Journal #2 Using Animals

One day, Mr. Snake was traveling along in his little world. He was traveling along at python level speeds. He was getting all of the little blocks and his length was growing to cover a huge portion of the map. Soon he took up the whole map. He then moved into a new map. This was a universal map and all of the little creatures of the world were in this universal map. So the snake keeps moving along at python speeds and eating all of the blocks he can to become huge and set the world record for length. Then, a little mongoose came along. Usually Mr. Snake hates mongooses, but today, Mr. Snake was in a good mood. He was cruising along at very high speeds and he was huge. So Mr. Snake decided to be nice and let the mongoose go in front of him. Now Mr. M. Goose was not expecting the snake to let him go in front of the snake. Mr. M. Goose was actually preparing to fight the snake since the two are usually fighters worse than two dragons and knights. So when Mr. Snake let Mr. M Goose travel in front of him, it turned Mr. M. Goose into a very good mood. Mr. M. Goose said to Mr. Snake, "Why thank you Mr. Snake! That was very hospitable of you to let me interrupt your cruising to let me travel in front of you." From there, the two became the best of friends. Every day Mr. Snake the snake and Mr. M. Goose the mongoose defy animals hostility and are two peas in a pod all because of the one hospitable move Mr. Snake the snake made towards Mr. M. Goose. But the story does not end there! From that day on, Mr. M. Goose was hospitable towards other creatures of the endless map. Mr. M. Goose would let Mr. Turtle go in front of him. Then Mr. Turtle let Mrs. Cow go in front of him. It turned into a never ending circle with all of the creatures of the endless map letting the other creatures go in front of them. Soon enough, an animal let Mr. Snake go in front of him and Mr. Snake was repayed for his very kind and hospitable action towards Mr. M. Goose.

Be hospitable and all the creatures of the land will be hospitable towards you!

Journal One The Natives of America and their culture

Well, I do not know all to much about the natives of America. I know they lived in teepees. They also live in reservations and make a lot of money through their casinos. I know a native American who is very rich because of their casinos. In the Twilight Series, the native Americans are seen as transformers between human and wolves. They can turn into wolves when they want to fight the Vampires.

In southern America, well southern from Illinois, tribes would create giant temples nd pyramids to worship their gods. The Mayans also had a percieved trip to hell after they died. They would go through seven levels of torture and then they would reach hell. After this they would be risen to heaven. There were seven levels, I believe, or what I can remember. It was also a very realistic journey. Their soul would arise from their body and they would have to make the trip through a famous cave located near the capitol of their civilization. They would then enter the cave and bein the journey. They would go throuhg seven levels of the cave, like the room of daggers. The room of darkness. The room of flames. The room of sacrifice. I can not remember any of the other rooms, but I am pretty sure there were seven levels of finding hell.

According to the wise Alexander, "The Native Americans were very good at farming, but it seems they were very bad at staying alive." This is an interesting statement and it is 100 percent true. Tere were three brilliant, no not brilliant, amazing societies that just seemed to disappear over night.

They also seemed to have a knack for creating calenders. Their calenders have already ended like seven times. So in a sense they fail at making calenders, but were geniuses at the same time. If only they would have created a strong calender system that lasted forever and cause everyone the confusion of the world ending in 2012.

Symbolism Journal - The Symbolism within the bad grapes

The Grapes of Wrath is full of symbolism. A lot of these symbols can be connected to religion. I will concentrate on these images taken mostly from the Bible for this blog.

The first religious symbol I will talk about is Moses. No, Moses was not in the book, but Rose of Sharon's dead baby symbolizes Moses when he was just a small child. In the Bible, Moses was sent down the Nile. He later went on to free his people from suffering. Rose of Sharon's dead baby is sent down the flooded stream and in a sense has the same burden placed on his shoulders. This is confirmed when Uncle John tells him to go and get them.

The second religious symbol is the one we see at the end of the book when Rose of Sharon is nursing the malnourished man. When she does this, Rose of Sharon becomes a figure of motherly love. Her child, much like Mary, is in control of a higher deed. He is to free his people from suffering. Rose of Sharon made the sacrifice of sacrificing her maternal item to this man that needed it. She becomes a sign of comfort and the end of suffering.

Drum Roll Please and Summary Part two

On with the summary. The sharks take away all of Santiago's weapons. Then Santiago is defenseless against all the sharks and all of these sharks eat all of the meat off of the fish. Santiago rolls up to shore with nothing but the fish's carcass and broken hope. He goes to his apartment/ house and sleeps. He gets woken up by his boyfriend Manolin, and has a nice talk with him. The fishermen measure the carcass and find the fish is eighteen feet long. The end.

Yay! This is my last blog and words can not explain how excited I am to hit that orange Publish Post button below this blog. But I have to have three hundred and twenty five words of this blog for it to count. So I am going to do a review over the books that I have read over the summer!

The first book I read this summer was called Grapes of Wrath and it was written by John Steinbeck. It was really long and boring. The Joads travel to California because their life sucks in Oklahoma and they have many mis adventures along the way there and when they get to California. The second book I read this summer was Fahrenheit 451 and that was written by Ray Bradbury. This was the most predictable book of all time. It was about this married guy Montag who meets a girl he has a crush on then does all this reading, which is illegal. He then gets caught and kills his police chief. He gets chased by a giant mechanical dog but gets away. Montag then finds a group of book lovers and finds out the quote he wants to remember. The final book was The Old Man and the Sea and was written by Ernest Hemingway. It was disappointing and I just told you about that book. Overall the books this summer were pretty terrible and boring to read. I am glad we only had to do two essays, but these blogs have sucked royally and are far worse than a third essay.

But I am done with my summer blogs and can enjoy the final day of my summer with no stress! Yes!

EL FIN

The Old Man and the Sea Summary

I have finished the book, The Old Man and the Sea which was written a while back, almost in ancient times, the year 1951 (at least that is what the copy right date is on the copy right page found in my book) by Ernest Hemingway. I was disappointed in the ending, to say the least, but I did enjoy some of the book. So this is what I got from the book: So there is this old man, who's name is Santiago. Santiago is a cheap old man. He buys nothing in excess and buys only enough to get by on. He likes a little boy named Manolin. Santiago gets made fun of by all of his other fishermen friends because he sucks at catching fish and has not caught a fish in eighty four days. He tells Manolin on one of their dates he wants to go deep into the ocean to end his sucking at fishing and to catch a big fish. Manolin is all like, "I respect you baby, so I am going to give you some live bait." So Santiago starts out in the ocean and goes deep into the middle of nowhere and drops a line. After a little while a fish bites and it carries him away. This fish is strong, and soon enough it has been like two days of trying to catch this fish. Then he sees the fish jump out of the water and it is the biggest one he has ever seen. Then the old man goes crazy and starts talking to the starts and thinking of a man he has a crush on who is a famous baseball player. He brings the fish close to the stern of his boat and kills him with a harpoon. The fish has one last leap of glory and then dies. Santiago ties the fish to the boat and begins to sail back towards land. On his way back the fish bleeds into the water which attracts sharks. Soon there are to many sharks and they gradually take away all of Santiago's weapons.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Five

What the heck? That is it? That is how the book ends? Josh Cornett was right. It was like reading a plot, then more plot, then bam end. It is like there is half of the book missing. I am confused as to why an author would end a book like this. It leaves me with so many questions. These questions will never even be answered either because Ernest Hemingway is dead! This book might have one of the worst endings of all time. Just seriously, what the heck?!?!?! This book is The Old Man and the Sea and it was written by the man whom I said was dead earlier, Ernest Hemingway. I wish I could have at least found out what the other fishermen thought of him. But no, they just measure the fish and probably drop a deuce in their pants. Eighteen feet is quite a large fish though. I remember when I caught my first eighteen foot long fish. Now I am on to bigger and better things. I only catch Moby Dick's, Killer Whales, Shark Whales, Blue Whales, and Great White Sharks. There has to be danger involved otherwise I can not have any fun fishing. It gets to boring out there just sitting on a boat waiting for my fishing pole to move. That is why I usually get a bunch of dead raccoons, opossums, and skunks off of the side of the road and make them bleed into the water to attract all of the sharks. Remember if you are not scared, you do not care! But they, my respect goes out to the little man that could. He caught a decent sized fish and tore his hands into eight thousand pieces. Congratulations, but thanks to Ernest Hemingway, I do not get to find out what happens to you. So many questions! So little answers! Come back to life, Ernest so I can ask you what happens. Please, I will let you come fishing with me.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Four La Parte Dos (for those spanish lovers out there)

This is why this blog goes out to those spanish lovers out there. I just got done reading one of the most sad things of which I have ever read. Poor old Santiago has had this fish that he spent three days trying to catch, literally eaten off of the side of the boat. Then he had to carry the skeleton up the huge hill towards his house. It was probably for the best that none of the other fisherman were on the shore when the old man arrived there. He would have looked rather foolish when he strolled up to the beach with nothing but a skeleton. I also have realized I forgot to say which book I am reading and all of that other stuff. I am reading The Old Man and the Sea. It is becoming to be a pretty good book. This book is written by the great and mighty Ernest Hemingway. I also forgot to say why this goes out to all the spanish lovers. This was the worst part of the book because it was so sad to read, so it sucked. In my opinion, the two years that I took of Spanish were easily the two worst years ever. I hated that class. Back to the book though. Santiago did have what he got coming for him. He tied a dead, bleeding fish to the side of the boat where the blood can drip into the ocean. I think it is a shark can smell a drop of blood from five miles away. Maybe it was not that extreme but it is pretty ridiculous how sharp their noses are. So imagine if they smell a bunch of drops in the ocean. Pretty obvious there is something waiting to be eaten there. I would follow that scent if I was a shark. It was a real shame though that all of the work Santiago had been doing for the past day amounted to nothing. I also feel bad for the fish. It was killed for nothing. It did not feed any starving under-priveledged children, just some scavenger sharks.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Four

It is about time Santiago! You finally captured the fish that you have been trying to catch for the past three days! I am of course talking about The Old Man and the Sea, which was written by Ernest Hemingway. My fun fact of the day is the Old Man and the Sea was copy written in 1952! Some author info is that Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899. Then he died in the great state of Idaho in 1961. But I just got to the part where Santiago finally kills the giant fish. I wonder what the feeling is like when you just got done with a three day bout with the biggest fish you have ever seen. I would probably be feeling a great sense of pride and manhood. Then I would imagine I would sleep for the longest time ever. I hope Santiago takes back the fish to his village and shows them how good of a fisherman he is. I am sure he will have no people laughing at him anymore. He is way more beastly than the guy off of River Monsters. No one can compare to the great Santiago who is now, in my eyes, seen as the fishing god. Seriously, what a beast! I also have the most respect for the fish as well. He had the same fight as Santiago did, only instead of the line burning his hands, it had a hook stuck in its mouth, which I would imagine would hurt way worse. Your mouth is one of the most tender areas in your body, so I am sure that fish's mouth was not feeling the best for three days. The fish also decided to go down in stardom and take one final leap to show off how much of a beast it was. I want to see what this fish looked like. It would be cool if it had rainbow scales like that one magic fish I read about when I was a small child.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Three Part Two

The Old Man is a champion. Or should I say el campeon? He is used to these all night long ordeals. This one with the marlin, and then before that he had an all night bout with the great negro from Cienfuegos. That probably wore him out I would imagine. But I am beginning to gain some respect for this old man. While he was having a duel with this giant fish, he caught another fish, but not a tiny bass, a frickin dolphin. With one hand. This old man is a legend and is not afraid to be a hero. I am to confused as to why Santiago is still trying to catch this giant fish. Sure, he would be crowned basically the fishing god of all time, but he says the people in the village are not worthy of a fish like this. I thought he was not religious? But here he is, all of a sudden he thinks he is Noah and gets to decide who lives and who dies. Santiago needs to concentrate and keep his mind in the game. I like fish. Oh wait, he did not! While he was taking a break from using his arms he did not take a nap or anything. What an idiot. The Great DiMaggio would have taken a break. Even with a bone spur, but this old man is no great baseball player. He is just a lonely old man who thinks the stars and the fish he is trying to catch are his friends. If only he woke up in the morning, got kicked in the nuts, he might then realize that he is lonely and needs to get out and have a life. I also forgot to mention again that I am reading the Old Man and the Sea. This book, which in no way can be real (this guy is too much of a hero), is written by Ernest Hemingway.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Three

I am reading The Old Man and the Sea. It might be one of the most ridiculous books I have read in quite a long time. the old man, Santiago might also be one of the kindest, stupidest people I have ever read about. Ernest Hemingway is the man who created all of this by the way. Thought you should know that. It could also be considered a copyright infringement if I do not give the author some credit. So there is his credit, and I also give him credit to making a terrible story line and making Santiago a homosexual and weird. Being gay is not a choice, and Santiago is a perfect example of that. One thing I do like about this book is Santiago's personality. He is such a nice guy. No straight man could ever be that nice. He lets the bird sit in his boat to rest. He thought about feeding the fish which he is trying to catch. No way is he straight. I still dislike the narrow story line. We have met like two characters. Then we met a fish. Now there is a bird. Yipee! what a story. Now try to capture the fish. Darn I could not get it so I am moving into my second day of fighting this giant fish that i somehow am still managing to hold on to even though it is bigger than the boat that I am traveling on and am alone. Ernest Hemingway, you sir, are making an unrealistic book at the moment. Either that, or he should have his own show like the guy from River Monsters. Now that man is a beast at catching fish. He once caught a four hundred and fifty pound stingray. I do not even know how you can catch a stingray! Yet, here this man is doing the unbelievably day after day. Catching giant fish. This is something my boy Faber from Fahrenheit 451 would do.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Two Pt. Two

So I am reading The Old Man and the Sea. The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway. I have figured out so far that the old man is this man named Santiago who is quite old. Then the sea is the sea. At least I am pretty sure. I am not too sure, the sea could represent something like Santiago's sexuality or something like that, but more than likely it is the actual sea. I am through the first two days of the book. Santiago has hooked a beast marlin who never gets tired and pulls he old man's boat basically for a day. He was a tank. As they are getting pulled Santiago sees a pair of porpoises and it reminds him of another time when he mercilessly killed a female dolphin as its male mate was watching this all happen. I can not believe Santiago and his heart. Just who does that? I find it really hard to do blogs for this book because it is just so simple that there is not much to write about. In Fahrenheit 451 I could actually complain about stuff. But The Old Man and the Sea is so boring. There is only two characters and a fish. The fish does not even play a part except for pulling Santiago away from shore and all of the the fishing boats. If I was Santiago I would be beginning to get a little bit scared. I can not even see the shore anymore. They say on a clear day your eye can see four miles on flat land. So I would imagine there are mountains where Santiago is because he is Mexican. Those you can see from like fifteen miles out. So he has quite a long rowing back to shore ahead of him. Imagine how jacked his arms would be though after he got done rowing to shore. He would be super ultra ripped.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day Two

I am reading this pretty boring book. This is not way to end my summer reading. I was hoping my last book would be exciting, but no, all of the books that I have read this summer have sucked. But no, why would Ernest Hemingway want to ruin such a good streak that John Steinbeck and Ray Bradbury had already started? The Old Man and the Sea is very boring. I am to the part of which I believe is about halfway through the second day of Santiago's adventure. He just caught the ten pound tuna fish. To me, that is a pretty big fish. I do not know how he plans to catch a fish so big that it will eat the ten pound tune. That will be one mighty big fish, and I do not think Santiago, an old man, will be able to reel in the fish by himself. If he can, then he will have my respect. I still think Santiago is gay. Before he left he creepily went to Manolin's house early in the morning and they have a nice walk with Santiago's gear. Who knows what Ernest Hemingway actually meant by Santiago's gear. It could be a multitude of things. Maybe it is a fishing pole, a bait box, food, or beer. Maybe it is something crazy that none of us have ever heard of before. Or you could use your imagination and think of something else. I would also like to comment on Santiago's expert rowing abilities. He must have been on Harvard's rowing team or something, because not too many people can make their fishing lines not drift with the current. What a beast. And Santiago is such a lonely man, I mean he thinks the flying fish are his friends and he talks to himself. He is comparable to the crazy cat lady form the Simpsons cartoon show. I feel very bad for him. Especially since he does not have too much life left, and his wife is gone.

The Old Man and the Sea - Day One

So I have started my third and final book of the summer. A little late, yes, but that does not matter because this book is very short and I will have probably a grand total of two hours spent reading this book. So a very short time indeed. This book that I have just started is called The Old Man and the Sea. It is written by the great author, Ernest Hemingway. I have already established who the old man is, and the old man is Santiago. Impressive right? But I have finished with Santiago's first day. I have also read about Santiago's past luck. It is either he is not irish, or he just plain old sucks at catching fish, but how can you go eighty four days without catching a fish? I could go to the pond next door and catch a fish within an hour. I also have established Santiago's sexuality. He has to be gay. When I read this book it feels like he has a weird "crush" on his younger fisherman/ helper boy, Manolin. It is creepy. I do feel bad, however, for Santiago because he is basically the loser of all of the fishermen. Everyone makes fun of him because he sucks at fishing. At least he has one friend, who also appears to be gay. Manolin was all up in Santiago's grill telling Santiago there is nobody like him. It is kind of gross. They both like baseball, though so that is pretty cool. I actually know what they are talking about when they say the "great DiMaggio." He was really good at baseball. The dream that Santiago has is a very interesting one. I wish I always dreamed his re-occuring dream of little lions playing on a beach, but instead I get these really weird dreams. I also wish I got to go to Africa like he did when he was younger. You know, maybe I would meet some of my family while I am there.

Fahrenheit 451- The Book is finally burned in my mind

It is about darn time! This is more than likely going to be my last blog over Fahrenheit 451. I would do some summary blogs just to take up space. But those are stupid and I hated this book way too much to do any more blogs on it. I just want to do a review of the book and be done with it. I have done far too many blogs as it is for this book. Ray Bradbury sucks. This book sucked. I hated it. I wanted to shoot myself in the face as I was reading it. It was so unbearable that I once threw up because of the books terribleness. It was absolutely mind boggling how somebody can write a book this bad. This book was so bad it makes a research paper look fun. Okay that is enough. I would probably read this book before I would write a research paper. The rest of the statements are true though. I just really disliked this book. Mildred really sucked. Montag also sucked. So did everyone else besides Clarisse and my boy, Faber. Fahrenheit 451 was completely unreal. People are never going to drive so fast you can not see the country side. People have to see the beautifulness of the country side. It is what makes people people. Machines are things that would do that. People are not machines unless they are like Darth Vader. Now he was a machine that just so happened to have some person inside of him. Overall, I thought this book sucked. I hope I never have to look, speak, dream, or think of it ever again after this summer. It makes me gag. These blogs did not help my enjoyment of the book either. Ray Bradbury, in my mind, did a horrible job of making this book interesting. He should probably never write another book again. I am pretty sure he is not with us any more, which might be for the better. Fahrenheit 451 sucked royally.

Fahrenheit 451 - I want to have my children

I am so good at telling the future. Everything that I had previously predicted has become true. Why am I so talented at being psychic? This book that I predicted the events to is Fahrenheit 451. The captain of al of the obvious who wrote it was Ray Bradbury. I give him some credit for possibly writing one of the most predictable books I have ever read. I have not finished the whole book yet, but Montag has just found the book lovers with whom he belongs. I knew it would happen. Now if only him and Faber became a couple it would be like the ultimate book. Montag is so in love with my boy, Faber, that he had to stop for one last goodbye. Then they plan to meet in St. Louis in the future. I am guessing it will probably be at a cheap motel. They seem to be the kinky kind of people that would do that. What tools. I am kind of confused to why Montag did stop to help Faber. I do not think Faber actually ever did anything to help Montag. He was just kind of there to be an annoying voice in Montag's ear. He is still my boy. But he did not accomplish anything in this book. I almost wonder why he was even added into this story. Maybe Ray Bradbury just wanted to add another character in the book. Or he just wanted to try to throw my predictions off. But, he could never accomplish that. It is just a shame. It is hard to fool my psychic abilities and Ray gave it a shot but had no luck with it. Now, I must wait until the happily ever after ending happens. Then I will probably be knighted by the Queen of England herself. I will have one more blog in this book's series before the summaries come rolling up. I am glad to be close to the end of this book and my summer blogs. They have royally sucked.

Fahrenheit 451 - Zander is a tool

So I am reading this book. This book is like a book on steroids. It is full of action, adventure, fire, books, and hot chicks. What more could you want in a book? Nothing. It is just too bad that Ray Bradbury decided to write the worst book of all time when he decided to write Fahrenheit 451. I do not like this book at all. I wish I could be Beattie at this time and burn books myself. These books would only be Fahrenheit 451. It sucks. I am so bored about writing all ofthese blogs about this terrible book. I am also tired of reading this book. Thank god I am almost done with it. Iam in the third and final part. So close, but I will try not to die of boredom in the next fifty pages. So Montag has decided it would be a good idea to run away from this giant mechanical hound. I would probably do the same thing if I were in his position. It is best for his health. Yet, it makes this book feel so empty. I jsut want for once for something crazy to happen. Like the hound should catch Montag and tear him inot eight million pieces. Then I would consider this book interesting. But no, you know exactly what is going to happen in this book. Montag will survive and book lovers everywhere will rejoice because there is still a copy of the Bible left. Seriously, there should be some exciting things happening in this blog. Maybe my good friend Alexander Olivero will be in the book. Then I would love to read this book. Alexander is so interesting it makes me want to smile. This techno music is also very enthusiastic when typing blogs. Montag is a stupid idiot and I hope he ends up burning in all of the fires he has created over the years. Then him and Mildred can live together forever in the worst world ever. I hate both of those characters. Faber is still my boy. Clarisse is really hot. The rest of the characters suck.

Fahrenheit 451 - Burning Bright in the night

That is more like it Montag. Way to burn down the man who is evil. I knew I had a bad feeling about Beattie. He just seemed a little bit too sketchy for my well being. I am of course talking about the book Fahrenheit 451. And it is written by a four year old who was on crack. This author is Ray Bradbury. This book was still very predictable. Am I a psychic or what? so far, my predictions have been true about this book. It is almost as if I have read this book before. Why am I so talented? I just got to the part where Montag just put on his seashell and fund out he is on Malibou's most wanted. He will still get away, but first he will have to go to my boy, Faber's house and say goodbye. I am glad however Montag actually did do what I thought he was going to do. He was being a real woman up until this point. Now, he may have his man card back. By finally sticking up for himself and cooking the most evil person there is, Beattie, to a black crisp Montag deserves Metallica's Hero of the Day award. Congratulations Montag, now to redeem your prize you must run through the city to the river and find the book people in the forest. They have your trophy. So run Montag! Run! But before Montag was burned into a crisp, I was wondering why Beattie knew so many literary works. It seems like every time we have a part in Fahrenheit 451 with Beattie, he is quoting some literary works. Then Julius Caesar? Beattie must have had an A in his english class if they had that class when Beattie was young. Now if only books were not illegal. Beattie would probably be a super villain. His name would more than likely be Literary Man - the man with all of the knowledge of literary works of art.

Fahrenheit 451 - Montag's House - Going down

Wow, there is a big surprise. Not. This was very easy to see coming. I knew Montag was going to get caught. Ray Bradbury has the ability of a four year old monkey on crack to write books. At least in this certain case this stands true. This crack book is called Fahrenheit 451, and it is indeed written by the "genius" they say called Ray Bradbury. I applaud my good friend Ray for trying to write a decent book and make a decent living. In my mind, however, he failed. This book is way too easy to predict what will happen next. It should be called something like Predictable and instead of by Ray Bradbury have it written by Captain Obvious. In the story that is there, I just got to the end of the second part of the book. Once again, I am disappointed in the name of the part. The Sieve and the Sand? Come on Ray! This has nothing to do with anything unless the sand was counting down Montag's life. I do not approve of Ray Bradbury's titling skills. He basically sucks at naming things. I bet he did not come up with the title of the book himself, because that is actually a cool title. Montag just "surprisingly" got caught, if you can say that, by Beattie. Yes, it is true that Montag finally turned in his books, but they still are going to burn down Montag's homestead. You had to have seen it coming. It was just far to easy to see it coming! What else would the book be about? Montag living happily ever after with his lovely wife Mildred. No way Jose! Now Montag will probably turn on the firemen and kill them then run away into the wilderness. Then the mechanical hound will probably chase him and catch a person that is not Montag; only because they could not find Montag fast enough for entertainment. Then Montag will more than likely meet some book lovers and live happily with them.

Fahrenheit 451 - Montag is a meanie face 2

So my last blog kind of turned into a rant about how much Fahrenheit 451 sucks. I knew one of my blogs was going to turn into that. The last one just so happened to be that blog so I am glad that is over. As I mentioned before, I am reading Fahrenheit 451 and it is written in a terrible style that is Ray Bradbury's. I am pretty sure I could have read this book in like second grade and understood it. This might be the most simple book I have read for a class since I read a Hardy Boys book for an essay in seventh grade. What a joke. But that is neither here nor there. To the story. Montag read Mrs. butt hole (Bowles) and Mrs. want to be (Phelps) the poem, "Dover Beach." Then Mrs. want to be decides it would be necessary to start crying. I do not get how people can cry when they hear something. Sure, you can cry with a movie cause there is an actual image in front of you. But Mrs. want to be has a valid excuse I think. I mean her husband is in the war. But my dad is in the location of the war with military people and you do not see me crying when ever I hear one of Jacob Bradshaw's pieces of poetry do you? No. They are beautiful, but I do not turn into a sprinkler when I hear them. Then finally Montag is showing some manhood by yelling at Mrs. Bowles. But he heart her feelings in that same process so his man card gets taken away from him. Real men do not hurt women's feelings. Mildred is starting to step up though. She is showing some initiative and starting to try to save her husbands butt. she is burning all of his books, which is good for his safety, but bad for my boy, Faber. Way to go Mildred. High Five!

Fahrenheit 451 - Montag is an meanie face

How dare Montag hurt Mrs. Bowles. She is a nice lady! But he just tramples all over her feelings like they are nothing to him. He had better feel bad for hurting her feelings and making fun of the life she does not have! The book i am referring to of course is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 is a different kind of book. It is all futuristicy and dumb. I am not a fan of it on facebook. I do like Faber though. But the rest of the characters Ray Bradbury has created for this book I do not like. Let us see here. There is Montag who is a Mommy's boy. He can not get over the fact that he has a terrible life and his one love, Clarisse is dead. Mildred, who is a dumb person. She can not even count to one when she takes pills. My cousin who is two can count to one. Heck, a monkey can. Then there is Beattie. I respect him, but he has evil in him. I just have not found this true evil of his yet so I still respect him. Then there is Mrs. Bowles who just so happens to have one of the worst last names ever invented. Mrs. Phelps is just trying to copy the greatest Olympian of all time. I forgot about Clarisse. She is cool and sounds hot. The Mechanical Hound is a jerk and makes the little Mommy's boy cry so I do not like him. The setting is this book is stupid. I just do not like this book what so ever. I could go on and on about all of the things in the book I do not like. It is like a smelly sock that never quits smelling. Maybe if Montag quits being a little female dog, Faber becomes the main character, and Clarisse comes back to life I will like this book. But other than that, there is not much hope for me to like this book.

Fahrenheit 451 - Mildred doing something good for once?

I have on an epic adventure through some trees. These trees just so happened to be turned into paper and then proceeded to have words written all over the whiteness they had become to be. Then if you put epic to mean boring, unexciting, stupid, and predictable, you have the book that I am reading right now. This book was written by Ray Bradbury. And boy is it boring. With an emphasis! This book is called Fahrenheit 451. It's about this weird futuristic society that Ray Bradbury envisioned. He had to have been on something when he write this book because it is off in a lot of places. Like burning books. Sure it is fun, but who is honestly going to want to burn books because the Bible and Dante's Inferno contradict each other? No one unless you are a crazy person with a problem. Insane in the brain as Cypress Hill would put it. But I just got done with the part where Mildred tells her friends that Montag is allowed to show them a book to show them how stupid books really are. This plan could actually end up saving Montag. He was dumb enough to show them the book in the first place. So in my opinion he should get caught. I would have no sympathy for him at all. I am beginning to dislike Montag quite a bit. He is just so stupid. He is begging to get caught by Beattie. My boy Faber is just trying to help him with a good cause. But Montag is ruining that by showing these two girls, just as stupid as Mildred, a book. Those ladies are going to turn Montag in. It is too obvious. He is screwed. I just hope he will run away into the wilderness and escape and find some people who are also hiding books. But that could never happen. Or could it? No way is that possible. Unless I am a psychic.

Fahrenheit 451 - Two Way What?

So this title is not inappropriate at all. So I am reading Fahrenheit 451, as you all know. Which I am sure you all know it is by Ray Bradbury. But I just got done where Montag got the two way microphone from my boy Faber. But when I was reading this part in the book I missed the word microphone and just read it as a two way. So I was thinking this was a little different from Ray Bradbury's style. But of course, this book was very boring still and was not fun to read. What a waste of getting my hopes up for something different in this book. I do like Montag's idea however of planting books into firemen's house. I think the firemen suck so they should get them placed into their houses and burned. It could ultimately lead to the burning of lots of things, potentially. But, it could also mean firemen would become extinct in their ways of burning houses. Hopefully Mildred and her "family" die when the war comes. They both deserve it for what they have done to Montag. Once again, Montag decides to be an idiot. He does this by bullying my boy, Faber, into helping him out. How selfish of Montag. I can not believe he would rip up one of the last holy books, The Bible, in the world. He has an appointment i hell for doing that. He also was a firemen and was an arsonist for his living so that could contribute to the appointment in hell. Then Montag receives the two way and is going to try to be a hero and steal a book. Beattie is going to catch the two. You know it is going to happen. This book is way to predictable. Hopefully something crazy happens like Beattie punches Montag in the face and tortures him like in Casino Royale. That torture scene was terrible. Or maybe when Montag goes there HE punches Beattie in the face. Even though Beattie is a respectful person in my eyes.

Fahrenheit 451 - Faber is my boy.

I just got done with Faber explaining to Montag why television sucks. What a beast. Not to many people in this book's day and age dislike television. I mean I do not know this for a fact, but I think most people like television. True, they are impossible to watch here, but the people are surrounded by action. I think it would be cool to watch television on a screen like the one Montag owns. I am reading Fahrenheit 451 which just so happens to be written by Ray Bradbury. Faber is still very weird to me, but he is now in the league of Blue in being mine and Will Ferrell's boy. He has a really cool concept of how books were boring for people to read because people have to take time to think about them. Then there was something about flowers growing on flowers and not on dirt. I did not really read into it, it was just pretty cool to read and think about. These blogs are starting to exhaust me into writing about nothing. There is nothing for me to write about anymore because I am so bored of writing three hundred and twenty five words then making sure I have that many. It is annoying and it is like Mildred, it sucks. This is not like Mr. Barrett's class where I could write the same thing over and over again and write a full page. I have to actually be talking about something which is hard to do after you have done it thirty two frickin time. I was thinking this was going to be so easy. All I had to do was a blog a day and I would have been done with this assignment a month ago. But no, I procrastinate again and again and I do not do what I say I am going to do. It is getting hard to read this book still as well. It is very predictable.

Fahrenheit 451 - Toothpaste.

Denham's Dentrifice toothpaste. Turn to it for all of your dental needs. I am sure that is exactly what Montag was thinking as he went crazy after hearing that jingle. I am reading Fahrenheit 451 which is written by Ray Bradbury. I just got to the part where Montag got off of the train when he was acting like an idiot. He is in my doghouse, and as Mr. Greer would say, "you are just being lazy." He almost exposed himself to all of the train car. I take that back, he did expose himself to the whole train car. After Denham's Dentrifice's jingle went over the radio he for some reason decided it was a good idea to go crazy and show everyone the book he had. He was probably thinking, "I want to get arrested because my wife, Mildred, is a stupid female dog, and she makes me feel like crap one hundred percent of the time. Somebody put me out of my misery." That had to be what he was thinking, otherwise he would not have shown everybody one of the twenty books he has stolen. I would like to give Montag the Tuesday bamf award however for stealing that many books then showing a bunch of people he had books. What a bamf. He also stood up to his wife and showed her who is the boss. He asked her, like a bamf, if her "family" (the show she always watches on the impossible to watch television) is real. She knows she was beat so she just shut up and looks down with the face of defeat. I read that part about three times because it was just so awesome of Montag. This book is beginning to get interesting again. Maybe he will get chased by the firemen himself now because he flashed the books to some people. But then again, he does have permission to have those books. I guess I will have to read more in depth.

Fahrenheit 451 - Faber Fable?

So I just started the second part of Fahrenheit 451. This second part is called, "the Sieve and the Sand." I wonder if this title has anything to do with the book. at all. The first part did not mean anything to me, or relate to the book (that I know of). Hopefully it can relate because stuff like that really bothers me. But the Sieve and the Sand within Fahrenheit 451 is written by Ray Bradbury. This book so far has been quite interesting, but I just am weirded out by how weird this book is. The society is all wiggity wiggity wack and nothing is normal. It is just the strangest book. I just got done with meeting Faber. well, to where Montag calls Faber for the first time. Faber seems like a strange man. He kind of reminds me of Mr. Spinner in a way just because he is just so out there for this book. He would be a normal person in today's society, but for this book's day and age he is weird. I really hope there are still more Bibles and Shakespeare plays left out there in Montag's world. If there were not, then it would be depressing. The Bible and Shakespeare are two of the most famous literature/ writers of all time. It would just be comfortable for me if I was Montag to know there are still some normal things out there in the world. I can not get over Mildred and how much of a charmer she is. She always treats Montag so nicely and she always talks to him. It is a good thing she puts Montag first, because that is what a wife is supposed to do. Oh wait, that is all not true and Mildred is a black hole. She just sucks. A lot. Hopefully she gets killed before too long. Montag is too good of a guy to have Mildred as his wife. You suck Mildred.

Fahrenheit 451 - Montag is an idiot

Wow. Just wow. Montag is an idiot. I just got done with part one of Fahrenheit 451 called "The Hearth and the Salamander." This book just so happens to be written by Ray Bradbury. I am confused with why part one is named "The Hearth and the Salamander." I mean I can kind of understand hearth because it kind of relates to fire, or a fireplace. Whatever, it is close to being related. But a salamander? What does a small amphibian have to do with what Montag is dealing with in this book? Maybe I missed something during the first part, or forgot about it. Maybe Fahrenheit 451 does have something to do with a salamander. Maybe it is the name of a car or something since all the cars are named very weirdly. Everything about this book is weird. But I have just discovered something very strange: Montag has twenty or so books stashed away. What the heck Montag? I thought we were friends. I mean I would have stuck up for you if you had just stolen that one book, but I can not back you up when you have like twenty books stashed away. That is like having a nuclear bomb in your ventilator. Why are they there? And why have you not told me about these other books before? Whatever, that is not important. All I know is that you are in very deep doo doo now. Beattie is going to come and get you. I wonder who was at the door when someone knocked. I bet it was Clarisse's soul. That would be intense! Can you imagine? No surprise here, but Mildred is still a charmer. She will not stick up for her husband and discover what these books are about. Beattie even told them that they had forty eight hours to look at the books and them turn them in. She is so dumb. Why did you give her breath Ray Bradbury? Why?

Fahrenheit 451 - Mildred is still a beach

I am reading this intense book. It is so intense that is four hundred and fifty one degrees fahrenheit. Coincidently, this book is called Fahrenheit 451. Crazy! This book is also written by an intense author who is known as Ray Bradbury in the world. I have just reached the part when Beattie is talking to Montag and his wife about the firemen and Mildred, being the awesome person she is, just about exposes Montag to stealing a book. INTENSITY!!!!!!! If she would have exposed Montag to Beattie I would have been furious! If I was Montag I would have been booking it right out of the house when she grabbed the book. Poof! Gone. I do not know why Mildred is so stupid. She is almost as stupid as Patrick the star, or Brick Ferguson who has an IQ of thirty eight. I mean who randomly, in the middle of a conversation starts to clean and tidy up their house. A crazy person. I can not read four lines of this book without thinking about how big of a mess up Mildred was. Her parents must have been very upset the day she was born. I know I would have been if I had had a girl like Mildred. Before this book I actually liked the name Mildred too. But not anymore!! As I continue to read this book I wonder if Mildred will get any better at not being a worthless person. I hope so because Montag deserves someone better. Especially since his love, Clarisse, died. I miss her and her crazy ways. If only she would not have been frolicking and gotten hit by that car. I also am wondering if that evil police dog will attack Montag in the future. I hope so because that would be intense like the rest of this book. Ms. McGovern would be very happy with the intensity used here in Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury is a worthy adversary.

Fahrenheit 451 - Beattie is an understandable man and I have nothing but the upmost respect for him. What a guy.

Beattie is a very understandable guy. I have nothing but the upmost respect for him. What a guy! I just got done reading the part where Beattie just had a discussion with Montag about the stage that Montag is in. I knew Montag would not have been the only person, or fireman I should say that had the urge to find out what all the fuss is about. I would have been in the same position as Montag is in now. It is just a shame Montag has an evil wife. I have a hunch that she is going to be the one to turn Montag in. You know it is going to happen. Why else would this book be written? You can not just write about this guy who steals a book when they are illegal and then have the novel be about this guy that stole the book. Then he lives happily ever after. That could potentially be the worst book of all time next to Wuthering Heights. What a bad book. But I do like Beattie a lot. He has this evil vibe to him that kind of makes me interested when I read about him. He is understanding of what Montag has going on with his inner self. He is on a self finding quest in which only he can find himself and his true meaning in life. It was cool to read about why the firemen started to burn books. It is kind of true the way all the books' meanings clash together about anything and everything. There is no way we will end up burning books, but it is almost true. Ray Bradbury is a half psychic. So at the beginning of this blog I forgot to mention that I am reading the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. So there, I am reading that book by that person. I also was thinking that before I wrote this blog I should give my blog a new look since I am now over halfway done with my blog. But then as I continued to think about it I realized that would involve WAY too much work so I never did it. Same old blog. New attitude.

Fahrenheit 451 - Mildred is a Beach

Boy, what a charmer. Ray Bradbury has really made the protagonist's wife, mildred, a charmer. This book is by Ray Bradbury. This book just so happens to be one of the most controversial book of ALL TIME. Not really, but it is very weird. This book is Fahrenheit 451. I do not know what Ray Bradbury was smoking when he wrote this book, but it was something strong because this book is wacky. Pee Wee Reese would have been freaked out by this book. I just got to the part where Montag and Mildred had the huge conversation about when something bothers them. But wow, Mildred was not going to have any part of that. Montag's own wife will not even talk to her husband about something like that. If I was Donald Trump she would have been fired with the snap of my fingers. Mildred has been stupid this whole book. She does not deserve Montag at all. I mean here is Montag, this honest, hard working guy who just wants to figure out the truth. Mildred then proceeds to shut him down like a computer. Mildred reminds me of someone I once knew, but then died because of her stupidity. Well, I did not know this person, but I saw this movie about her. She was mean, then because of her mean-ness she was killed by Jigsaw, the serial killer who does not actually kill people but plays a game with their minds. He is quite a genius. Not because he kills but because technically he should not be able to get caught for killing these people. He just gives them a love tap into being killed. Mildred needs to die. Soon. She is a no good for anything type of person like someone on a reality show. One more thing, I am halfway done with my blogs! Woo! I am awesome and in this last week will destroy this blog project until there is no more blogs left in me or my number assignment. Fifty is mine.

Fahrenheit 451 - Clarisse is Dead? :(

I am reading a very weird, scandalous, and sometimes questionable novel written by Ray Bradbury. It is called Fahrenheit 451, and it is about this guy named Guy. Guy is a cool guy, but has gotten himself into some trouble. You see, in this society books and reading are illegal, and Guy has stolen some fairy tales and has read them. So scandalous! I have just got to the part where Guy is told by his wife, Mildred, that this girl he has been "seeing" for the past couple of weeks is dead. She was hit by a car, or so he is told, and is no longer with the living. It really was a shame for Guy, because I think he was going to leave Mildred for Clarisse. That would have been a great twist. It would have been like in the move Hot Tub Time Machine when Lou does not go back to the present day and instead stays in the eighties. It would have been in that league of surprising twists. I do think Guy deserved that though because Mildred sucks. I mean come on! How can you forget whether or not you already took sleeping pills? She is really stupid and has a separate "Family." This "Family" is a television show on her three wall television (which I still do not get how you can watch three different screens at one time. It is just mind boggling). I bet Guy feels shamed because Mildred likes this impossible to watch television show more than him. At least death is not doing them apart. It is just something that is impossible to watch. The television is something I think about at night and question myself over and over thinking, "what the heck?" It is a shame though that Mildred has to be a druggie and the girl, who I feel Guy actually loved, is dead. Ray Bradbury, how can you make Guy suffer so much?

Fahrenheit 451 - Awkward Firemen

I am reading Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury. This book is very weird to me. It brings up many questions in my mind. Such as, "why is this book so weird?" or " why is this book still this weird?" and "why can I not keep my blogs serious?" This third question is starting to puzzle me quite a bit. No matter how hard I try I can not keep my blogs serious the whole way through. I was reading through some of the other students' blogs and I think I need Katie McGraw to do some of them for me. I mean she is already finished with them. I am not even halfway. But in the book, I just got done with the part where the firemen douse the old house with kerosene and the lady strikes a match on herself. She then gets burned along with her house. But the important thing that happens in this part is not that Montag steals a book (controversy), but the awkward ride home the firemen have on the ride home. Just kidding. But think about that ride home from the house. You just watched this crazy old lady light herself and her house on fire. I would be pretty freaked out. I would not be able to sleep for like a week. Then when I finally did fall asleep I would have nightmares for quite awhile. I might even have to go to a therapist. My mind would be pretty screwed up after that. But finally. Montag finally grew a pair and stole a book. Now we do not need the most interesting man in the world anymore because this book just got interesting without him. I mean, I did see it coming, but at least it did happen. Maybe now he will get slaughtered by Freddy Krueger for stealing a book. Maybe the book was called A Nightmare on Elm Street. How crazy would that be? It is completely impossible because Freddy Krueger was not even thought about at this age, but it would be pretty sweet you have to admit.

Fahrenheit 451 - Fairy Tales

Towards the end of the summer, I am still doing blogs on Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury. I finished this book like a whole month ago. I wish I would have never procrastinated like I always do! I always say I will do this and I will do that, but it never happens in the summer. Curse my teenage ways! But I am now discussing when Montag wonders aloud what happened to the man that was sent to the crazy box the week before after they burned his house and library down. While he was wondering aloud he nearly exposed himself to reading those handful of lines in the Fairy Tale book. That would have been very bad indeed. I wonder what would happen if he just came out of his little turtle shell, grew a pair, and told Beattie or however it is spelled that he read those lines of the book. Hopefully he gets slaughtered or something because this book is starting to get a little bit boring. Not as boring as Grapes of Wrath of course, but still boring compared to books like Ender's Shadow, or The Hobbit. If he got murdered it would be sweet, then we could have a mystery on our hands, and mysteries are the best books. I would probably make Freddy Krueger murder him just to make things more interesting. Or we could put the most interesting man in the world from those Vodka commercials and Fahrenheit 451 would be automatically be the most interesting book in the world. Also I would like to question Montag personally. What is up with Clarisse? I mean you have a wife, so why are you being creepy and hitting on this seventeen year old who is something like ten years younger than you. Sure she is cool, but it is just plain weird. You are kind of being like the coach/P.E. teacher in the movie Mean Girls. This book is interesting yes, Ray Bradbury, but it is kind of creepy good sir.

Fahrenheit 451 - The Beast in the station.

I am reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. So far I have reached the part in the book where we go to the fire station for the first time. For some reason there is this giant machine dog there that apparently does not like Montag and it growls and threatens him. I mean come on! IF you are going to have a dog at a fire station it has to be a Dalmation. Secondly, you can not have this dog in the station that is running about all willy nilly that can potentially harm a fragile life like Montag's. This dog is not supposed to have feelings! It is a robot! It was very mean of the other firemen to make fun of Montag because he is afraid of the mechanical beast that can kill him (it probably causes cancer too). I respect Beattie because he was the only man in the whole fire department that was respectful towards Montag. He told Montag very calmly he would get the hound checked out. What a guy! Not only is he a fireman, but he is a nice guy too!

This whole fireman thing is still throwing me way off. It is kind of weird to think of firemen as being evil. I mean, I remember when I was littler and looking up to the firemen as heroes who saved lives and never did anything wrong. So I wonder what the little kids in the future think of the firemen. Maybe they still think that because it is the law, but the firemen still destroy houses! Evil!

This book is good, but it is kind of sketchy. Some of the stuff in this book is way off, and others are not. This book is pretty entertaining and I enjoy reading it. Fahrenhiet 451 is definitely better than The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck! These blogs are starting to get hard to do though. Procrastination strikes again! Matt. Out!

Fahrenheit 451 - Mildred's Hangover

I am reading Fahrenheit 451, as you all know, and this wonderful book is written by the man himself, Ray Bradbury. I have decided to once again reunite with Montag and become friends again after his last slip up where he became a little creepy on Clarisse. I know, I know, it did not take long for me to forgive Montag of his wrong ways, but I have, and I will cut the crap and say, Montag and I are all good now. Anyway, I went to his house again today and I met Mildred when she was not all dosed up on sleeping pills. Boy, what a charmer. I am very glad she has no life and all she does is watch a three walled television. I do not even know how you can watch three different walls at once. Maybe the room is like super long or something and she is sitting at one end.... No it is impossible. But as she somehow manages to do that, she can not remember anything about herself trying to kill herself. All she wants to do is explain the plot line to the show that she is impossibly watching.

Montag and I got sick of Mildred (it happens a lot) so we left the home and went for a walk in the rain. As we were on our walk we saw Clarisse running around catching rain drops with her mouth. The she found a dandelion on the grass and she told us that if you rub the dandelion under your chin and the pollen comes off then you are in love. If the pollen does not come off then you are not in love. So Clarisse rubbed then dandelion underneath of Montag's chin and the pollen did not come off! There is something you do not want Mildred to hear!

It is kind of bizarre everything that is happening in this book, and I feel it is a bit unrealistic.

Fahrenheit 451 - Montag's wife - Dead? or alive?

I am reading the book Fahrenheit 451. This book was written by a very thoughtful man, who just so happens to be very famous, this man is Ray Bradbury. As Fahrenheit 451 unveils itself into the corners of my mind, I am beginning to crawl inside of Ray Bradbury's mind and take a close look at what he was thinking as he was writing this book. This is what he was thinking, "let us almost copy George Orwell's 1984 and make it an alter society. In this society instead of big brother, there will be firemen who will burn instead of de-flame. I am mad! But the book must go on! Now he will meet a girl like the lady in 1984! Montag will be in love with her! AHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!" Atleast that is what Ray told me what was going through his mind when he wrote this. Well, for how far I am into the book he was thinking this.

So far I have been introduced to Montag, Clarisse, and now, Montag's wife, Mildred. Mildred was a little depressed when I met her, so I am afraid I did not get a hold of her full personality. It is a shame, but Mildred just decided it would be appropriate to take too many sleeping pills and get people from the hospital sent to the house right when I meet her. How rude! Montag planned a great night for the three of us. Then she ruined it! I can already tell this Mildred is going to be a pain in the behind. This "snake" that sucks out the pills of Mildred's tummy is a sketchy character. I mean he is helping her, but it just seems weird to me. Then Montag goes all creeper on me and listens in on Clarisse's family's conversations through their window. Just who does that? I just left after this because of this disappointment. Maybe Montag and I will set up another time to hang out, but I am to disgusted with him at the moment.

Fahrenheit 451 - Just met Clarisse

Alright so I am reading Fahrenheit 451 by the genius author who is Ray Bradbury. So far in the short amount of this book that I have read, I am quite intrigued by this book. It is very different from a lot of other books, and that makes me be more interested. So far this book is definitely better than The Grapes if Wrath by John Steinbeck.

Anyway, back to Fahrenheit 451. So Montag just got done with his meeting of Clarisse. I think Montag is attracted to Clarisse even though he is married. To me he just seems nervous around her. She tells him all this stuff about her and her family that Montag has never done before and it kind of just arouses him in my mind. Montag was just like, "is this girl for real?" and she is. Clarisse asks Montag all of these questions about being a fireman and what he does and on and on and on. Montag answers all of these questions. She makes Montag think, which Montag has not done in a while; to me it seems lke it is a good thing for Montag. He is shocked that this curious seventeen year old girl is asking him all these personal quesitons. He is also shocked that she reads, her family talks, and they drive slow. Atleast if I know Montag well (and I do, we go way back), then this is exactly what he is thinking to the exact. It is kind of crazy, I know, but it really is true. We are buds.

I kind of wonder what it would be like to live in this world that Ray Bradbury has created for Montag and Clarisse. I mean I guess I do not read that much besides only for this class and for history, but I can not imagine people like Nikki Stienwart not reading. I am pretty sure she would go crazy, just like seventy five percent of this country. Atleast I am guessing that is how many people read. It would be madness, the nerds would have nothing to do. The Jodi Picoults of the world would be hunted and killed. Madness everywhere! Not to mention the fact that our country would lie in a smolder because all of our houses would be burned to the grounds thanks to people like Montag. I can not believe the firemen turned on us!

Fahrenheit 451 - Through 2 pages

Alright so I just started Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and I have completed the first four paragraphs on the first two pages of the book. What the heck is happening. All that I know right now is there is this crazy guy called Montag and he is kind of crazy. He is in love with fire. Not like the way I like fire where it is fun to watch and make stuff burn and explode, but Montag REALLY likes fire. Here is a quote from the book,

"It was a pleasure to burn It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conducter playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history. With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with he thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black. He strode in a swarm of fireflies. He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning. Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame."

What a creep. Who really is obsessed with fire that much? I wish that this man was less creepy and driven by something happy like a butterfly instead of flame. It evens says in the book that while he sleeps he smiles that creepy smile he gets from the fire burning and it never leaves his face. Maybe he took too much botox or something. All I know is he is creepy. I know it is hard to tell from the first two pages of a book what a person is going to be like. So I will have to keep reading.

Grapes of Wrath Summary Two

Okay so this is the second part (and last part since we are only allowed two summary blogs per book) of my Grapes of Wrath summary. The book The Grapes of Wrath was written by John Steinbeck. This book to me was extremely long and boring. There was way too much unnecessary information included in this book. It was way to long and boring. Terrible.

anyway....

I left off when the Joads ditched the Wilsons near the California border. The Joads are traveling along route 66. It is starting to get really boring for all of them. Soon they hear about the depleted jobs that are not in California. They hear about how many extra people there are for jobs. The number was like 2,000 or maybe 20,000 people show up for every 800 jobs. But the Joads are dumb and carry onwards towards the no job city Hooverville. The Joads get to their destination, and what a suprise, there is no jobs for them there. Tom, Casy, and some cops get into a fight and Casy gets arrested. Soon, stuff lightens up and the Joads make friends and somehow Tom lands a job. It is not enough however and the money Tom makes leaves them hungry yet. Then Tom finds Casy again. They talk, then a cop comes into the tent and realizes that Casy is the one that has been organizing the people. The cops attacks Casy and Tom kills him. Tom then goes into hiding. Tom's pregnant sister has a stillbaby and then sends it down a river in a box. Soon it starts to rain, then it floods. The Joads take shelter in a barn where a young man and his father are. The father has been worrying too much about his son that he has been slowly starving. Rose of SHaron realizes she has nothing to do with her milk so she nurses the starving man. The end.

Now in the midst of that there is a bunch of random scenes, people, and a turtle.

Grapes of Wrath Summary One

So I have officially decided in my mind that the novel that is called The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck was pretty boring. This is basically what I picked out of the book :

So the setting is in the early to late 1930's. Or at least when the Dust Bowl existed and there were Okies and all of that kind of stuff. Anyway, there is the man, Tom Joad, who gets released from jail. Tom served in jail because he killed someone. Now he is on probabation which is why he is out. But Tom is heading home to see his family's farm somewhere else in Oklahoma. On his way back to his father and mother's home, Tom runs into the former preacher, Jim Casy. Casy is no longer a preacher and his given up his holy ways. They talk a while, then Tom leaves to see his family's house, to which Jim accompanies him to. When ever Tom and Jim get to Tom's family's home, they see that it is deserted. Then one of the neighbors happens to walk by. He talks to Tom and tells him that Tom's family and most of the others in the area have left for California to find work. Tom decides to head to his Uncle's house and believes he will find his family at his Uncle's home. So Tom leaves for the house and sure enough he meets his father, mother, as well as other members of his family at the house. Ma and Pa Joad tell Tom they are leaving for California because they had seen advertisements for fruit picking jobs there. They are hoping to find a better life for themselves. The Joads begin their California and the road is long and crowded. They travel along route 66 along with thousands of other cars heading to California in search for work. Soon Tom's Granpa dies on the road of a stroke diagnosed by Jim Casy. The Joads meet the car troubled Wilson family and let the Wilsons travel with them to California. Close to the California border however, a Wilson becomes sick and is unable to continue.

Grapes of Wrath Finished Part Two

So I have finished reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I have already created one blog about some of my thoughts so in this blog I will have some secondary thoughts that may contradict those of the last blog.

So to me the Grapes of Wrath was extremely boring. It was very hard for me to get through this book. A lot of the book was about a whole lot of nothing. Instead of five hundred and eighty one pages this book could have been like three hundred and seventy seven pages. Then the book might have been a lot less boring. I mean half the book was about turtles, a car salesman, some dusty corn, and a whole bunch of other stuff that nobody cared about.

The ending was pretty lame to me. I thought it should have had something like a happy or sad ending instead of a what the heck just happened ending. John Steinbeck could have made the Joads get a nice job and from that job they were able to live nicely for the rest of their lives the end. Either that, or he should have made everyone die. Kind of like some movies are. It was really disappointing. The ending to this book was kind of like the ending to Toy Story Three. If I would have known Andy was going to end up just trading Woody, Buzz, and all of their pals to some little girl, I would have saved myself the time and money instead of wasting it. The ending was just very disappointing to me.

One more thing that really bothered me was Casy. Was he a priest? Was he an alcoholic? Was he a wise man? I am not very sure at all. Some of the time he was all of these things and his personality kind of got thrown around a lot. According to this blog, John Steinbeck fails at writing novels.

Grapes of Wrath Finished

I have just finished the book Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. My mind is still kind of thinking about the book a bunch. Just everything was so weird at the end and it made me kind of confused. Everything is very random. Like the flood. And Rose of Sharon nursing that old man, if he can be qualified as an old man. He is more like a middle aged man since his son is still very young. I officially figured out that the every other chapter scheme created a painting type thing that showed how the Americans of this time were reacting to the changes in the dust bowl. It also showed what the land was like, how it looked, what it seemed to feel in a sense. Then there was these random situations that were happening at this time. They also occurred a lot which is why they were included.

This book had a lot to do with the Bible. There were a lot of similar images from the Bible that were seen here. When the dead baby was floating down the creek it symbolized Moses when he was a child floating down the river. Moses ended up saving his people from suffering and led them through the desert. This dead baby seemed to take the burden of the rough times that were happening in this era with it. After this dead baby went down the river all of the suffering went with it. So in a since it took its people's suffering away.

Then when Rose of Sharon was nursing the middle aged man with a son it created the image of the Virgin Mary. You often see pictures of Mary nurturing Jesus and the world. So when you read the words of the image of Rose of Sharon nursing this weak and malnourished man you get such a strong image in your mind. It makes you think of the Virgin Mary.