Pages 1-14 in the Columns Packet

The stories in the packet were all about different topics, but one thing I found that was really similar about the articles, was that they were all written with a very clear voice. It was like someone was actually talking to you. It was amazing how the author was able to do that. The authors also used a lot of rhetorical strategies to enhance their writing. They managed to get their point across without writing a dull article.
The rhetorical appeal they was used the most in the articles was  "Pathos." I think this might have been because using "Ethos" would have made the article have a more bossy tone, and using "Logos" would have made the articles seem like an essay. By using "Pathos" the author was able to grab the reader's attention by using emotions to keep their attention.
The rhetorical strategies that were most used were "personification","word repetition", and "figurative language."  Figurative language was  used the most out of all of them. The authors used a lot of similes and metaphors to add color to their writing. Which allows a reader to stay interested and not lose interest.

Fahrenheit 451 Theme

Fahrenheit 451 Theme: Technology can be dangerous in the wrong hands.

Bell 3: Jacob, Joey, Grace, Ishani, and Kayla

First Event: Mobile surgery is used to save Mildred’s life.

        Quote: ...starting a few years ago we had the special machines built. With the optical lens, of course, that was new; the rest is ancient. You don’t need an M.D., case like this; all you need is two handymen, clean up the problem in half an hour” (Bradbury 13).

Second Event: The activation of the Mechanical Hound.

        Quote: The Hound half rose in its kennel and looked at him with green-blue neon light flickering in its suddenly activated eye bulbs. It growled again, a strange rasping combination of electrical sizzle, a frying sound, a scraping of metal, a turning of cogs that seemed rusty and ancient with suspicion” (Bradbury 23). 

Third Event: Bombings and Atomic war.

        Quote: A bomber fight had been moving east all the time they talked and only now did the two men stop and listen feeling the great jet sound tremble  inside themselves (Bradbury 83). 

Fourth Event: Faber’s creation of the bluetooth.

        Quote: If you put it in your ear Montag I can sit comfortably home, warming my frightened bones, and hear and analyze the firemen’s world, find it’s weakness, without danger. I’m the Queen Bee, safe in the hive. You will be the drone, the travelling ear. Eventually, I could put out ears into all parts of the city, with various men, listening and evaluating” (Bradbury 87).

 Fifth Event: Montag is almost killed by teenagers driving the Beetle.

        Quote:The driver of that car, seeing Montag down, instinctively considered the probability that running over a body at such a high speed might turn the car upside down and spill them out. If Montag had remained an upright target…?(Bradbury 122)

Sixth Event: Advanced Programming in the Mechanical Hound

        Quote:-Mechanical Hound never fails. Never since its first use in tracking quarry has this incredible invention made a mistake. Tonight, this network is proud to have the opportunity to follow the Hound by camera helicopter as it starts on its way to the target-” “-nose so sensitive the Mechanical Hound can remember and identify ten thousand odor indexes on ten thousand men without resetting. (Bradbury 126-7)

How is this theme important to the story?: This theme shows how the advancement of technology can be dangerous, especially when in the wrong hands, such as when Montag was being chased by the Mechanical Hound who was trying to kill him.

How does this theme connect to our lives today?: The theme shows how our advanced technology can cause many negative changes to our society, and how even if they are supposed to be used for good, in the wrong hands it can cause a lot of damage.