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COMPARE: Clarisse and Mildred.
Clarisse (the free thinking girl who lives next door to Montag, introduced page 12) and Mildred (his distant and unthinking wife, introduced page 20) are important contrasting characters.
- What makes these characters so different from each other? Identify specific characteristics or traits and present your findings in a T-table.
- What key ideas are embodied by each character?
- What does each character reveal about the society of Fahrenheit 451?
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TECHNOLOGY: Blood Purification
Technology can heal us physically – it can remove toxins, stop bleeding and cut out infection – but can it ever truly heal us on a psychological, philosophical or emotional level? What are the limits of technology? When does it stop healing and instead start replacing?
- Read pages 22-27 and select at least 6 quotes that illustrate or explore these ideas.
- Using this quotes and the example of Mildred and the blood-cleaning machine, plan and write a one TEEL paragraph response to the prompt:
‘Technology can be a convenient solution for physical problems, but may not solve our emotional and psychological problems.’
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SLIDES: Context Overview
You can download a copy of the slides from today’s class below. These slides go through what exactly a Context study is, particularly in relation to the assessment tasks that you will be required to complete. Make sure you understand what the difference between an ‘expository’, ‘persuasive’ and ‘creative’ response is! The remaining slides also provide a brief introduction to the Future Worlds context and Fahrenheit 451.
You can download a PDF version of the slides here: Future Worlds Overview 2015
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