Blog 9: Symbolism and Imagery

 Define symbolism- Symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts.
symbolism





Define imagery-Visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work: "Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion".imagery


In the first part of Fahrenheit 451, the character Guy Montag, a thirty-year-old fireman in the twenty-fourth century (remember that the novel was written in the early 1950s) is introduced. In this dystopian (dreadful and oppressive) setting, people race "jet cars" down the roads as a way of terminating stress, "parlor walls" are large screens in every home used dually for entertainment and governmental propaganda, and houses have been fireproofed, thus making the job of firemen, as they are commonly known, obsolete. However, firemen have been given a new occupation; they are burners of books and the official censors of the state. As a fireman, Guy Montag is responsible for destroying not only the books he finds, but also the homes in which he finds them. Books are not to be read; they are to be destroyed without question.

 

 

blog 8: First Amendment

First Amendment
First A·mend·ment

NOUN

1. part of the U.S. Constitution: an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that forbids Congress from interfering with a citizen's freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition

Define First Amendment

2. What source did you use for the above?
Pic First Amendment

3. Define civil liberties.

Civil liberties are civil rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights. Though the scope of the term differs amongst various countries, some examples of civil liberties include the freedom from slavery and forced labor, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to due process, the right to a fair trial, the right to own property, the right to defend one's self, the right to bodily integrity, and the right to keep and bear arms.^{[citation needed]} Within the distinctions between civil liberties and other types of liberty, it is important to note the distinctions between positive liberty/positive rights and negative liberty/negative rights.

4. What source did you use for the above?
Define civil liberties


5. When do you feel civil liberties are infringed upon? Can you give another example of "fringing" on your civil liberties? (for example, at school)

Free Speech in Schools

• The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that the government will not suppress citizens' free speech and expression. Although schools can limit some student speech if it is disruptive to the learning environment, the Supreme Court famously stated that students don't "shed their constitutional right to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." Student speech is protected against repression unless the school can prove it has a compelling reason to repress that speech.

Privacy At School

• The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects citizens against unlawful search and seizure. This means that schools do not have unrestricted authority to search students' bodies and belongings at school. The school must have a reasonable suspicion that a school rule has been broken before searching a student's body or property.

Legal Rights for Teens | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8307574_legal-rights-teens.html#ixzz26kQOosGI

Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties vs. Airport Scanners

Prior 9/11

*Rules not as strict.

*Easy and faster getting in and out of airport.

*Kitchen utensils not a big deal.

*We didn’t have full body scanners.

*Safer to fly.

Post 9/11

*There’s a list that tells you what you can pack and what you can’t pack.

*It takes forever to get through security.

*Lots of delays because of security.

9/11 remebering

9/11 makes me feel sad. It makes me wonder why those people drove plains into those towers. Those people are stupid for doing that and killing lots ofg people. I think that a lot of people cried because they probley had family members ot friends in the towers.

blog 4: cesorship

1 what is censorship?
Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. It can be done by governments and private organizations or by individuals who engage in self-censorship. It occurs in a variety of different contexts including speech, books, music, films and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of reasons including national security, to control obscenity, child pornography, and hate speech, to protect children, to promote or restrict political or religious views, to prevent slander and libel, and to protect intellectual property. It may or may not be legal. Many countries provide strong protections against censorship by law, but none of these protections are absolute and it is frequently necessary to balance conflicting rights in order to determine what can and cannot be censored

censorship

what is book banning?

Banned books are books to which free access is not permitted. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, and often has political, religious or moral motivations.

blog 3: rob legato/awe

Rob Legato made a duplecet of the titanic and made it look similar to the actual titanic. He made a video when apollo 13 took off and he also made  a video of the fake apollo 13.

     

blog 2: fahrenheit quotes

“We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.” — Faber

blog 1 farenheit 451: pic