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There are many hard decisions to make during life. Whether to do what everybody else is doing, or speak up and do something about a problem. Both Montag from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Kesha with her song “Praying” show that they are obviously going through hard times, but they’re both toughing it out. They both speak to people about the problems they’re having. They are both angry with life, and they are trying to find a way to be happy with it.

A common theme in both texts is that you can do what everybody else does, and go on with life. Or, you can stand out and make a change. Montag was just an average person until he met Clarisse. Kesha also went through this while she was writing the song. They both decided to speak up for what they didn’t think was right. In Fahrenheit 451, Captain Beatty tells Montag lies about books, and Montag later burns Beatty for making him burn his own house down.

Although the texts both have similar features, there are a few differences in them. For instance, the problem Kesha has to face is with forgiving people for the bad things that they have done to her. As stated in the song, she hopes that the person who brought her harm (Dr. Luke) would find the willingness to apologize to her. While as in Fahrenheit 451, Montag seeks to avenge the books that have been burnt and kills Beatty in the process.

Both “Fahrenheit 451” and “Praying” show the struggle of having to speak up and have your voice heard. Montag and Kesha go through similar situations but with different reactions to those problems. You can conclude that when someone gives you a really hard time you shouldn’t get immediately angry at them. Instead, you should think about how the anger could affect you.

Fahrenheit 451 is written by Ray Bradbury, and has a very dystopian feel to it. It takes place somewhere in the USA. The main character, Guy Montag, is a firefighter working for their modern-generation cause: To eliminate books everywhere by burning them. His wife is named Mildred, and they live together with an electronic “family”. The theme that’s told is that “Censorship Is Invalid”.

 

The beginning of Fahrenheit 451 starts off with Montag burning down a house with books inside of it. This shows what Montag has to do for a living. Ray includes lots of similes and metaphors in the beginning of this book. Guy Montag works with other firefighters, and their captain is Captain Beatty. As Montag finishes up at the firehouse and walks home, he meets a girl along his path. The girl’s name was Clarisse McClellan, and she talked with Montag for a while. She has an uncle that told her what life was like before books were burned. The cars didn’t go as fast as the modern ones. People use to talk to each other a lot more. Firefighters didn’t use to burn books. This makes Montag feel uneasy about what he does.

 

Later in the story, Montag receives a call from the firehouse that brings him to basically a house library. They search the house for the lady, and they find her reading. Captain Beatty and Montag ask her to come down with them and get into a waiting police car. They thought she would come with them, but instead she pulls out a kitchen match, lights it, and drops it. Beatty and Montag flee the house. The house starts to burn up and burning pages are in the air. The woman then runs to the front door of the house and yells “You can’t ever have my books!” Montag feels really shaken up by this experience also. He then quotes Clarisse and says that firefighters used to stop fires and not start them. Captain Beatty then shows Montag a paper that was written by Benjamin Franklin to burn English-influenced books in the colonies.

 

Montag then walks home and has chills and a fever the next morning. He goes to his bed and starts resting. He asks his wife to not call him in sick. Montag then finds out that Beatty is coming to their apartment. Beatty then has a conversation with Montag about what led books to be hated. Beatty said that once all the new tech came out, it basically replaced books. Another thing that Beatty stated about books is their lack of censorship. He said “they have no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no!” Beatty then leaves their apartment. Montag then reveals to Mildred that he has stashed away many books. She’s a bit frightened, but Montag says he’ll read a bit of the books, and if what Beatty said is true, he’ll burn them. Montag then starts meeting with a man named Faber, who used to be a professor who taught with books. They plan together how to sabotage the burning of all books.

 

Montag then finds out Faber has been making a special listening device that fits in Montag’s ear that Montag and Faber can communicate with each other with. Montag heads to his apartment to find his wife with 2 of her friends. The shows they’re watching contain things that absolutely no sense. Montag turns off the electronic walls to talk with the ladies. After hearing the ladies’ perspective on life, he decides to read part of a book to them, even though Faber told him not to through the earpiece. One of the ladies breaks up and says she won’t visit the house again. Later that night, Beatty finds out somehow that Montag has books. Montag is then called to burn his own house. He burns it and then burns Beatty. Montag then is on the run and escapes the city and the Hound in a river. He then meets a group of men who were former book burners, but have the memory of books in their heads.

 

Throughout all of the book, it seems the censorship put on books has been wrongly put there. Books weren’t meant to be censored. Even if the people in the books never lived, there’s an adventure that’s fun to read. What Beatty said about books is wrong.

I really feel super hyped for this game because it was given the Best of Show award, best console game award, and best action/adventure game award at E3. My dad reserved it at Target and I’ll bring it it in to Nintendo Club after it comes out on October 27th. Included with this post is the original soundtrack and another amazing remix I found on Youtube. The original is on the top, and the remix is on the bottom. Nintendo is also releasing a Nintendo Switch bundle with this game including a carrying case, if you want a Switch for Christmas (it costs more).

Fahrenheit 451 takes place sometime in the future. There aren’t flying cars or anything like that. Books are now illegal, and anybody who has a book with them will have their house burnt down. There are virtual ‘families’ that interact with you like real people. Books are thought to be bad things with no censorship at all and technology is much safer, so the government wants to rip books from existence.

Guy Montag is the main character of Fahrenheit 451. He is one of the people who works to burn down the book owners’ houses. He later meets a girl named Clarisse who makes him wonder about what the future has come to. He then starts to read books that he has hidden away and wonder why they were banned. He then meets with an old man who still remembers when books were still legal. Guy then plans to sabotage plans of the burning of houses.

Have you ever felt like you’re an outcast because you like Nintendo? Have people teased you about which video game business you like? At Nintendo Club, we will accept anyone who comes as long as they’re happy. This gives you something to do for almost a whole hour! Usually during the time Nintendo Club is going on, Joshua is sitting in the carpool lane waiting for 30 minutes to pick up his sister. This gives Joshua something much better to do.

There has been an elaborate new club created at Blackhawk Middle School. It was created by Joshua Brown, an 8th grade student that really likes Nintendo and is the president of the club. He plans to do it on every Thursday from 2:20-3:15. His most recent meeting sounds like it was a success, after hearing from other students that had gone on Thursday. Joshua said, quote, “I thought this would be a great club for people to come to and play video games together.” They said it was a great idea and that they were so glad that Joshua made the club. This was because it gave the students an excuse to bring their system to school. The students had the most fun playing on Joshua’s Nintendo Switch. Other students then played Local Play Mario Kart races.

There are more benefits to joining a school club than you think. By coming to the Nintendo Club, you’re contributing to how popular the club really is. The club can also help you build relationships with people you’ve never met before. Research even shows your grades go up when you join a club.

Joshua plans to have a new theme for Nintendo Club each week. Only about 10 people have joined so far, so they are looking for new people! It’s recommended that you bring your own system, since sharing systems is limited. Even if you don’t bring one, we usually have activities that you can do to pass the time. You can come anytime in Mr. Hoering’s room (A-211) each Thursday. If you want to buy a system or game, here’s the official website.

https://www.nintendo.com/

There has been a new club created at Blackhawk Middle School. It was created by Joshua Brown, an 8th grade student that really likes Nintendo and is the president of the club. He plans to do it on every Thursday. His most recent meeting sounds like it was a success, after hearing from other students that had gone on Thursday. They said it was a great idea and that they were so glad that Joshua made the club. This was because it gave the students an excuse to bring their system to school. The students had the most fun playing on Joshua’s Nintendo Switch. Other students then played Local Play Mario Kart races. Joshua plans to have a new theme for Nintendo Club each week. Many people have joined, so you can join in on the fun also. You can come anytime in Mr. Hoering’s room (A-211) each Thursday. If you want to buy a system or game, here’s the official website. (It’s recommended to bring a system).

https://www.nintendo.com/

This just in, breaking news. On the day of August 24, 2017, Blackhawk Middle School students were told of an important announcement from Mrs. Louis. The manner was labeled as an “urgent message”. She had the students help her decide if she should print a paper in black and white or color. The students thought this was a big deal for a little thing.

Then, Mrs. Louis announced what the paper was for. She was announcing that the students would have to wear school uniforms starting on Labor Day. In no less than 5 seconds, students erupted into yelling and complaining and bickering. We overheard a student say, quote, “This is an outrage! Shouldn’t the students have some say in this?” Mrs. Louis continued talking after the students had quieted down again.

She said that the school had wanted to put this into action because they think fashion bullying is a real big problem, and they needed to put a stop to it. The colors that the school was suggesting were red, white, or blue- the school’s theme colors. Mrs. Louis finished up her announcement and left the room.

As soon as she left the room, the students burst into chatter once again. We heard another student comment “My parents spent lots of money on my back-to-school clothes!” Each student was then asked to write about what happened to them. The students later found out it was all a clever prank. This is Joshua Brown, signing out.

The book I last read was Public School Superhero by James Patterson. I like how it includes two stories in one book. One story is of Kenny Wright, just going through his everyday life, and the other half is an imaginary superhero Kenny thinks of himself as being. Kenny has lots of problems with the school he goes to. The principals there don’t stay for long, and bullies call him “Grandma’s Boy”. His imaginary superhero duplicate self helps him get away from the stress in real life. If you like the Middle School series, you will definitely like this book too.

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