Fahrenheit 451

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How would you define censorship? Do you think that it is necessary? Who has the authority to censor?
What are some potentially negative effects of censorship? What positive can come from it?

What’s with the name?

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Is Guy Montag happy? Why or why not?

“Zuckerberg Meets with Medvedev in Crucial
Market”
Why did I bother having you read this?
What does it have to do with the class?
What is your reaction to the article?
Does any of it scare you? Why or why not?

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Support or disprove the claim that the society in
F451 is in “…the age of the disposable tissue.”
(pg. 17). Support your claim with two examples from the book.

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What are your thoughts on this?
Is it a good thing that a search engine can take pictures of us?
What are potential negative effects?

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I wasn’t here on Friday. What did I miss?
Choose one of the following:
-Event in the book
-Article discussion
-Story about the sub

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Who is your “favorite” character up to this point?
Why? Montag? Beatty? Clarisse? Mildred?

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Let’s get right into reading.

“The books are there to remind us of what asses and fools we are.” (pg. 86)
-Who said it to whom?
-What does it mean?
-Do you agree with it? Why or why not?
Feel free to work with someone else.

Questions for Islam Video article:
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Why was he arrested?
• Why did his lawyer say he shouldn’t be put in jail?
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How do people who were involved with the film feel?
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Do you agree with his arrest? Why?
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Do you think that there is a direct correlation between the video and the attack on the embassy?

Who called the firemen on Montag?
What happened when Beatty found Montag’s ear piece?
What is ironic about Beatty’s quote, “Don’t face a problem, burn it”?
What happened when the hound attacked
Montag?

Let’s read!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSlH1QUUI
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37:17

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Find someone with your same color shirt and talk to him/her about where we left off in the book?

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Is the following experiment ethical?
Want to know: “How important is authority?”
Milgram assigns people as “teachers” and
“students.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdb20gcc_N s
2:41