Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Part One-The Hearth and the Salamander p.3-11

Words:

1. kerosene-an oil distilled from petroleum or coal and used for illumination.
2. stolid-hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
3. minstrel-a medieval traveling musician or poet.
4. refracted-deflecting something, such as a ray or light.
5. immense-exceptionally large.
6. imperceptibly-not perceptible by the mind or senses; extremely small or slight.

Plot:

Right now, Guy Montag, just got home from ceasing another fire, and he bumped into a girl named Clarisse McClealand, and they had a very interesting conversation making him think alot. Just that five or ten minutes they walked together, she had a huge impact on him, and now the book is explaining how he is reacting to it.

Other:

This book is written a lot like poetry, and to understand it you have to have an open mind.

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