Ray Lawrence

Ray Bradbury was best known for his short stories. He worked very hard when he was alive and was influenced by events happening around him. Many people were kind and caring in the times that he wrote his stories but there were also a lot of people who had many flaws. Mostly because of war or poverty but some had their own reasonings. In turn, he implemented some of the characteristics of people in that time, in his characters. In many ways, the main character in A Sound of Thunder (Eckels) is flawed

Lexie Haire 1st Block Pre-Ap Matheson 7 October 2014 Annotated Bibliography Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt Letters of Note: I Am Very Real. Letters of Note: I Am Very Real. Tiny Letter, 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 3 Oct. 2014. The school board of an unknown school burns books in which they find unhealthy for the kids. The author of one of the book that was thrown into the fiery furnace decided to defend his book. Vonnegut points out how immature the school board was about disposing his book and gives reasons to why his

Thought can take time and effort, it can be meticulously simple. Thought can be quick and easy, simply saying the first thing that pops into your mind. Thought can be anything you want, imaginative, serious, etc. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows that everyone is capable of thinking for themselves, some people just don’t want to, or they feel like they don’t have the time. Time is one of the most important things to think, if you don’t have the time to think, you simply won’t. The

In the story Harrison Bergeron, the government stresses over creating a world that is equal, and it seems like their disabling people who do not need to be disabled.One examole of the goverment disabling people is with a married coupled named George and Hazel. Since George was on the smart side and new a lot, he was disabled with an ear radio( to keep you from thinking about a subject for too long). However, his wife Hazel didn’t have any disabling equipment on her because of the government calling

Steeltown U.S.A by Sherry Lee Linkon & John Russo Steeltown U.S.A begins with explaining the geography of Youngstown. It talks about the landscape and the rise of the steel valley. The biggest hit to Steeltown was the closing of the “Jenny” this caused the towns economy to collapse. Steeltown is what we know as Youngstown today. Youngstown received it’s name from John Young who originally purchased the land in 1797. As the book continues we are shown artists and songs from Youngstown. We are also

destruction, while others believe it to represent intelligence and comfort. Throughout the novel, Montag’s aspects on fire change; at first believing it was destructive, to viewing it as an intelligence source of comforting nature. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury depicts the ambiguity of fire’s symbolism. Bradbury begins his novel with Montag burning books, showing the society’s and Montag’s views on the destructive force. “It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed”

when under man’s control.” The inner fire is the most important thing To mankind poses.’’ (Edith Sodergran)i use this quote because it connects to the theme Fahrenheit 451, which is a basic human necessity capable of both bad and good. To begin with, Ray Bradbury illustrates fire Fire as a destructive force. the book first started with Montag burning books. “ It was a pleasure to see things eaten to see things blackened and changed” (Bradbury) This means He took pleasure in his work and the destruction

Fire represents a lot of the things in this novel. A woman name Mrs. Schachter was howling, pointing through the window. “Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!” (pg 25) Elie said him and the other saw a real fire this time. “This time we saw flames rising from a tall chimney into a black sky.” (pg. 28) Elie said they stared at the flames, “We stared at the flames in the darknes, A wretched stench floated in the air.” (pg. 28) And in front of them the the flaming smoke was

Ayn Rand’s Anthem is a based in a society where discovery and uniqueness is anything but real, and where thinking for yourself is considered immoral and a sin. The story is told in the point of view of Equality 7-2521, an ordinary street sweeper in a city ruled by a communist regime. Any knowledge about the civilization that existed beforehand (our world) is prohibited, and is punishable. However, Equality was different from the ordinary citizen that lived here. Unlike others, he pondered about how

“ ‘Bet I know something else you don’t. There’s dew on the grass in the morning.’ (Montag) suddenly couldn’t remember if he had known this or not, and it made him quite irritable. ‘And if you look’ - she nodded to the sky - ‘there’s a man in the moon.’ He hadn’t looked for a long time.” (7). Montag meets Clarisse, his new neighbor, in the park while going home from a job. Almost immediately, Montag notices that this girl is different; she is very odd, and talks a lot about subjects unrelated to each