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BNW chapter 14

John goes to the hospital to see the dying of Linda He starts humming to the song she used to hum too Delta kids are suprise when they see Linda John is upset when Linda starts waking up and starts saying something about the pope

Masterpiece Resources

https://drbenkim.com/articles-prevent-cancer.htm https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/The-10-commandments-of-cancer-prevention

BNW Reading notes Chapter 11

the doctor says that Linda only has 1-2 months left to live because of all those soma pills Bernard starts to sleep with more and more women

20 questions

1) I believe Bradbury chose that title because both the salamander and the hearth represent the fire and maybe also has to do something with the protagonist aka Guy Montag 2) Some assumptions that the reader can make from Guy Montag is that he is obviously a firefighter, who doesn't put out fires, instead he creates them. An assumption could be that he love to burn things such as books inside homes. 3) Bradbury characterized the fire hose as a "great python" because once a python has its target, it will use its weapon and attack. The fire hose also does that but is controlled by a human what finds the target and releases its venom as well 4) The symbolic importance of the number 451 is the degrees books are burned in order to be destroyed. 5) Clarisse is described saying ''her face was slender and milk-white, and in her face was a kind of gentle that touched over everything with tireless curiosity.'' The one thing that immediately strikes Montag ab...

BOOK CLUB OF ONE

In my opinion it does help talking with others about  the book because if  I don't understand a part maybe they do and they can help me understand. I feel good when someone knows what I'm talking about because they understand what I'm trying to say and what my point of view is. When someone doesn't understand what I'm saying I feel dumb or I feel like I'm talking to a wall but I kind of don't feel bad because they try to understand what I'm trying to explain.

Chapter 10 BNW

- kids are playing an erotic game - direct meets with  Henry and talks about bernanrd, he says it’s better for Bernard to suffer than other men  - he refers to Bernard as a “jerk” - everyone is disgusted because Linda is overweight and is also old  TO BE CONTINUED.....

Chapter 9 notes

- Lenina takes 6 half-gramme tablets of soma - 18 hrs later she would be in time again - joy picks up a stone and throws it smashing the glass tinkled on the floor - Bernard wants to get closer to Lenina - When they talk about the Zipper they are saying what he has to do in order to undress Lenina