion of happiness, oppression, and loss of self, not only his fictitious society, but our society in real life, too.
Short of just 70 years ago, the United States was detached; segregated into communities of race and color. In the eyes of our modern society, this practice was cruel and inhumane, an example of just how much a culture’s perspective can change in time. Fahrenheit 451, a novel written and published by Ray Bradbury in 1953, focused on the consequences of change in a society through the eyes of Guy Montag. In the fictitious story, Guy serves as one of many firemen in the community; rather than removing the fires, they set them upon books, which had prohibited and illegalized. After a series of events that transpired in the novel, Montag would begin to recognize the intellectual censorship caused by the absence of books; beginning his crusade
In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, irony is used to convey information and it contributes to the overall theme of the novel. Written during the era of McCarthyism, Fahrenheit 451 is about a society where books are illegal. This society believes that being intellectual is bad and that a lot of things that are easily accessible today should be censored. The overall message of the book is that censorship is not beneficial to society, and that it could cause great harm to one’s intelligence and social abilities. An analysis of irony in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows that this literary technique is effective in contributing to the overall theme of the novel because it gives more than one perspective on how censorship can negatively affect
“I often wonder if God even recognizes his own son the way we’ve dressed him up, or is it dressed him down.” In Fahrenheit 451, few references are made to a higher power than the people’s comfort, but the the author, Ray Bradbury, portrays an uncanny resemblance to the Christian life. Through Clarisse’s act as a catalyst, Beatty, and Montag’s actions to escape the city, Bradburry parallels Christ, Satan, and salvation.
Before reading the book and by simply looking at the cover, I knew this book was going to be something out of the ordinary. Seeing matches come out of the textbook and having it titled Fahrenheit, I had a feeling that it was going to be about fire. But the way that the author used fire in this book, simply took me by surprise to say the least.
n this artifact, we read a book and wrote an essay. The essay I wrote was about how society often confuses distractions with happiness. I felt like Montag was a good representation of a person in society who may realize that they have became a slave to the culture of technology. After completing this project, I realized how much my life revolves around technology. In my essay, I hoped to raise awareness about becoming senseless robots glued to technology. I was assigned this artifact in order to explore the effects of technology on us as individuals as well as on society as a whole. I was able to do this by analyzing the characters and themes found in Fahrenheit 451. Along with this, I evaluated the author’s voice and tone to connect it to a theme.
As a student of Eaton High School I have been able to take advantage of many academic and extracurricular activities while still being able to maintain an above average GPA. I currently have a grade point average of 3.731. This was achieved through taking classes that fit the “Honors Diploma” curriculum. Including but not limited to: Honors Algebra II, History 100, Introduction to Literature, and Spanish IV (a collegiate introduction to elementary spanish). I have chosen to take these classes as they will continue to apply in the future as a student of the University of Northern Colorado. Each of these classes were not only challenging, but they had taught me skills that would extend far beyond my high school career. I had learned to
Thomas Paine once said, “Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness.” In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the protagonist, works as a fireman. Throughout the novel, he begins to discover his true self. In this utopian society, people are conceited and have little or no emotions. Similarly, many in our society are self-centered and have limited feelings. Even though both societies have numerous characteristics in common, the two societies have multiple differences.
In my opinion, Fahrenheit 451 is a wonderful read. It was the type of book that you could really throw yourself into and understand on many different levels of thinking. I would definitely read it again especially because I feel like you can pick up a lot of small details that you missed the first time you read it. Reading this book triggered many different emotions in me. Sometimes I felt like I could really understand where a character was coming from, and other times it made me ask myself why in the world someone would do something like that. Parts such as Clarisse dying really shocked me because it came out of nowhere. One second she was walking along with Montag making him really think and question things, and then the next thing you know she’s dead. Another part of the book that really made me feel something was when Montag had left Faber's house and the mechanical hound showed up. I was really on the edge of my seat wondering if Faber would make it out or if he was be attacked by the vicious creation.
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” (Bradbury 155). This is most relevant to modern day society due to the fact that people tend to judge others by their appearance. In this case, Montag tended to judge a book how others believed they should be treated, but never did his society want to take a challenge onto their puny lives just like how Guy Montag did after realizing the real significance behind books. Ray Bradbury’s compelling novel, Fahrenheit 451, is about a fireman, Montag, whom is trying to seek happiness, and freedom by believing that books function as a human being that can help him solve the problem he is currently facing. This novel is based upon a chaotic, collapsed society that relies too much on technology, putting aside books and abolishing them as if they were something “evil.” In the beginning, Montag would burn books with much pleasure believing that books are considered “evil,” but later on in the novel he confronts Clarisse, Faber, and Granger whom guided Montag to realize how wonderful a book can be, how much meaning and depth they have to improve one’s life, and how they can make one feel “reborn.” The most relevant theme in this novel is that knowledge can lead one to success, but if one only relies on ignorance then they will never experience true success.