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* This week during class I haven't been planning much of  how I want to present my topic. But I'm thinking of doing a power point. I've stuck with the same topic which is "A Senior's Guide to the College Hunt". I plan on gaining more followers to share with others.

The Digital Divide

            When it comes to technology I feel like I'm like any other teenager that's addicted to their phone, it's our way of escaping the real world sometimes, or sometimes we just do it for fun. Technology has it's ups and downs. There's times when I feel it holds me back from achieving my goals because it distracts me and I can't focus on my school work. I know for sure that my data is not protected or private but I know that there are ways that we can make that happen. I feel like the way people see us online depends on the way we express ourselves online. But there are times when it is used in negative ways such as cyber bullying, that can harm people, and the way people see you online.

Ignite Talk

A Senior's Guide to the College Hunt

* I'm a senior and it's stressful to think about what you want to do after high school because you're basically an adult and it's your decision of what you want your future to be like.

*Over spring break I researched the colleges that I got accepted to because I want to make the best decision possible

*I learned that there is so much help provided if you're lost or confused about the steps to take in order to go to college.

*I feel like this class is like college and preparing you for it because it depends on the effort you put into the class that will give you deserve. 

*Next I will be creating a guide in order to help students in their senior year and help them throughout their College Hunt.

True Meaning

                         Many people have different views on reading. Some people enjoy it as a hobby, some love it because it's as if they get to escape their world for a bit and fantasize, some enjoy learning new things, but there are also people that do it because they are forced to. Unlike Dr. Preston, he clearly enjoys reading because as he stated, "I opened the cover, read the first page, sat down on the floor, and devoured the whole thing.  Actually it devoured me.  That book scared the shit out of me and I loved every minute.  It didn’t matter that I didn’t understand every nuance.  I loved it so much that when I finished it, I immediately turned back to the first page and started reading it again." This helps show how much Dr. Preston enjoys reading because of what the books have to offer.
                        "The deeper meaning of the book points the deeper meaning in ourselves", states Dr.Preston. I feel like what he stated there describes perfectly his thoughts toward reading.What Dr. Preston is trying to say is how if you truly enjoy a book, it's the book that holds a meaning for you.Something that was necessary to get to you, something that will truly help you. Overall this states how the true meaning of a book to you truly points the impact that meaning has had in your life.
                         "For those of us who love, recommend, and assign books sometimes make things too simple." Dr. Preston is clearly stating how we can force someone to read a book, but we can't make them enjoy it. It's as if teachers these days doubt their students they will read so they test them. I feel like this is the part that makes it easy because that's when students start reading the book but only to get answers to questions. And not for the sake of getting something out of the book or truly enjoying it. This just make us understand how much teachers that assign books make it easy for students to not enjoy a good book.
                         Reading can be described as a hobby, pleasure, resource for knowledge, or an enforcement. If you truly take the time to enjoy a book I feel you would get something out it. I agree with what Dr. Preston stated that the meaning of a book can connect to you, because it's something that you were destined to know about or you needed. This is why we need books, because we need their true meaning.

Fahrenheit 451 Questions

1.The novel Fahrenheit 451 begins : “It was a pleasure to burn.” Why does Ray Bradbury start the novel in this way? Why might it be more pleasurable to burn books rather than read them?

I think Bradbury starts the book with this line to grab the reader's attention, to show this is no ordinary book, and to keep the reader interested. It might be more pleasurable to burn books rather than read them because there are some people that don't like to read and they don't value books.

2. In the opening scene, why are the books compared to birds?

In the opening scene, books are compared to birds because he wants to state that books are important and should be valued. For example when a bird dies it's tragic and depressing, same goes for if books didn't exist, nobody would be happy and people would need them.

3. Discuss the difference between Montag and Clarisse’s lives.

 Clarisse is curious, thinks things through, and lives with hope but on the other hand Montang is unhappy, settles for less in his life, and doesn't feel worthy of anything.

4. Montag’s television includes headphones called “seashells.”  The “wall to wall circuit” allows Mildred to enter the “play” and, therefore, the television programming. How does the technology within the novel compare to our current technology? In the first pages of the novel,does technology improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife, Mildred? Why or why not?

Technology within the novel is similar to the current technology because we interact with it more and more as it progresses.

5. Why does the narrator introduce us to Montag at this time of his life, when he encounters Clarisse and confronts Mildred’s overdose?

When Montag encounters Clarisse it was as if it was for hs own good. She helps him think and start to wonder things. He also confronts Mildred's overdose showing the hardships he was dealing with.
6. Why does the author introduce the character of Clarisse before Mildred?

The author indroduces Clarisse before Mildred because he wants to compare both of them and show how Clarisse makes a good impact in his life compared to Mildred.

7. Why are all the houses fireproof in this society?

All houses were fireproof because firemen would burn books, in this case the books would burn but not the houses.

8. Why does Mildred require emergency service? What service is provided?


Mildred required emergency service because she had taken a whole bottle of sleeping pills and she was in a self-induced coma. Two men helped her, one pumped her stomach and the other man used another machine to replace her blood.

9. What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose? 

The mechanical hound is a machine used to hunt down and kill people who have violated the laws of the society.


10. Why does the society consider Clarisse “anti-social”?

 In Clarisse's society being social means going to her classes and paying attention, talking to people and getting to know them, and asking questions. But being social in that society means not asking questions and to kids her age is being a bully to one another and misbehaving. That is why is she is considered ant-social because she does the opposite.
 
11. When the woman’s house is raided, why does she light the match?

She lights the match because would rather die as a human being than live as something less than a human since the firemen were going to burn her books. 


12. Describe the relationship between Montag and Mildred.  

Montag and Mildred are like strangers because they hardly know each other. It is as if they weren't in a relationship because they aren't in love, sleep in different beds, and don't communicate with each other.

13. What is the purpose of Beatty's visit? 

Beatty wants to tell Montang to not make the mistake and choose books

14. Reread Captain Beatty’s monologue (pp.57-59). Discuss his view that school cultivates anti-intellectual sentiment (p.58). In your opinion does it accurately depict your high school? Do books violate the idea that ”everyone is made equal” (p.58)?

I feel like books are important because they give the knowledge of things we might not know, gives us different perspectives towards topics such as books, and most importantly they don't violate the idea that everyone is made equal because everyone thinks for themselves and books don't define what you think but guides you towards your beliefs.

15. Why does Montag feel “fat”?

Montag feels fat because he feels that his new knowledge of books is a burden, this makes him feel heavier.

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

                       This love poem is like no ordinary love poem or song. It describes some of the awful things love can do or make you feel. Obviously, the narrator puts himself down and that doesn't give him high hopes for love. He feels as is he is not worthy of love or not good enough. He thinks that if he gives love a chance and puts himself out there, he will get crushed.

Gatsby Chapter 5 Notes

* Nick plans on helping out Nick with his plan of inviting Daisy over for tea

* Gatsby offers him to join him in some business

* Daisy arrives at Nick's house but Nick doesn't see Gatsby and thinks he has disappeared

* When Gatsby arrives, the meeting gets awkward and he tells Nick that this was a mistake

* Soon Daisy and Gatsby start talking

* Gatsby invites them to his house and when Nick sees they're having a good time, he leaves them alone