Burning Bright

"Burning Bright" - while one of my favorite songs by Shinedown, it is also the title of Part III in Fahrenheit 451.  As we near the end of the novel, you will need to write one more blog post discussing this part of the novel and/or the novel as whole.  Remember that you need to write at least 250-300 words in your post and that you need to use good writing conventions.

Blog Prompts for "Burning Bright"

1. Clarisse describes a past that Montag has never known: one with front porches, gardens, and rocking chairs. What do these items have in common, and how might their removal have encouraged Montag's repressive society?
2. How does Montag feel when the bomb drops on his city?
3. How are the books being saved?  Is this the best method, considering the situation?
4. Why doesn’t the government pursue Montag outside of the city?
5. What does Montag start to quote from at the end of the novel?  Why is that important?
6. Does this novel end with hope? Explain.
7. Why doesn't Bradbury let Faber survive? Explain
8. 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?
9. Do you believe, as Montag did, that Beatty wanted to die? If so, why do you think so?
10. Since the government is so opposed to readers, thinkers, walkers, and slow drivers, why does it allow the procession of men along the railroad tracks to exist?
11. Once Montag becomes a violent revolutionary, why does the government purposely capture an innocent man in his place instead of tracking down the real Montag? Might the government believe that Montag is no longer a threat?
12. What does Granger mean when he says, "We're going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long time to look at them?" Why would "mirrors" be important in this new society? (Note: In Part 1, Clarisse is said to be "like a mirror.")