Context Sentence heresy “A man named Latimer said that to a man named Nicholas Ridley, as they were being burnt alive at Oxford, for heresy, on October 16, 1555.” torrent “With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, …and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning … “And the men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mouths…, took up their load of machine and tube, their case of liquid melancholy and the slow dark sludge of nameless stuff, and strolled out the door.” “The breath coming out of the nostrils was so faint it stirred only the furthest fringes of life, a small leaf, a black feather, a single fibre of hair.” “Laughter blew across the mooncoloured lawn from the house of Clarisse and her father and mother and the uncle who smiled so quietly and so earnestly.” “Light flickered on bits of ruby glass and on sensitive capillary hairs in the nylon-brushed nostrils of the creature that quivered gently, gently, gently, its eight legs spidered under it on rubber-padded paws.” “…the rat, cat, or chicken caught half across the areaway, gripped in gentling paws while a four-inch hollow steel needle plunged down from the proboscis of the Hound to inject massive jolts of morphine… “Were all firemen picked then for their looks as well as their proclivities?” “Don't let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world.” odious proclivity proboscis capillary earnestly fringe melancholy venomous Word “Beatty, Stoneman, and Black ran up the sidewalk suddenly odious and fat in their plump fireproof slickers” Definition Your original sentence providing context clues about the word’s meaning cacophony “You drowned in music and pure cacophony.” Parallel Societies: One feature of a dystopian novel is how strikingly parallel a terrible society can be to our own. The beauty of learning from a dystopian novel comes from noticing the contrast. In the following chart, cite features of the society in Fahrenheit 451, then explain a related feature of our society, and write a summative statement of what may be the author’s intended purpose. Feature of Fahrenheit 451 society 1. Mildred never has enough materially. She is never satisfied: CD: “It’ll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It’s only two thousand dollars?” 2. 3. Mildred is self-centered and only worries about herself: Truth from Modern Society Life lesson revealed by the parallel 1. In our society, the same is true. Americans are never satisfied. We put items we can’t afford on credit and spend the money we do make frivolously. We often purchase new items, not because we need them, but because somebody has them. 1. Mankind should learn to be content with what they have, or legitimately work for what they want. 2. In our society, people are so desensitized to violence that they look at acts of shocking violence as common place and not worth reacting to. News broad casters can glibly report one atrocity right after another without a pause. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. Mankind should stop and smell the roses. Being busy all the time and seeking nothing but pleasure leads to a hollow existence and a false sense of happiness. CD: “That favorite subject, Myself. Myself is easy. I understand that one.” 4.