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.