Fahrenheit 451 analysis

How does Faber define the value of books? Does his definition of "quality" apply to media other than printed books? Do you think his definitions are accurate or not? Explain using specific examples for the text in your argument.


Faber defines the value of books as many different things. "Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget." In this quote, Faber is referring to books as a resource of holding information. Through this quote, Faber is basically saying that books take things deriving from many different sources in put it all into one complete thing, "they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us." Another thing Faber says about books is that they have way more then meets the eye, "This book can go under the microscope." This means that if you look at it more closely, you'll find more. Faber defines books as something holding information and detail on life that you can't see with your own eyes. To sum it up he says, "They show the pores in the face of life." This means that it shows the unseen things in life, the pores being the unseen things and life being the face as a whole.
I don't think Faber's definition of quality applies to media, just printed books. Media prefers to show extremes and only the good things. They don't show you everything, just what they want you to see. I think media can be most closely associated with another quote from Faber, "The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, pore less, hairless, expressionless." Even when the media is showing you something bad about society or whatever topic they're discussing, they only show you one perspective and many times don't allow you to think for yourself.
I personally disagree with his definitions. Books certainly do display detail and excessive information, but that's not the sole purpose. Everybody gets their own benefits from reading and everyone reads for a different purpose. The author of a book did not sit down with his priority in his book being to tell detail. Author's have a unique perspective of their own they want to share with the world. "Do you know why books such as this are important? Because they have quality." I disagree with this quote because there are many reasons why books are important. Every book is important for a different reason, it just depends on the individual. Books aren't important because they have quality, quality is just an essential or distinctive characteristic. Everything on this planet has quality, a book is not important because of it's quality, quality to one person is garbage to another. Books are important because they offer knowledge, information on an endless variety of topics.

TU Tuesday- Local

The article I read was about a devastating car accident in Warren County on May 9th. The car accident was especially devastating because a passenger, 15 year old Sara Porter, died after being rushed to the Albany Medical Center. The driver, Aaron Palait, was driving on route 8 and ended up in a drainage ditch only to barrel into a couple of trees before landing turned over in a pool of standing water.

The central idea of the text is that there was a car accident involving a death. The first paragraph goes on to establish the plot. The who, "A 15 year-old from Ticonderoga." The what, "died Wednesday from injuries suffered." The when, "In a May 9 automobile accident, and the where, "in Warren County." After that the rest of the article just goes into more specific details on the entire plot. Eventually the article includes other people involved in the accident and a brief but detailed description of the accident.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Crash-claims-girl-15-3596571.php

Tried and True

Video Games: A
Procrastinating: A
Eating: A
Being Tall: A
Sleeping: A
Matching: A
Being Bored: A

Downtime- What I do Offline to Recharge

It's almost a daily ritual for me to lie down on my black leather couch after school or when I'm not on the computer and watch Netflix through my Xbox 360 console. Netflix is an app that allows you to watch a variety of television shows and movies instantly. There genres range from horror movies to thrillers to comedies to romance movies and many others. I usually watch the show Weeds or The Office or Workaholics. Comedies are my favorite types of shows. Steve Carrell is one of my favorite actors, he plays Michael Scott in the office. Workaholics has to be one of the funniest shows of all time, up there with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. When I'm not sitting on my couch watching Netflix, I'm usually doing something active. On a sunny day I'll go outside and play basketball at the community basketball court or swing on the swings. Other outside activities I take part in after school or when I'm not on the computer is working out, playing tennis and/or going for a run or walk. Occasionally I'll stroll on over to my mom's neighborhood and spend the afternoon there. I'll play foosball or pool or just sit and watch Television. Sometimes I'll jump on the trampoline or play with the dogs. I try to be as active as I can as often as I can. 

Love to know slideshow

http://freelance-writing.lovetoknow.com/Slideshow:Journal_Writing_Prompts~3

What is your greatest accomplishment in life so far? What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years? Ten years? Twenty years? Do you think your goals are realistic? Do you have a plan for achieving them?


I can't say I've achieved something spontaneous so far in my life, I think about my life a lot and what I want to be. I plan to be a pharmacist when I grow up and I've been planning this for a while now. If I eventually do become a pharmacist I think that would be a great accomplishment, considering I have to go through 7 years of college before getting to that point. I'll be getting my permit soon which I think is another major accomplishment, and I hope to get my license shortly after. I've always been especially proud of my grades and overall academic performance. I know junior years the hardest and that's when I hope to excel. I gave up sports when middle school started and that's something I'd like to start up again before it's too late, even though it might already be. I plan to play football next year, my dad was talking about buying a house for me my brother and my sister before he leaves and moves back to Puerto Rico. I'd live there and go to a local college, preferably Albany School for Pharmacy, until I graduated. After I graduate I want to move South and become employed as a pharmacist and eventually buy a nice home and start my family. I absolutely hate winter and want to experience it as little as possible. In 10 years I should just be finishing school and taking on the next chapter of my life and by 20 years hopefully I'll be settled down with a female. I think my goals are realistic as long as I stay on the straightened arrow. Hopefully this will work out for me because I have back up plans but none of them seem to fit my future as perfectly as this plan does, it definitely won't be easy but nothing worth having is gained easily.   

Creative Contest 3

Work hard, play hard, go hard

Philosophy- Communism

Communism: Communism is a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless, money less, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production, as well as social, political, and economical ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order. It began in the 19th century by a man named Karl Marx. I personally do not agree with communism, and don't believe it can be achieved. A form of it can be achieved but not full communism. People are naturally to greedy and selfish, they want more then their peers and want to be looked up to which cannot be achieved in a communist state. Anyone that knows anything besides communism would feel deprived of the things they could have. Most people don't want to be seen as an equal to everyone around them, they want something to stand out. This also is not possible in a communist state. People are naturally lazy as well. In a communist state it's possible to do absolutely nothing and still receive the same thing all your neighbors get. Whether you work or not you will still receive what everyone else receives. A lot of people would take advantage of that and not do any work. It has been attempted numerous times and has not once proved to work, that says something. Culture would be very dull in a communist state and for the most part not enjoyable. People are different and therefore there needs to be a society that allows for variety rather than complete equality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism