In-class essay: Fahrenheit 451

Write a well-organized, well-written FIVE paragraph essay on ONE of the following topics. Be sure to include quotes to support your argument. Remember: You must defend your opinion with proof/support. You cannot just make a claim; you have to have proof!!! Have a strong hook, a strong intro, a strong thesis, strong topic sentences, and a strong conclusion. REMEMBER THAT YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CLASS TO WRITE THIS ESSAY!!!!!!! 1. Symbols are very important in Fahrenheit 451. Name three specific symbols and outline their references and meanings as revealed throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 2. Guy Montag turns to books to rescue him; instead they help demolish his life -- he loses his wife, job and home; he kills a man and is forced to be a nomad. Does he gain any benefits from books? If so, what are they? Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 3. Fahrenheit 451 was first published in 1951. In what ways is it a product of its time? Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 4. Explain how Guy Montag changes and develops over the course of the novel. You may wish to discuss his journey as a dystopian hero. Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 5. Are the people of the society in Fahrenheit 451 truly happy leading a life blind to reality or are they all [wearing their] happiness like a mask as Guy Montag says? Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 6. Compare and contrast the characters of Mildred Montag and Clarisse McClellan. Be sure to discuss their impact on Guy Montags development. Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 7. Let you alone! Thats all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real? We have everything we need to be happy, but we arent happy. Somethings missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books Id burned in ten or twelve years. So I though books might help. Explain the significance of these quotes in connection to the themes of Fahrenheit 451 (the impact of technology and mass culture on our lives relationships and emotions included; and censorship). Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument. 8. Compare and contrast the novel to our current society. Use specific examples from the novel to support your argument.