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Natalie Smith English 2 Pre-AP 7th Period September 13, 2010 Allusions from Fahrenheit 451 1.

Tower of Babel Biblical You know the law, said Beatty. Wheres your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. Youve been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel. Snap out of it! The people in those books never lived. Come on now (38). The original source of this allusion is from Genesis 11:1-9. Some believe Genesis was written by Moses, others disagree; no one knows for sure. The time period this takes place in is between 2247 BC and 952 BC. At the Tower of Babel God dispersed all of the people and gave them all a different language because they were on a quest to build a tower to heaven and God did not want any one of them to gain all of that power. The information is found in New Revised Standard Version with Study Helps, Dictionary, and Concordance Holy Bible. It was published by Zondervan Bible Publishers in 1989 and can be found on pages 8 and 9. This passage alludes to the different viewpoints people possess specifically when Beatty says, None of those books agree with each other. This is saying that Beatty thinks life will be easier if everyone just thinks the exact same and has no opinion, God thought the exact opposite and knew that time would prove it is an awful way to live.

2. Phoenix Mythological There was a silly damn bird called a Phoenix back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself (163). The Phoenix, as explained later in Fahrenheit 451, kills itself and then can miraculously come back to life. It burns itself and is eagle looking. This story is ancient Egyptian and Arabian mythology, therefore it never actually lived. The information is found at http://www.mythicalrealm.com/creatures/phoenix.html and was published MythicalRealm.com in 1998-2010. The Phoenix dies to be born again, which something bad happening is causing something happy to occur. This took place multiple times with Montag. For example, when Clarisse died in her accident Montag began truly becoming a new, different person. Also when the woman was burned in the house, which caused Montag to truly

think and question. Both of the deaths are tragic, but they caused Montag to be born again intellectually and mindfully. 3. Dover Beach Literacy Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night (100). Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold is a poem that was first published in 1867. It is about how the world is corrupt and dark, but no one can see it because everyone is blinded by it and has become accustomed to their ways. One can only witness this world then they take a step back and become an observer and watch others behaviors and choices. The author experiences this at Dover Beach. This research was found in the TEPEE cast we did over this poem in English. The publisher and author were found at http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/arnold/writings/doverbeach.html. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag reads this poem to Millie and her brainwashed friends. This alludes to the poem because Montag is the individual looking into the world, while Millie and her friends are the ones living in it without a care in the world. They think it is perfect and could not imagine anything different, while Montag knows how corrupt it is. When Montag tries to tell them though, they do not accept his belief because they are blinded and are unwilling to open their eyes. 4. Uncle Toms Cabin Literacy White people dont feel good about Uncle Toms Cabin. Burn it (59). Uncle Toms Cabin is by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was published in 1852. It is about the cruelty white people had towards their slaves, and how badly and ethically wrong they treated them. This information was found at http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/ and was published by Stephen Railton & the University of Virginia in 1989-2001. The reference to Uncle Toms Cabin corresponds with Fahrenheit 451 by saying they took out all books to make everybody happy, because in one way or another a book will make someone angry and feel put down. Uncle Toms Cabin is a wise example to portray this thought because it puts down the white people by showing how badly they treated their slaves. This offends white people, but makes black people look completely

innocent, which they were. The people in Fahrenheit 451 cannot grasp any of this because of the way they were raised, so its easiest to take out books all together.

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