Hey guys!
Following are the essay topics for the essays you will be writing over the next two days. Instead of the review session we had planned for Monday, you will be working on your notes and quotes page (one double-sided, 8.5" by 11" sheet, handwritten only) and doing your pre-writing for the essay finals tomorrow and Wednesday. USE YOUR TIME WISELY - THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS IF YOU DO NOT FINISH YOUR ESSAYS IN CLASS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME.
Also, we have been working on essay writing and construction all year, in addition to grammar and mechanics. I expect that you have developed your skills over the course of the year, and I will be holding you to a higher standard this time around as a result.
A few things to consider:
- Be VERY careful with spelling and grammar - I will allow each of you to have a Dictionary in class. You will not be allowed to use the computer dictionary, as you will not be allowed to log in on Tuesday or Wednesday.
- Just because the essays will be handwritten does not preclude them from formatting. Remember to format exactly as you would a typed essay, with one change: Instead of indenting your paragraphs, I would like you to leave a line blank in between each paragraph.
- Quote, quote, quote. I am leaving you an ENTIRE period to prepare for your essays - I expect exceptional support for your ideas from the text. The rules for quotations, revised:
* Citations: Quotations are vital when citing specific documentation. If you are quoting an author, book, article, or person, then you must always use a quotation. You can introduce the quote by saying that John Doe says in The Times Daily News that, "People like to use quotations marks." Or, you can simply write the quotation (using the quotation marks) and end the sentence with the internal documentation. See the next bullet for internal documentation.
* Internal Documentation: In essays, you will inevitably use quotations from original and primary sources. Consequently, you will need to cite them internally (or via footnotes, an antiquated style). When documenting a specific quotation, you will omit the end punctuation (period, exclamation mark, question mark), put the close quote mark, and then add a parenthesis with the citation. After the citation, you will close the sentence with a period. See this example: "I will not eat green eggs and ham" (Seuss, 5). The sentence concludes after the internal documentation.
* Indented Quotes: Sometimes in an essay, you will use a long quotation. This means, absolutely no quotation longer than five lines should be within the body of the text of your essay. If you choose to use a long quotation (longer than five lines of text), then you should indent the quotation one inch on either side and sometimes italicize it. The quotation should end with a punctuation mark and quotation mark. The internal documentation comes afterwards without any end punctuation.
Finally, the essay topics:
THE CHOCOLATE WAR
1. Write an essay in which you compare and/or contrast the novel The Chocolate War with the novel 1984.
2. What does the The Chocolate War suggest about the benefits and dangers of 'disturbing the universe'?
FAHRENHEIT 451
1. Write an essay in which you compare and/or contrast the novel FAHRENHEIT 451 with the novel 1984.
2. Fire imagery appears throughout the novel FAHRENHEIT 451. Write a paper discussing Bradbury's use of fire imagery in the work.
Good luck!
Brenton Parsons
English II Honors
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Fahrenheit 451 Essay 1
There are many comparisons and contrast between the novel of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell.
One comparison between these two books was their genre. These are two of the most famous and popular novels in their genre known as “dystopias.” This word, dystopia, was derived from Utopia that in which Thomas Moore used for the title of his book depicting an ideal society. Both of the books come from this same genre of literature which makes them written in the same way.
Second reason they are compared by the way they both focus their books on the society or community. As in the book of 1984 they talk of a society controlled by Big Brother. While, Fahrenheit 451 has a different, but still controlling, society.
Also, they both focus on books. That in 1984 it was against the rules to keep a diary. As in Fahrenheit 451, people are not allowed to own books. The firefighters in this book sets fire to books that people own. However in both books the main character goes against the rules and keeps a book anyways.
Last, is both authors create a futuristic society. In which they create a society in which they think would happen years later. In 1984, Orwell creates a society ruled by Big Brother. As in the book Fahrenheit 451 their community is different for their firefighters start fires by burning books instead of putting out fires.
While each of these books are in the same genre, they are both different in the way both writers have different views and thoughts. These are a few of the ways in which both of these books compare and contrast in each other.
Fahrenheit 451 Essay 2
Fire imagery appears throughout the whole novel of Fahrenheit 451. It is a big part in the book. Fire is a part of symbolism in the book.
In Montag’s life fire was everything. He was a firefighter, in which the purpose of their job was to instead of putting out fires they start them by burning books. In which is a job Montag serves in the book. In which fire is a symbol of destruction in the book. In which is what Guy thinks is that the solution to everything is burning books. Also in the end fire destroys the city in which Montag barely escapes.
Also in the book fire is a symbol of warmth. He associates the power of fire with warmth because of the power of fire warms you up. As in the end of the book when they were setting around the campfire the fire was keeping them warm.
Last is fire is a symbol of goodness in the book. That is due to him of thinking of the fire as good at the end. Instead of him thinking fire is just for destruction. At the end he is setting around a campground is not only for warmth, but for good too. That is due to him meeting the rest of the escapees at the campground setting arounf the campfire setting around sharing ideas and reading. Then at the end they memorize the books as they read and pass them around by word of mouth. Then placing them in the campfire so that the books are remembering, but are not taken by the destructive fire of the fireman.
Fire imagery is an important part of the book Fahrenheit 451 and these are few of the reasons of why fire is an important part of symbolism in the book. Also of how important it is in Montag’s life.
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