Create your discussion post after reading the novel. Make sure you've also first read the instructions for creating a discussion post under the Assignments tab.
DIRECTIONS:
1. For your first discussion board post, you will need to respond to two or more of the following questions:
3. To post your response on the weebly, you will need to select "Comment" on the top of this post to create your posting.
4. Reply to the posts of at least 2 classmates, also by selecting "Comment". When replying to a classmate, put the @ symbol and the person's name to whom you are replying at the top of your reply. This will ensure that classmates can keep track of whose post you refer to in your response. See directions under the Assignments tab for specific on how to create your response.
DIRECTIONS:
1. For your first discussion board post, you will need to respond to two or more of the following questions:
- What’s up with those chapter divisions? Does the plot seem suited to its three-part format? What do you make of those chapter titles?
- Does the violence prevalent in the futuristic world of this novel comment in any way on our own society? Do we, in a way, love violence as well? Is there anything wrong with that? What’s healthy and what’s not?
- Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but since Captain Beatty cites censorship as one of the main reasons books ended up banned, I'll ask you this question anyway: where can we draw the line with appropriate censorship and shameless destruction of information?
- Check out the cover image for the 50th Anniversary Edition. What do you make of the fact that a man, made of books, is being burned, rather than just a pile of books?
- Bradbury says his novel is about TV replacing books, not about censorship. Does he get to say what his book is about? Is he “right”?
- Your choice.
3. To post your response on the weebly, you will need to select "Comment" on the top of this post to create your posting.
4. Reply to the posts of at least 2 classmates, also by selecting "Comment". When replying to a classmate, put the @ symbol and the person's name to whom you are replying at the top of your reply. This will ensure that classmates can keep track of whose post you refer to in your response. See directions under the Assignments tab for specific on how to create your response.