2.+Pre-Read

=Instructions:=
 * Before You Read...Think and Write! **

==== Choose 5 of the questions below and thoughtfully answer each. Each of your responses should be around a paragraph (at least 4-5 sentences). Please use complete sentences. Type your responses in Google Docs. Share your work with dylan_dyer@engschools.net ====


 * 1)  This book is about a futuristic society in which books are illegal. What do you think it would be like to live in a society without books?
 * 2) A 17-year-old girl in the novel is considered dangerous because "she didn't want to know **//how//** a thing was done, but //**why**.//" What kind of society would consider this girl "dangerous?"
 * 3) Think of a time when your opinion on a controversial issue differed from most other people's view. Why do you think most people prefer to go along with the majority?
 * 4) In this novel, characters can interact with television shows projected on all four walls of the room. What advantages and disadvantages do you think this form of entertainment might have?
 * 5) What is your favorite book? What qualities make this book your favorite?
 * 6) If someone you just met asked, "Are you happy?" how would you respond?
 * 7) In this novel, science fiction writer Ray Bradbury creates an imaginary future. Explain whether you expect this future to seem real or fictitious.
 * 8) How do you think a writer might use a novel about the future to comment on problem's in today's society?
 * 9) **Fire** and **burning** are important symbols in //Fahrenheit 451.// Free-associate words, thoughts, and feelings that come to mind when one thinks of fire. Be sure to think of the ways fire can be both good and bad.
 * 10) The **salamander** and the **phoenix** are important symbols in the novel. Use a dictionary to discover the complete definitions of these words. Predict how you think Ray Bradbury uses these symbols in //Fahrenheit 451//.