Fahrenheit 451
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Just had to send this out immediately. <g>
Ds and I are reading Bradbury's classic as part of a community reading and
discussion initiative (I've never read it before -- I am SO deprived), and I
open the book and on the dedicatory page it says this:
If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.
-Juan Ramon Jimenez
That's my man!
Laura B.
Ds and I are reading Bradbury's classic as part of a community reading and
discussion initiative (I've never read it before -- I am SO deprived), and I
open the book and on the dedicatory page it says this:
If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.
-Juan Ramon Jimenez
That's my man!
Laura B.
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Call me dumbfounded.
Why haven't I read this book before?!
He felt at ease and comfortable. *Why aren't you in school? I see
you every day wandering around.*
*Oh, they don't miss me,* she said. *I'm antisocial, they say. I
don't mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what you
mean by social, doesn't it? Social to me means talking to you about things
like this.* She rattled some chestnuts that had fallen off the tree in the
front yard. *Or talking about how strange the world is. Being with people is
nice. But I don't think it's social to get a bunch of people together and then
not let them talk, do you? An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or
baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures,
and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most
don't; they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there
for four more hours of film teacher. That's not social to me at all. It's a
lot of funnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom, and
them telling us it's wine when it isn't...*
Wow.
Laura B.
Why haven't I read this book before?!
He felt at ease and comfortable. *Why aren't you in school? I see
you every day wandering around.*
*Oh, they don't miss me,* she said. *I'm antisocial, they say. I
don't mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what you
mean by social, doesn't it? Social to me means talking to you about things
like this.* She rattled some chestnuts that had fallen off the tree in the
front yard. *Or talking about how strange the world is. Being with people is
nice. But I don't think it's social to get a bunch of people together and then
not let them talk, do you? An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or
baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures,
and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most
don't; they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there
for four more hours of film teacher. That's not social to me at all. It's a
lot of funnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom, and
them telling us it's wine when it isn't...*
Wow.
Laura B.
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In a message dated 10/23/03 7:40:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LauraBourdo@... writes:
Call me dumbfounded.
Why haven't I read this book before?!
That book was on our "required reading" list when I was in high school. I
loved it! It's one of Landon's favorites too.
Teresa
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LauraBourdo@... writes:
Call me dumbfounded.
Why haven't I read this book before?!
That book was on our "required reading" list when I was in high school. I
loved it! It's one of Landon's favorites too.
Teresa
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In a message dated 10/23/03 11:51:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
TeresaBnNC@... writes:
putting off other work that needed doing. What a book!
Ds doesn't seem as taken with it, but we'll see. He actually asked me how
much of it he *had* to read today! I couldn't believe it. We've been out of
the system for so long, yet he still persists in thinking this way. I told him,
of course, that he didn't *have* to do anything.
(I hope he'll pick it back up, though. If not now -- later. I'll probably
take him along with me to one of the community discussions that's scheduled for
next week. Maybe that will pique his interest.)
Laura B.
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TeresaBnNC@... writes:
> That book was on our "required reading" list when I was in high school. II've already *burned* through two-thirds of it this afternoon and evening,
> loved it! It's one of Landon's favorites too.
>
> Teresa
putting off other work that needed doing. What a book!
Ds doesn't seem as taken with it, but we'll see. He actually asked me how
much of it he *had* to read today! I couldn't believe it. We've been out of
the system for so long, yet he still persists in thinking this way. I told him,
of course, that he didn't *have* to do anything.
(I hope he'll pick it back up, though. If not now -- later. I'll probably
take him along with me to one of the community discussions that's scheduled for
next week. Maybe that will pique his interest.)
Laura B.
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yeah!
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Heidi
Okay, Fahrenheit 451 goes on our "Ray Bradbury Must Reading"... I
finally talked Abbie into reading The Martian Chronicles, and it
depressed her...It IS a depressing book, overall...I'd like her to
give his short space stories a try. I loved many of those as a kid.
But I haven't read F451 in more than 30 years, I bet. It's time. Re-
reading books as an adult, that one enjoyed as a kid, is a good thing
to do. Ray Bradbury was one of my favorite authors, and re-reading
Illustrated Man and Martian Chronicles this past week or so... a
completely different experience than the first (and second, and
third) time through, when I was in Jr. High.
blessings, HeidiC
finally talked Abbie into reading The Martian Chronicles, and it
depressed her...It IS a depressing book, overall...I'd like her to
give his short space stories a try. I loved many of those as a kid.
But I haven't read F451 in more than 30 years, I bet. It's time. Re-
reading books as an adult, that one enjoyed as a kid, is a good thing
to do. Ray Bradbury was one of my favorite authors, and re-reading
Illustrated Man and Martian Chronicles this past week or so... a
completely different experience than the first (and second, and
third) time through, when I was in Jr. High.
blessings, HeidiC
>evening,
> I've already *burned* through two-thirds of it this afternoon and
> putting off other work that needed doing. What a book!me how
>
> Ds doesn't seem as taken with it, but we'll see. He actually asked
> much of it he *had* to read today! I couldn't believe it. We'vebeen out of
> the system for so long, yet he still persists in thinking thisway. I told him,
> of course, that he didn't *have* to do anything.probably
>
> (I hope he'll pick it back up, though. If not now -- later. I'll
> take him along with me to one of the community discussions that'sscheduled for
> next week. Maybe that will pique his interest.)
>
> Laura B.
>
>
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