Journal Entry #1

As I first started reading this book from the beginning I knew it was going to be very detailed and a very visual book. The narrator was explaining nature and very deeply describing how the young girl looked on pages 4-5. I could visualize everything happening in my head like a movie. The thirty year old man in the book is named Montag. He is a firefighter. The younger teenage girl in the book is named Clarisse McClellan, who is Montag's neighbor. In the first part of the book Clarisse asks Montag a few questions about his fire fighting career on page 8. I though it was very strange how Clarisse was asking Montag if it was true that how a long time ago houses use to burn down on accident and firemen would stop the flames. In this book i'm guessing the firemen just burn books. I thought this was strange because in this day and time firemen help save lives and houses not burn books. I also thought it was really weird when Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy and the went back into her house.

   

Journal Entry #2

As I continued reading this book Montag got to thinking about what Clarisse had said about him being happy from page 10. He realized that he wasn't very happy. I could tell from the beginning that he wasn't a very joyful person. He thought about their conversation for a while. When he went into his room he saw his wife laying on their bed. He realized she over dosed on pills so he called the doctor. I think it is so weird how Montag's wife, Mildred tried to commit suicide and then say she doesn't remember. She may have really not remembered but it seems really weird to me. They don't seem like the happiest couple in the world.

Journal Entry #3

This was the second time Montag has seen and talked to Clarisse who was catching rain drops in her mouth. On page 22, she asked Montag if he has ever put a dandelion under his chin. He said no. Clarisse put it under his chin and no pollen rubbed off on it. The saying is if pollen does rub on to the chin then that person is in love. If not they are not in love. Therefor, according to the saying Montag was not in love. Montag got embarrassed and just said he was in love. It makes me wonder why Montag claims that Clarisse seems so much older than seventeen. Since she does a lot of childish things like, play in the rain and the dandelion saying. To me that seems like she wouldn't be mature.

Journal Entry #4

I think it is really weird how Clarisse does not go to school. She says people call her antisocial on page 29. I have only read a little bit about her but she seems really nice and social to me. If she was antisocial she wouldn't have talked to Montag at all and became a friend to him. Clarisse says she can't be that social in school because you cannot talk, you have to listen and learn. Clarisse is a person who thinks a lot and asks a lot of question. She doesn't fit in with people who just answer questions.

Journal Entry #5

During this part of the book Clarisse talks about how she feels afraid of people her own age. She says that kids kill each other on page 30. She told Montag that six of her friends have been shot and killed in the last year. Also eight got killed in a car wreck. The way she is describing this reminds me of the world we live in now. People kill people everyday and wrecks are happening a lot lately too. I can relate to what she is talking about.

Journal Entry #6

During this part of the book the fire alarm goes off and the fire men go rushing to an old house with books in the attic. At this point a book fell into Montag's hand and he held it and put it under his arm. While they were gathering the books and putting kerosene on them there is a woman who refuses to leave. She is standing by the books and wont move a bit. Montag tries to persuade her to get out of the house but she wouldn't listen. She said that they could never have her books. The fire fighters boss, Beatty said that he was going to count to ten and then hes lighting it and its burning down. The lady still didn't care and she stood with her books. Once Montag got out of the house the lady lit a match herself and the fumes bloomed up around her on page 40. That lady was serious about her books. She didn't let anyone move her and she stood up for herself. I think she was a little psycho because that is crazy!


   

                                                                   

Journal Entry #7

At this part of the book Montag realizes he stole the book and that is a serious crime. When he gets home he hides the book.  His wife and him are talking from separate beds. They do not sleep in the same bed, which I find very strange. On page 43 Montag asks his wife where they met. They have been married for ten years and they both can't remember where they met. I also think this is strange. To spend ten years with each other and they don't even remember their first date. I would feel horrible if that was me. If I didn't know they were married in the book I would never quess they were. Maybe it's just because it is the future. Maybe in the future people won't sit back and remember things like we do now.