Words From Fahrenheit 451

Hello.

Though Mr. Jana mentioned this scene on his “blog” I was particularly attracted to it. After looking through the book, I couldn’t find a scene in which I thought conveyed emotion, and the emotion of fear, so well so I decided to come back to this part.

The scene I speak of is the one in which the woman is burned with all of her books. I chose it in part because of how powerful I thought it was. She believed so strongly in her cause that she was willing to die, mater-like, for it.

I think that depending on your cause, it can be easy to defend it, perhaps even die for it, but books…they’re not a cause, they’re a thing, and no matter how many people die in the defense of books, the opinion of the public and the government aren’t going to be changed.

Is the scene frightening? Strangely enough the woman seems very calm. She lights the match herself, once she has been caught, she doesn’t show a flicker of fear. I’m not afraid of dying, but the bravery this woman shows is truly wonderful.

Now, I have been instructed to choose words out of this scene that are particularly descriptive. On to that…

Staggering—pg. 38
Clumsily—pg. 38
Accusing—pg. 37
Condemnation—pg. 39
Contempt—pg. 40
Weaving—pg. 36
Objectivity—pg. 36
Musty—pg.36
Snuffing—pg. 36

The page numbers, of course, correspond to pages in Fahrenheit 451. I hope that you too enjoy these words.

Goodbye.