Gosh darn it, dytopia is coming!

We’ll start by getting some time to create our Dystopia presentations and presenting them.  How can a writer use this form to send a message about how current society operates?

Then, I want us to take a liitle look at the quiz on F451/Anthem and see what worked and what didn’t.

Next, we’ll answer some questions about our books and check to see if we know what’s going on.

F451

1. What has happened to Clarisse?
2. Explain who Professor Faber is and why Montag visits him.
3. What are Faber’s reasons for the fear this society has for books?
4. Montag gets Faber to help him.   What is their plan?
5. Read the paragraph on pg. 86 starting “You can’t guarantee…” and explain Faber’s argument.  What does he mean by the reference to Caesar and the ending part about heading “for shore.” ?

Anthem

1. The old locks and lack of guards in the Palace of Corrective Detention indicate that prisoners never tried to escape. Why not?
2. Explain the four reasons the Council rejects Equality’s invention.
3. What are the real reasons behind the Council’s rejection and fear of the gift?
4. What does Equality mean, at the beginning of  chapter vii, when he says, “We are old now, but we were young this morning”
5. What is Equality experiencing for the first time in this chapter, and what does he feel as a result?

Finally, we’ll talk about our first paper assignment.  Rough draft next Thursday (25th). Final due on September 30th.

HW: Read pages 92-110 in F451 (Finish Sand and the Sieve) and 81-93 (Anthem