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Fahrenheit 451 – How Technology Impacts Social Behaviour?
The following is a podcast based on how technology impacts social behaviour within the novel, “FAHRENHEIT 451” written by Ray Bradbury.
451 – Genre Breakdown
– Genre is a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
– Utopian and dystopian fiction.
– Science-fiction and dystopian literature.
– Fahrenheit 451 Science-fiction subgenre has some characteristics: The story takes place some time in the future, and includes several examples of futuristic technology.
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Principles of Flight Part 2
- 5616 m / 384 m/s / 10 kg / 400 N / 10 seconds
- The coefficient of drag is a factor involved when calculating the effect of drag on an object.
- 3.4 seconds was my highest score. 5616
Water Rocket Journal
– What have you learned about the history of rockets and space travel?
Rockets were used for war, and in 1957, the Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space.
– What will be different on your water rocket than on a “real” rocket and why?
The difference will be is it will fly less because in a real rocket, there are more components that make it fly more, than a water rocket.
Banned and Challenged Books
a) Censorship is the prohibition of parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to society.
b) The difference is a challenged book is something that is reluctantly accepted to a city, school, library, etc. where as a banned book is something that is not allowed in a specific state, country, city, school etc. because of the intense profanity and sexuality it holds.
c) “To kill a Mocking Bird” was both a challenged and banned book in some countries and cities because it contains violence, some profanity, racism, and death.
d) “Fahrenheit 451” might be banned or challenged because of the violence, brutality, and death it has in it.
Blackout Poem – “The Stranger” Analysis
In the poem “The Stranger” by Gord Downie it is about an unknown boy who is
running away from a residential school, where he was disregarded and
physically assaulted. This poem talks about him walking on a secret path trying
to make it back home with his family, it also talks a bit about his father. This
poem has significance in it, because it is based on 12-year old Chanie Wenjack,
who ran away from a residential school in Kenora, Ontario and tried to walk
back home to Ogoki Post – 600 kilometers away. However, Wenjack failed and
died of hunger along the way. Wenjack’s body was then discovered beside a
railroad track by a railway engineer, and on October 27, 1966, he was buried at a
cemetery on a reserve beside the Albany River. The theme of this significant
poem could possibly be, loneliness, anger, fear, sadness, and cold. In the story,
the boy (Wenjack) was forced into the residential school, where he was also
forced to abandon his family, his home, and his life, to attend these schools.
Wenjack was boarded to these school, at the age of nine, and three years later, at
the age of twelve, escaped these schools. Three poetic devices that are used
within this poem are possibly, Elegy: a sad or serious poem story, Free verse:
there is no rhythm or rhyme scheme in the poem, and Form: a style or type of
poem. Reasons for this is because, it is about a young boy, who is cold, hungry,
and scared, there are no words that rhyme with each other, and a type of style
within the story is there are sets of words that are said more than once in a
particular certain line.
“The Stanger” is a sad, interesting poem to read, but in every poem one will
learn something that is either realistic, fake, or humorous.
“How do poems such as “The Stranger” help reveal the dark periods of Canadian history?” answer
Poems such as “The Stranger” help reveal the dark periods of Canadian history
by telling us things connected to the dark periods, example: in the poem “The
Stranger,” it tells us about a person, who was forced to go to residential schools,
and how he is escaping. Residential schools are places that a lot of children in
Canada, were forced to attend whether they wanted to, or not. Children were
forced to abandon their family to attend these schools, and in which some of
them did not survive these schools. “The Stranger” poem is a good example,
because it talks about a boy running away from the schools, which is connected
to the dark periods of history. There are different types of poems in the world
that connect to the dark periods, if one reads a poem that talks about residential
schools, wars, deportation, that poem(s) would reveal something about the dark
periods of Canadian history.
Death of a Salesman – Setting
The setting of this play takes place in a Brooklyn neighborhood in the 1950s. The visual description of this neighborhood could be small, lots of cars parked, children outside playing, and quiet. This neighborhood has apartment buildings, where people live.
The following images were created by Mr. Ford’s ICT 11/12class.
Quote #1: – “We are aware of the towering, angular shapes behind it, surrounding it on all sides” (Miller 11). Quote #2: – “As more light appears, we see a solid vault of apartment houses around the small, fragile-seeming home” (Miller 11). Quote #3: – “ A window opens onto the apartment house at the side” (Miller 11). Quote #4: – “The roof-line of the house is one-dimensional; under and over it we see the apartment buildings) Miller 12. Quote #5: – “This time of year it was lilac and wisteria. And the peonies would come out, and the daffodils” (Miller 17). Quote #6: – “Before the house lies an apron,curving beyond the forestage into the orchestra” (Miller 12). Quote #7: – “But its so beautiful up there, Linda, the trees are so thick, and the sun is warm” (Miller 14) Quote #8: – “The street is lined with cars. There’s not a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood” (Miller 17) Quote #9: – “ The grass don’t grow anymore, you can’t raise a carrot in the backyard. They should’ve had a law against apartment houses” (Miller 17) Quote #10: – “There’s more people! That’s what’s ruining this country! Population is getting out of control” (Miller 17)
Brooklyn (Appearance Fact #1) -Many concrete and glass buildings (high rises) filling the streets
Brooklyn (Appearance Fact #2) – big population increase because of increasing jobs from the industrialized city
Brooklyn (Appearance Fact #3) – Kept it’s industrial culture within the city
Brooklyn (Appearance Fact #4) – Many transport trucks filtering in and out for the many different producing factories.
Brooklyn (Appearance Fact #5) – Brooklyn is one of the 5 boroughs in New York City
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Literature Picture Project
The short story “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal, is about a super intelligent monkey named Sly, who doesn’t fit in with the world. Reasons for that is because of how smart he is. Sly feels he doesn’t fit in with the other chimps because he is way smarter than them. For this story, one is doing a project, which is done by explaining the parts of the stories plot.
- Exposition – “Sliding his hands over the clay, Sly relished the moisture oozing around his fingers.” (#1)
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This quote introduces the main protagonist and what he likes to play with in his time.
2. Rising Action #1 and 2 – “Someone banged on the window of his pen. Sly jumped and then screamed as the vase collapsed under its own weight.”, “The clay spattered against the Plexiglas, sliding down the window.” (#1)
These 2 quotes both explain the rising section of the story, where as the picture represents how Sly jumped and screamed out of fear when he heard the banging on the window.
3. Climax – “Sly’s lips drew back in a grimace built of anger and fear. Rage threatened to blind him, but he held on” (#2)
This quote explains the climax of the story because it shows how Sly, compared to other monkey’s, can control his anger. The picture represents how Sly is feeling in the story.
4. Falling Action – “Vern’s eyes were moist. “Do you want me to put that in the kiln for you?” (#2)
The quote begins to wrap up the story, by Vern asking Sly an important question. The picture describes how moist Vern’s eyes were.
5. Conclusion – “Sly sat down at his wheel and began to turn.” (#2)
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The quote gives us the final concluding sentence of the story, which ends the story. It also tells us what Sly does at the very end.
6. Physical Setting – “Someone banged on the window of his pen.” (#1)
This quote states where the story takes place – inside Sly’s pen. The picture represents what it would look like.
7. Emotional Setting – “Sly bared his teeth, knowing these people would take it as a grin, but he meant it as a threat.” (#1)
The quote explains how Sly is feeling at the moment, where as the picture shows him feeling that way (barring his teeth).
8. Conflict Type – “In the courtyard beyond the glass, a group of school kids leapt back, laughing. One of them swung his arms aping Sly crudely.” (#1)
The quote states the conflict Sly is dealing with – Person vs person (Sly vs school kids).
9. Ending Type – “I understand.” He waited until the door closed, then loped over and scooped the clay up. It was not much, but it was enough for now. Sly sat down at his wheel and began to turn. END” (#2)
These quote sentences state that the story ends in a cliffhanger.
10. Irony Example – “Vern knelt in front of Sly, closer than anyone else would come when he wasn’t sedated. It would be so easy to reach out and snap his neck.” (#1)
This quote states a situational irony in the story, giving Vern is putting his life in danger on purpose.
11. Suspense – “He seemed to understand the hellish limbo where Sly lived–too smart to be with other chimps, but too much of an animal to be with humans.” (#1)
This quote explains a dilemma in which Sly is to smart to be with his tribe but to much of an animal with humans.
12. Characterization – “Sliding his hands over the clay, Sly relished the moisture oozing around his fingers. The clay matted down the hair on the back of his hands making them look almost human.” (#1)
These quote sentences state that the story opens up as direct characterization by revealing the main character of the story and what he likes to fiddle with.
Sound of Thunder – Alternate Ending
Nathan Reddy
Mar 1st, 2019
English 11
Mr. Barazzuol
A Sound of Thunder – Paragraph One
The short story, “A Sound of Thunder,” by Ray Bradbury is about a hunter, using
a time machine, going back 60 million years into the past to kill a dinosaur. The
theme of the original story is how small changes can impact many different
paths within history and society. In recreating this short story, the new theme
that will be applied to this story is about how even though these small changes
happen, one can prevent it from happening, thus altering and resetting history
and society for how it originally was. Some original techniques of suspense
in the short story are keeping the stakes high, applying pressure, complicating
matters, and making situations unpredictable. The new techniques that will be
used in the short story are the same as the original ones. The stylistic choices
that are made include a new ending type, different techniques of suspense, and
the conclusion. In the original ending of this short story, the hunter, Eckles, after
he accidently alters history by breaking a rule, is sentenced to execution by the
stories team leader, Travis. This ending type of this story is most likely either
expository sad or cliff-hanger. The new ending for this short story will be,
instead of Eckles dying, him being forced by Travis to go back alone 60 million
years into the past and prevent his past-self from ever leaving the path in the
first place, this type of ending will be expository happy and cliff-hanger. In
conclusion, time travel is unique and an interesting thing to do, but this short
story explains how negative results can occur when one changes one little thing
in the past.
A Sound of Thunder – Paragraph Two
Eckels gave out a long, low cry as if in pain. He dropped to his knees. He tried to
pick up the green and gold butterfly with shaking fingers. “Can’t we,” he pleaded
to the world, to himself, to the officials, to the Machine, “can’t we take it back,
can’t we make it alive again? Can’t we start over? Can’t we…”
He did not move. Eyes shut, he waited, shivering. He heard Travis breathe
loudly. He heard Travis lift his rifle, click the safety catch, and raise the weapon.
Then Travis put down his weapon and demanded Eckles to stand on his feet.
Travis then demanded Eckles to use the time machine to go back to the past
again and stop Eckles past-self from leaving the path, thus preventing the
butterfly from dying, and restoring the original future. At first Eckles refuses,
but then Travis forces him into the time machine by pointing his rifle at him.
Once he is inside, Travis activates the machine and, yesterday, the day before,
last week, 2016, 1997, 1957, Gone! Eckles was gone, along with the machine.
When the machine stops, Eckles steps outside and, moments later, sees the
Safari team. As future Eckles waits patiently for past Eckles to play out the exact
same events future Eckles played out, the team encounters their target dinosaur
(as before). Future Eckles quickly runs up to his past-self and alerts him, past
Eckles, shocked to see future Eckles, learns from him of his mistake in the
future, before the dinosaur runs up to the team (as before). However, from what
future Eckles remembers what happens at this point, when everyone in the team
gets distracted by noticing two Eckles at the same time, the dinosaur manages to
pick up and devour Travis. After his death, future Eckles suddenly disappears,
seemingly being erased from reality since Travis would have never forced him to
come back here alone. A giant tree branch then breaks off and crashes on the dinosaur, killing it originally as it was supposed to die. The remaining four
survivors of the team then flee back to their time machine and return to the
future. When they arrive, past/present Eckles learns that his future-self
succeeded in restoring the original future, and with Travis now dead, the team
makes Eckles their new Safari leader. As a proud and honored Eckles thanks
them,
there was suddenly a sound of thunder.
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