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.

Journal Entry #8

As I was reading on to page 47, Montag was asking his wife if he had seen the girl across the street. His wife said that she forgot to tell him that the family moved four days ago, but she thinks the girl is dead. I could tell Montag got really upset and got a little agitated that his wife didn't tell him. Its weird that Montag never told his wife that he talked to her. It's also weird that Montag's wife just forgot about their neighbors moving out and the death of Clarisse. It shows how people don't talk about little things in the future. Now someone dying is a big thing in out lives now. Even if we do not know the person personally, We still grieve for the family. If someone dies close to the people we know it goes around because we live in such a little town. Montag is really upset, but his wife doesn't seem stressed about it at all. Her husband is hurting and she doesn't feel his pain. Just like earlier in the book when Montag is telling his wife about the lady who basically committed suicide by setting the fire herself around her and the books. Montag was tore up about that and showed his feelings in the book and to his wife. All she was worried about was money if Montag quit his job. This makes me think about the future and if all this may be true. Maybe in the future the little things won't matter as much to anyone.

Journal Entry #9

On page 65 when Montag was talking to his wife Millie about reading books she didn't seem up to that idea. When he showed her the stack of books he has hidden away she got really pale and started to go crazy. She wanted to burn them but Montag wanted to read them first. She knew it was a very bad crime. Its so strange to me reading about how books are against the law and firemen try to burn all of them. We live in a place today where we probably see over 50 books a day and don't even realize it. We go to school and read, look up things in books and have homework in books. In the future if someone got caught reading they could get sent to the mental hospital. That makes no sense to me because what does reading have to do with being psycho? It's so weird comparing our world with the future world from this book. Millie and Montag are going to read these books together. I think this will bring them closer together because as I am reading they don't seem like the closest couple. Maybe this will make both of them think of the little things.

Journal Entry #10

On page 88, it surprised me that Montag showed his temper a little bit. Before this part in the book he seemed really nice and understanding. That's why it surprised me to read about him yelling at the old man named Faber. The reason why Montag got angry was because Fabor wouldn't help him with the bible. Montag wanted another copy of it because he has to give his copy back to Beatty. Montag tried to convinve Faber to help him by ripping out some of the pages of the bible. Montag even threatened to burn him because he is a fireman and has the right to do that. Faber ended up giving in and told Montag to get cash and to a man Faber knows who prints. As I kept reading this book I realized his temper just got worse and worse. Montag has defiantly changed from the beginning of the book.

Journal Entry #11

On page 117, I can't believe that Millie, Montag's wife called and told on him for keeping those books. I never thought they had that strong of a relationship, even at the beginning. I never thought Millie would do that though. They have been married for ten years and she threw all that out the window for just a little secret. Even though having books was frowned a pun in this time, I would never tell on my husband. I'm not surprised about her friend's calling the alarm on Montag because Montag was a little rude to one of them. He was just standing up for what he believed in and I respect him for that. Montag had to through the flam thrower at his own house that he paid for. He just resonantly bought a new wall that cost him a lot of money. Most of all his marriage is ruined and I feel terrible for him. He is a strong man and I think he will get through it if he doesn't get arrested first.

Journal Entry #12

On page 119, I was so surprised that Montag killed Beatty with the flame thrower. I knew he was thinking about it because Beatty made Montag really mad, but I didn't think he would actually go through with it. Beatty was a really mean man, even if he was doing his job. Beatty didn't have to lead Montag on and just drag on what he already knew. Beatty knew Montag was hiding the books before the alarm even went off. Beatty should have just confronted Montag from the beginning and maybe even gave him a warning since they were friends and worked together. Now Montag is out of a house, wife, job and a friend.

Journal Entry #13

I think Faber is a really good friend to Montag. Faber is there for him when Montag needed help the most. Without Faber I don't think Montag would have got away from the mechanical hound. Faber helped Montag by telling him to go toward the river, filling up the suitcase with dirty clothes and socks to get rid of the scent and sealing the cardbord valise with clear tape. (pg.136) Faber could have got himself in trouble but he was looking out for Montag and helping him from getting arrested or killed. Faber seems like a great friend to have.

Journal Entry #14

One of my favorite parts was when the homeless people were showing Montag the chase on their portable battery TV set, on pages 147 to 150. It's so funny how the people casting the TV show said they caught Montag when it was all just a lie because they had so many viewers. They actually lost his trace. I was happy when this happened because I knew no one was looking for Montag anymore and he was most likely safe now. The homeless people were definitely helpful to Montag because without them he would have been running from the hound for maybe a few more days.

Journal Entry #15

Overall I think this was a very interesting book. It made me think about the future and wondering if any of this will happen one day similar to the book.  I wonder if people will get rid of gardens and front porches. I wonder if there will be robot tellers and mechanical hounds. It's really strange to think about the future and wondering what kind of world we will live in. When Montag got knocked out by all the bombs happening from the war It was cool how be remembered how him and his wife Millie met in Chicago. He finally remembered and he also pictured Millie coming to her death. He still loves her even after what he did to him. I don't think they will ever see each other again, but that's just my guess. I wonder what else will happen on Montag's journey.