Applied Modernism F. 451

   Doing something you think is right, even though the rest of the world is doing it a different way, is modernism. Modernism is breaking the rules, taking chances, and trying new things. Fahrenheit 451 is definitely a Modernist novel. Montag breaks rules, takes chances, and does what he thinks is right, even though he would always do what he was supposed to do, he had a breakthrough and could finally see things clearly.
   Montag fought for what he thought was right, no matter how dangerous or how many people were against him, he did what he thought was right. He was finally figuring out who he was and he was going to keep searching until he truly knew what he was capable of and found out who he was. He was in a battle with himself, he knew what he was doing was against the rules, but he couldn't stop the feeling that even though he was breaking the rules, he felt better when he read. He was understanding more about himself.
   The style of this story is unlike any other time periods. Instead of things happening the way they should, or writing the way you're supposed to, modernism introduces a new style. Instead of having a happy story, with blue skies and happy people, Modernism has destruction, and catastrophes. Fahrenheit 451 is a perfect example of that because the whole town get blown up. Modernism has more of realistic stories, where not everything ends perfect, or how things get predicted to having spaceships in the future and being able to fly across town, instead it talks about how it isn't going to be great. How the world is actually going down hill, how things actually could happen.
   The character seems to be in a battle with himself. He doesn't understand everything, his mind is filled with what other people have just told him, there's no facts in his mind, just stuff. Which is more realistic. The character will finally figure out that he has to be able to accept who he is and understand what exactly is going through his mind and whats happening around him. Fahrenheit 451 is a perfect example of a modernist novel, rules are broken, the writing style is different, there's a lot more inner and outer battles with the characters. 

My Writing

5 years ago my writing was probably all about happy endings, fairy tales, and everything was good and happy. When you grow up you learn to understand that not everything is rainbows and butterflies, that there is fire all around us, and growing up makes you see it more clearly. It's kind of depressing to think about it but its true, you understand the real world, and it gives your writing more meaning than just some story that you thought of while you were coloring a picture of a froggy you say yesterday. Your writing becomes more interesting, more realistic and gives more interaction with the person who is reading your paper. My writing probably wasn't very good, still isn't the best, but i know i definitely have improved with it, my writing now reflects on my issues or problems or accomplishments in life, and it shows what kind of person i have grown to be.

My Modernist!(:

The Modernist I chose is George Bernard Shaw.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, a supporter of women's rights and an advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honor but refused the money.

Im chose him because i find it interesting that he was a supporter of womens rights, and i love that he was a free thinker like me! 

The First Seven Years Response

    Feld was just a shoemaker who worked very hard to get a good life for his daughter and put her through college so that she could have a better life then he did. Miriam wanted to be independent though and find a good job. Feld knew a boy named Max, who was very educated and loved school and was studying to be an accountant. Feld tried to set up Max and Miriam, thinking that Max would give Miriam the life he always wanted for her. It didnt work out very well as neither of them were interested in each other. Feld had a man who worked for him, his named was Sobel. He worked with Feld for many years and one day he just left. When feld went to go see him after awhile of him not showing up Sobel told Feld that he wasnt going to come back to the shop because he was trying to set up Miriam with strange boys off the street. Sobel was in love with her, and has been working as a shoe maker for her. 
   I really enjoyed this story, it was pretty amusing how Feld was trying to set his daughter up with a strange boy, and it was a big shocker when Sobel said he was in love with Miriam because she was less than half his age!

Vocabulary Definitions

brouhaha: great excitement or concern about something 

 cloy:Disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentimen
 demeanor:Outward behavior or bearing
 deference:Humble submission and respect.
 enigmatic:Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
 definitive: Done or reached decisively and with authority
 bumptious:Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree.

choleric:Bad-tempered or irritable.
 bulwark:A person, institution, or principle that acts as a defense
 curtail:Reduce in extent or quantity; restrict.
 adamant:Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.
 profligate:Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

mawkish: overly emotional
 thwart:Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something
 onus: responsibility
 requisite:Made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.

mollify:Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
 sartorial: :fashion and clothing
 presentiment: An intuitive feeling about the future, esp. one of foreboding
 impromptu: Done without being planned, organized, or rehearsed
 forbearance: Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.
 remit: to submit, send in

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PARLOR POETRY

Bradbury picked " Dover Beach" to read to the women in the parlor because it talked about how alone the women really are. How they really dont have anyone and how that they arent loved by another person. 

Alone, I sat
Alone, I cry
Alone, I sleep
Alone, I walk

Alone, I eat
Alone, I sing
Alone, I write
Alone, I love

Alone, I die
Alone, I dream
Alone, I fight
Alone, alone, alone.....

Won't someone pick me up?
I'm tired of being Alone... 

Lisa Chicharello

I picked the poem because its about being alone, and i think that they could read this poem to the women and they might get the same reaction, the feeling of being alone. This poem isnt as deep as "Dover Beach" but it gets to the point of how lonely and unloved someone is. 

I AM HERE

This semester has gone by so fast... it's making my head spin. I feel pretty behind on my homework.. im trying really hard to get good grades, and to get my work done. I feel like im doing really well on all of our test and interacting in class, but i keep forgetting my homework.. it always slips my mind and i really need to get into a habit of checking the blog EVERY DAY. My SMART goal is slowly getting there.. i know i need to do my homework.. i mean how hard is it to sit down at the computer..

ESSAY POSTGAME ANALYSIS

I felt pretty confident when i walked into the class room on taking the test, i read the book last year and then was able to refresh my memory by reading it again, i really enjoyed this book so a lot of the things i read last year really stuck with me. i thought that the test was going to be one of those " what did..." kind of questions. i should have know Dr. Preston would make it more difficult than that... when it was said that we were writing an essay, i freaked! Im horrible at writing essays.. after i started writing i was actually pretty confident.. until i got everything out. and it wasnt long AT ALL. so i kinda just explained the story a little bit more.. while doing so more things came to me to write about. i tried very hard on my essay, so im hoping for at least a B. Like i said, im not the best when it comes to writing essays..

MY F451

No one thinks for themselves. No one loves, or has feelings for others. Fireman start fires instead of putting them out, books are illegal to read and you will be arrested or burned if you are caught with them. Women dont want children, everyone hates kids and the only reason they have them is to keep the population up. in F451 Montag is just a normal fireman starting fires, and busting people who own books. Until one day he met a girl, named Clarisse. She made him think. She started his whole rebellion. Montag started taking books home to read for himself, secretly of course. Montag wanted to learn more about books, and more about the past with them, and he wanted to understand them better. He remembered a man he met a long time ago at a park, Faber, he remembered he was jumpy and had a book. Montag and Faber reconnected and Faber helped him understand books more. Until one day Montags boss, Beaty, Found out about him Ihiding books. Beaty understood where he was coming from having books, because every fireman did the same thing at least once in his career. Montag didnt stop. The Mechanical hound was always suspicious about Montag, it was like he could smell the books on him. Montag was always nervous that the mechanical hound was going to catch him, and kill him. Montag had a breakdown while his wifes ,Mildred, friends were over. Montag started yelling at them, reading poetry at them, one women was so touched and horrified of the poem that she burst into tears and ran out of the parlor. This set off everything. Montag went back to work only to get a call to burn a house. it was his home. His wife called it in when she found all of his books. Montag burned his own home. Along with his boss Beaty who found out he was talking to Faber with an ear piece. Montag ran off and went to find Faber. He met Faber at his house and took clothes and alcohol. When Montag left he was able to throw off the mechanical hound and made it to the abandoned railroad tracks, where a bunch of professors lived homeless. Montag learned from them that he doesnt need to keep books with him, that he can read them once, and he can memorize it. Granger was one of the old professors. He saw in the fire a phoenix, which is like a symbol for rebirth. Its a sign that the books will have another chance to be reborn. That in the future they will come back. The city was bombed because it was during a war, everyone montag ever knew was dead.

Call Your Girlfriend Recitation Patricia Tuttle & Shelby Hennick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pDGB_iIBU&feature=youtu.be
i couldnt get the video to post, so i put it on youtube and here is the link(: