Drive to Succeed

Do you think that people who drive themselves out of poverty and into the world to work and try to provide for themselves and their family end up becoming more successful then people who inherit their money and place in the world? In my oppinion people like Frank McCourt who come out of poverty and are able to dream and achieve that dream are more driven to leave poverty because they have that to run from, they work and work because they dont want to return to where they once were. People who have never experienced poverty tend to take things for granted and sometimes chose that they like were they are and there isnt a point to work to better themselves or their familys. Poor people who manage to escape poverty seem to build momentum in their drive. Even Jeanette Walls's family is now doing well in the world because they do not want to go back to the way they once lived. Frank escapes with a dream of America and as we don't know what happens next in Angela's Ashes he seems now to be very, very successful due to his poor chldhood.

u2 song

well, obviously the chorus
"don't let the bastards grind you down" is the most relevant part to the book and this quote i found to be something very meaningful in the way that both in the song and the book it is almost looked over as a let down to something that might be very important, and the fact that it is in a rock song almost demonstrates the low keyness of the quote and how it is something that just anyone would throw around. But to me it seems very powerful and meaningful because of that fact. The song is basically about how everything is fake and you shouldnt believe in what you hear and lean, and of course this ties into the book because everything is propaganda and is just being said to fool the people in Gilead to believe in a false truth. But dont let the bastards grind you down has an eerie feel to it and becomes very powerful in my opinion.

We reflection

"We" has been my least favorite of the novels we have read so far in class. Given the characters were interesting and had definite traits to them, I didnt like any of them at all. I didnt feel a connection to any of the characters or feel bad for any of them. So this book just didnt make me feel at all, so i couldnt become scared or anxious anywhere throughout the novel.

"That's sad," said Montag, quietly,(referring to The Hound) "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know."

This quote is ironic because the society Montag is living in knows nothing at all, it doesnt know emotion or fear or sadness or hate. So when he says what a shame if thats all it can ever know he isnt thinking about how much of a shame it is that his society is a shame.

Fahrenheit 451 analysis

Looking back on Fahrenheit 451 I see it as one of the most propaganda filled books we have read. Maybe not most propaganda because the Handmaids Tale was full of it but the most successful use of propaganda, since the majority of the people in the society believed the books were truly objects of evil. It seems so irrational though to think that even characters who seemed to be intelligent like Beatty told themselves what to believe in order to fit in with society. Not to avoid the true idea of disorder and chaos but more so to conform. I felt that idea throughout this novel was more prominent then the thought of avoiding chaos like in we or anthem, it was a conformist idea and alot of the citizens in the society felt more strongly about not being an outcast than how they felt about the books.