LAST POST- FIRE!

Importance-The end of the book, beginning of the war
Elements- metaphor, Great shimmering walls of color
Characters-Montag, Granger, Fred, Thomas, Simmons, West, Rev. Padover
Summary- MOntag realizes he is safe from the bookburners, After talking with the proffessors he learns that they are each a book, montag says that he memorized only one. THey put out the fire an walk towards the river, Montag misses Mildred, MOntag learns that the war will start in the morning, The bomb is dropped and Montag thinks about where and how Mildred reacts to the bomb, The bomb hits, MOntag and the proffesors are knocked back and are being pushed backward, The city is destroyed, and Montag leads the group North towards the city to find people who survived the explosion.

VOCAB

Convoluted-adj
Extreme,complex, difficult to follow
The old man's tracks in the mud were very convoluted after the monsoon.
Perpetual-adj
Never Ending/changing
In Narnia, you are actually forced to serve a perpetual service to the king by scooping the lion dung pit.
Beatific-adj
Blissful/happy
The rabbit, being very beatific in the afternoon sun, hopped down the trail. 
Torrent-N
A strong and fast moving stream of water/other liquid
The child was sucked down the torrent river that at the end had a large flowing waterfall.
Invigorate-Vb
Give strength/energy
The old man invigorated the Italian Stallion as he slowly fought the boxer known as Clubber Lang
Perfunctory-Adj
To carry out with a minimum effort
I was perfunctory when I wrote this blog entry
Insidious-Adj
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but w/ harmful effects
The old man continued to insiduosly threw ice chunks at children 
Skepticism-N
A feeling of doubt
The old man felt skepticism before pushing his vintage leather couch out of his window
Suffuse-Vb
Gradually spread through or over
Today I suffused a large amount of jelly on my toast.

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Summary Montag goes to work, is confused by Beatty, and goes to burn his own house
Characters Faber, Beatty, Montag
Literary elements, Faber being a moth
Importance Montag finds out that Beatty knows about the books, and that he's going to burn his own house.

Bradbury

I think Bradburry uses the poem Dover Beach because of how it symbolizes what kind of world everyone is living in at this time period.

"Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems----THis is saying that the world that they live in today seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,-----------amazing and wonderful but really this is a horrid place
So various, so beautiful, so new,-----They have various Tv shows
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,-- the people watching these tv shows arn't actually
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; happy or loved
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night."

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Summary- MOntag walks home, Mildred brings a couple of her friends to watch the family, Montag walks into the room and turns off the family, The three women stare at Montag, MOntag tries to start a friendly conversation which fails, THe women then trun to politics, and Montag becomes annoyed with their chatter and starts to read to them, after reading them the poetry one of Mildred's friends starts to cry, the friends blame it on the book, and montag kicks them out of his house.
Importance- Montag reads to someone besides Mildred and Faber
Characters-Montag, Mildred, Mrs.Bowl, Mrs. Phelps,Faber
Literary elements-Foreshadow

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Literary Elements- Allusions
Summary- Montag decides to find Faber, When he arrives at Fabers house Faber cautiously answers the door, MOntag is trusted by Faber and enters, MOntag and Faber talk about the books, the importance of the bible, what they need in society, and if Faber will join Montag, Faber denies the invitation, and Montag starts to rip pages out of the bible, Faber stops him, and joins montag. THey decide to start a press and incorporate multiple people.
IMportance-MOntag has a friend that will help him in the rebellion
Characters- Montag, Faber

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summary- Montag bids beatty farewell, talks to mildred about something important, show mildred books mildred wants to burn the books,montag stops her and convinces her to sit a read a little, door rings, mildred panics,montag reasures, and starts to read.
Characters-Montag, Mildred, beatty
literary elements- Foreshadow, I wish the firemen were burnt
importance- MOntag reveals he has a stash of books

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Characters-Montag,Mildred,stoneman,Beatty, Black
Summary-MOntag returns from the fire discovering that Beatty is very knowledgable, Once arriving at home he starts to cry, questions his wife where they first met, Discovering that Clarisse was killed by a car, hides the book, wakes up the next morning feeling sick, throws up and asks wife for an asprin with a glass of water, wife doesn't really care that much, Montag doesn't want to call an tell Beatty he's sick, Montag realizes his wife doesn't love him.
Why?- Montag's home life is terrible, and he has almost no relation with his wife.
Literary elements-Metaphor- The bedsprings squealed.

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SUmmery-The whole chapter is about Montag trying to convince the other firemen that burning books is bad, Burning a house down with a little old woman, and Montag realizing that he misses Clarisse when he cannot find her.
Why is chater important - The old woman has started a revolution, Montag steals a book, Montag realizes he likes Clarisse
literary elements- Comparison with the Tower a babil, Comparison of the books and magazines
chraracters- Old woman, Montag, Beattie, Black, Stoneman, Clarisse

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Summary-Montag walks into his cold home, sees his wife white and laying on the bed almost ODed on sleeping pills, Montag calls emergency care, they come and transfer wifes blood cleans blood and ut blood back in, montag puts wife to bed, Montag questions his life, Montag wakes up and finds wife not in bed, montag runs to kitchen and finds wife making breakfast, wife starts watching interactive TV, Montag goes to work.
Why chapter is important- It shows the relationship between Montag and his wife
Characters-Montag and Mildred(Wife)
Literary Elements-Description of MOntags bedroom,mildreds face,and description of jets.

New Vocab.

Pedantry- N.- a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. The recess advisor was pedantry with all of the children.
Odious-Adj.-Extremely Unpleasant. The BLT prepared by Mr.Paul was extremely odious.
Luxuriant-Adj.- Rich and profuse in growth. The man's shrubbery in front of his house was very luxuriant.
Dictum-N.-A formal pronouncment from an authoritative source. The russian leaders dictum was very offensive.
Cacophany-N.- a harsh discordant mixture of sounds. The band's cacophony of guitars and drums were very mesmerizing.
Proclivity-N.- a tendency to choose or do something regularly. The mans proclivity happened quite often at his work place.
Proboscis-N.- A nose of a mammal. The man's proboscis had very fine sense of smell.
Stratum-N.- a layer or series of layers of rocks in the ground. The man made stratum was now in the mans front yard.
Mausoleum-N.-a building, large stately building. The rich man owned a mausoleum instead a normal house.
Marionette-N.- a puppet worked from above by strings attached to its limbs. The man was being controlled like a marrionette.
Phoenix-N.- a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. The man fought, and died like a pheonix.

Journey Entry #5

Captains Log: It was a day like any other day in the tundra when we found our popsicle of a friend lying in the pale snow 30 meters off from our camp. It was about nine o' clock when we first started looking, the search only took half an' hour. I thought it was actually humorous how much he looked like a glazed icicle. One of the boys personaly thought that he died of stupidity, and not of the cold. "Oh well" I said " He couldn't support himself and now he's paid for his dullness." The boys laughed and we all headed back to camp leaving him there to stay frozen until the spring thaw.

New Vocab.

Poignant
Adj.
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
Ralph was poignant when he saw the dead crow in the old mans yard.
Undulations
N.
Moving with a smooth wavelike motion
Skip's undulations were weird, yet mesmerizing.
Appease
Verb.
Pacify or placate(someone) bye exceeding their demands
The young man attempted to appease his mother father after not doing the dishes.
Ensued
Verb
Happen or occur afterward as a result
When the cat attacked the child, chaos ensued.
Conjectural
Adjective
Based on or involving conjecture
The young boy was conjectural towards the newly baked cake.
 Apathy
Noun
Lack of enthusiasm
Zack has no apathy towards the blues.
Imperceptible
Adjective
Impossible to receive
The little kids extremely fast talking was imperceptible to the old man.
Imperative
Adj.
of vital importance
The classified information was imeperative to the operation.
Patricide
Noun
The killing of one's father
The young man was accused of patricide a the court hearing.

Descriptions

Descriptions:

Professor Herbert: Large, elder, smart

Pa(Luster) Sexton: Old Fashioned,  Overalls, big boots, a blue shirt, sheepskin coat, slouched black hat, carrying gun. Brown weather beaten skin on Pa’s face.

Dave Sexton:  Too big too whip, a man’s size,

Ma Sexton:

Farm: 7 cows too milk, 19 head of cattle to feed, 4 mules, 25 hogs, Fire wood, stove wood, Well, barn.

Countryside: Long ridge leading to cow pasture, next to house, bare oak trees, covered in frost, sky was clear, early morning

School: black boards, microscopes, hard wood floors, playground

Examples of Dialect: Jist, Atter, keer o’ him,

Similes:I was shaking like a leaf in the wind

Metaphors: You get too onery fer th’ buzzards to smell,

Short Story Outline

Title- Where have you gone charming billy
Author-Tim O'Brien
Setting- Vietnam
           -1955-1975
Point of view- First Person
List of characters- Private Paul Berlin, "Buffalo"
Protagonist- Paul Berlin          Dynamic- Paul Berlin
Antagonist-                    Static- Paul Berlin
Round- Paul Berlin         Flat- Buffalo

READ WHERE HAVE YOU GONE CHRMING BILLY! PG 62

Dialect- The way a person from a particular region or group speaks. Dialect affects word choice, sentence structure and pronunciation.

Vocab. #2

Preclude, VB.
Prevent from happening; make impossible
The security guards for the president preclude his death, to the best of their advantage
Rapt, ADJ.
Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing
The young boy was rapt with the old mans stories of his past adventures
Indulgently, ADV
Having or indicating a readiness or overreadiness to be generous to or lenient with someone
 The short man indulgently ate his delicious B.L.T.
Banish, VB.
Send away from a country or place as an official punishment
The African king banished the man who had committed murder to one of the other villagers
Fetter, N.
A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles
Virtuoso, N
A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit
Beethoven was considered a virtuoso of piano
I, ADJ.
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion;lazy
I do everything indulently on sunday afternoon
Impunity, N
Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious
The generals impunity was very overused by the opinion of the soldiers
Appropriation, N
the action of taking somthing for one's own use, tyically without the owner's permission
Police officers' appropriation of the car was very sad for the owner of the car.
Accost, VB.
Approach and address boldy or aggressively
The young boy didn't want to accost the scary old man with the shotgun.
Reproach, VB.
Address in such a way as to express disapoval or disappointment.
Implore, VB.
Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something

Journal 2

The man had chosen the right door as the princess had suggested. As he hesitantly opened the large wooden door the lady stepped out from behind the curtain, but the lover did not breath a sigh of relief. Not a breath of thankfulness was set free from the lovers lungs. Instead the lover walked over to the door to the left and opened it. The lover made sure to hide from the beast as it lunged from its cage. The tiger observed the arena for the person who set him free of his dark enclosure, and seeing the lady licked its chops and slowly prowled towards the frightened volunteer.

While all of this was happening the lover slowly sneaked back through the tiger had emerged from and dissapeared from the scene that had been so exciting. The lover was never found again.

Back to the lady, as she was being cornered see looked into the beast's eyes and waited for the claws of death to kill her. As the tiger lunged toward the frightened victim of a clever trick, The crowd screamed with excitment. The king was very impressed with the lovers clever thinking and found that he was suitable for his daughter, but the king's decision was too late. As soon as the lover had opened the first door, the princess ran to her room weeping. Once at her destination she drew the small dagger from her sheath and committed sucide.

Rainsfords Trial

After arriving back in the U.S. Rainford was accused of murdering General Zarroff, and Ivan. In trial Rainsford is asked to give a complete story from the boat to the when he was found at the ship dock in a small wooden raft. Rainsford said he was on a trip to Rio to hunt leopards with his friend Whitney. After Whitney had retired Rainsford had fallen off of the yacht trying to catch his pipe since three gun shots from a supposedly haunted island named Ship Trap Island.After surfacing Rainsford had tried to swim after the speeding yacht, but in middle of the dark and the ruff waters there was no luck. After giving up on this idea Rainsford swam to the island and found the men he supposedly murdered. After staying the night in the magnificent house, and finding that Zarroff and Ivan had been capturing men from destroyed ships and hunting them like animals, along with framing their heads in his library. Rainsford desides that he must escape Zarroff and Ivan. Attempting to find an exit from his room Rainsford finds no such luck, and waits until the next day. When Rainsford clearly states that he wants to leave Zarroff denies him of his right, by asking him to play the game.Rainsford has no choice but to accept, and is sent out into the jungle with three hours to find shelter from the master hunter.

Rainsfords take shelter in a tall tree, but within hours of hiding is found by Zarroff. Zarroff spares Rainfords life and leaves for a couple of hours only to return and be caught in Rainsford's trap the malayan mancatcher. With failure to not completely catch but to simply injure, Zarroff states that he would be back with help within the day. Zarroff then returns with a dog wich is then caught by the Burmese Tiger pit. Zarroff says that he would be going to rest and that he'd be back again.

Rainsford desides to climb a nearby tree to get a better look of the land, and sees that Zarroff and Ivan with the whole pack of dogs were coming. Rainsford shimmies down the tree and sets up the indian knife trap. When Ivan, Zarroff, and the dogs come out of the shrubs to the knife, Ivan picks up the knife and is stabbed in the by recoil of the small weapon. Rainsford seeing that Zarroff was not the one to be killed, takes off in a sprint towards a whole in the jungle. Coming to a cliff Rainsford sees Zarroff's lair across the bay and leaps into the briny sea.

Zarroff feeling cheated walks back to his house, makes himself a meal, ponders how he would ever replace Ivan, and the sets off for bed. When in his room Zarroff desides to go out on his balcony, but when he returns Rainsford comes out from behind the curtains and challenges Zarroff to duel. After Rainsford victors he sleeps in Zarroff's now empty bed.

The next day he decides to get off the island, so first he starts a fire with all of the wall hangins of General Zarroff not realizing his stupidity. This was supposed to attract attention, but Rainsford's did not work, and finding that he had wasted a whole day retires in Zarroff's bed for a second day. On the third day Rainsford desides to build a raft, which was succesful enough for him to float back to North America.

 After Rainsford had completed his story the judge asked if he had any evidence. Rainsford looked up and asked if the judge had really needed eveidence for what he had been through. The judge laughed and said "Of course we do! Then we know you're telling the truth!" Rainsford was furious and went into a deep rage he hurled the table he was sitting at across the small room at the judge. The judge screamed and called for the officers to take the man away for he was insane. The next week Rainsford was dubbed mentaly insane and was put in a high security cell for the rest of his life. He had apparently lost his nerve.

Vocabulary 1

Blandly, adj.
Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.
The man blandly ordered a large hamburger.
Gaunt, adj.
Lean and haggard, esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age.
The prisoner was gaunt from lack of food.
Indolently, adj.
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
Scruples, N.
A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
Gossamer, N.
A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, which is seen esp. in autumn.
Palpable, adj.
Able to be touched or felt.
The ghost was not palpable, unlike the the scared mortal.
Nocturnal, adj.
Done, occurring, or active at night
The rats that live in south africa are nocturnal, the rats in Brazil are the complete opposite.
Futile, adj.
Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.
The man's attempts were futile against the robot.
Furtive, adj
Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble.
The child furtively avoided his  parents accusations.
Reciprocate, adj.
Respond to by making a corresponding one.
Naive, adj.
Showing lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.