Wednesday, May 11, 2011

"Burning Bright" Socratic Seminar Questions

Be prepared to discuss these questions in class on Thursday, May 12, 2011.
If you missed the seminar, submit well-thought out written responses to two questions (100%; one question=80%). You will not receive credit for answers to the Close-Ended or other "scratched-through" questions.

If you were in class and did not respond twice, use the back of your remaining half-sheets ("buns") to respond to the questions. If you respond to a question discussed in class, your response must add to the conversation we had. (+10 pts. each.) As above, you will not receive credit for answers to the "scratched-through" questions.


WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Is it OK to run from your problems? Explain. --E.V. 1st

Under what circumstances would you "snitch out" your boyfriend/girlfriend? --A.V. --1st

If you had to evacuate your house quickly and could only take one small suitcase, what would you fill it with? --M.G. 3rd



CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
How is the Mechanical Hound able to track Montag? --V.E. 1st

How does Montag kill Beatty? --V.A. 7th

Where does Mildred go? What happens to her? --Mr. Mikesell

Where does Faber go? What happens to him? --Mr. Mikesell




OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
What does it tell you about the government that they use a scapegoat when they can't catch Montag? --J.L. 1st

Why didn't Montag turn himself over to the police? --S.P. 3rd

How does Montag escape the Mechanical Hound(s)? --Mr. Mikesell




UNIVERSAL THEME / CORE QUESTIONS
If TJ / Dallas / Texas came up with rules you felt were wrong, what would you do? --F.T. 3rd

If your vision of the future was the opposite of what most of society wants, how would you go about making it real? --M.R. 7th

What lessons have you learned from the books we're read this year? --K.L. 8th



LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
What does fire symbolize in "Burning Bright"? --A.M. 3rd

Why does Beatty refer to Icarus during his final confrontation with Montag? --A.P. 7th

What ironies are encountered in the "Burning Bright" section of Fahrenheit 451? --V.A. 7th

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