My essay relates to consumerism in the Fahrenheit 451 and in modern society as well as the blindness of the people due to their obsession with technology and the government. I drew this picture to demonstrate that fire consumes everything in its path, just like Ray Bradbury insinuates that we do as human beings. He’s […]
Grade 11
Fahrenheit 451 Reflection
My group did the pages 32 to 38 for the novel, and I was the Literary Luminary. I chose this role specifically because it was the one that interested me the most. I enjoy taking different sections of the novel and kind of pulling them apart to access a deeper meaning. The imagery and the […]
Blog Log #2 – Can We Change Our Attitude?
Read the article here As soon as I saw the writer of the essay, I immediately recognized the famous Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The essay is a speech that she gave to a class of graduating students from the University of Toronto in 1983. It was very compelling to read as it contained a mix […]
Blog Log #1 – Why Don’t We Believe Science?
Read the article here As I was looking over different essays, I was searching specifically for something relating to science or psychology. To my delight, this article fell under both categories. I was also very interested in discovering whether there was an actual “science” behind why people are less inclined to believe scientific facts. Turns […]