I really enjoy rock 'n roll. So does my dad. I think it is one of the only things we have in common. My dad periodically surprises me with a CD of a band he wants me to check out, which I always enjoy, but this time he got me a book. I absolutely love this book. No doubt in my mind. My dad bought me a book on the history of women who ruled the rock 'n roll world. I am currently reading  'Rock Chicks' by Alison Stieven-Taylor. This book is amazing because it is a mini biography for each woman mentioned in the book and how they influenced music. When writing about the artists she doesn't just stay to their impact in music, but also music's impact on the Artist.        " The Janis Joplin camp is split on to two factions. She's a misunderstood genius who broke down rock barriers for women, Or a vulgar drug-addicted exhibitionist who's excesses were greater than her talents" It is a book about not only the way they lived, and for a few died, but also a way to explain how they were as human beings.    

Theme Handout

Why Individual Self Expression Is Important

Olivia Popovich, Kayla Blumberg, Jenna Caimano, Andrew Hahn, Aaron Goetz

Bell 4

Timeline

• After meeting Clarisse, Montag starts to question his life and if what he’s doing, with burning the books is actually the right thing to do for society.
• During the situation with Ms. Blake, and her showing Montag all of the books she owned, and telling Montag her true feelings and thoughts on being able to have books, changed the way Montag  looked at himself and his actions.
• Meeting Faber and showing him a want to go see the books, and not turning him in. Obviously being a person that starts fires for a living for people that have books, it doesn’t seem like a usual thing to do to not start a fire for someone with books. This shows Montag’s change in character ever since realizing that books may actually be a key party to the way society works
• When Montag reads the poem, Dover Beach to Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles, he is trying to get them to see how important self expression is to individual people and to society.
• After burning down his house, Montag kills Beatty because he is willing to do anything to save the books.
• After the bombs hit the city, Montag starts remembering the book of Ecclesiastes,  Montag gets time to reflect on his life, and he thinks about everything he has done and all that had just happened to him, through the actions of him showing his true self.

Montag grows as a person in the book, and shows more self expression as it goes on.

Textual Evidence

• “Of course I’m happy.  What does she think?  I’m not? he asked the quiet rooms.” (Bradbury 8)
• “Then the old man grew even more courageous and said something else and that was a poem, too.  Faber held his hand over his left coat pocket and spoke these words man’s coat.  But he did not reach out.” (Bradbury 71)
• “He twitched the safety catch on the flame thrower.  . . . And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering manikin, no longer human or known, all writhing lame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him.” (Bradbury 112-113)

Why Is this Theme Important to the story?

This theme is important to the story because without it nothing would’ve happened, Montag would never feel the same way towards books if he would have never showed his true feelings about how books can really change the way someone views society and life in general.

How does this theme connect to modern society today?

This theme connects to modern society today because in our country we are able to show who we are through the clothes we wear, our religion and many other things that we can turn to to express our own self expression, which shows up in Fahrenheit 451 multiple times. It’s very important to be aware of this because without it, everyone would be and act in the same manner.

     I finished the book 'Hate List' a few days ago. I found this book extremely interesting. I have never read a book so out of my element before and it really opened my eyes to all of the other genres I hadn't  been reading. I really enjoyed this book because it was about a harsh situation that is very realistic. I never thought that I would feel so interested about a sad topic. This book is about a girl who is a survivor of a school shooting, where the shooter was her boyfriend. Her life is unraveling and it sounds unbearable. It makes you think that even if you are having a bad day that you still have an overall good life and that you should think about the big picture. 

    

    You know those books that when you finish you don't even know what to do with yourself? This is without a doubt one of those books.