Animal Farm Dialectical Journal

Animal Farm

 "...Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet.  The pigs' ears were bleeding..." Page 55

"The three hens who had been ring leaders in the attempted rebellion over the eggs now came forward and stated that Snowball had appeared to them in a dream and incited them to disobey  Napoleon's orders.   They too were slaughtered." Page 56


These two quotes I picked was explaining that if someone didn't do any of Napoleon's orders or thinking of not obeying Napoleon's orders, they would be put to their death in an instance.  Why would Napoleon do that?  One of the rule say that, " No animal shall kill any other Animal," he made this rule, Why would he break his own rule?  That rule was later on changed after other animals that would think of disobeying Napoleon's orders have been killed by Napoleon, himself,  and his dogs.   I think, he would break this rule because he wants others to show respect for him, and he also wants to be their own leader.  

Fahrenheit 451 Dialectical Journal

Fahrenheit 451

" Montag stood there and waited for the next thing to happen.  His hands, by themselves, like two men working together, began to rip the pages from the book.  The hands tore the fly leaf and then the first and then the second page " Page 88

This passage tells that when a person is trying to find out something they can't control themselves on doing what ever they can to figure out the mystery.  In this part of the book, Montag is asking a professor for help about the history of books.  When the professor refuses to help, Montag felt like something took over him and, as it says on the passage,

" ...His hands, by themselves, like two men working together, began to rip the pages from the book... ". 

In this passage, I think Montag was furious when the professor refused to help him find out about the books.  He couldn't control himself on that few seconds, I think he really wants to find something out about these books.

In this book, Montag the main character and a fireman.  A fireman who actually burns books, in the city he lives in, the government doesn't want any other thoughts except theirs.  The government knew that the books that are in the city will give ideas and thoughts about the things around them.  Montag doesn't know anything about books until the day at his job, being a fireman, burning the house with books in it.  And he found a book that looked interesting to him, he read about and he kept it home.  Some of the people he knows, knew about him having a book.  They all tried to talk him out of it, but he was trying to figure out something.  The real story began after this situation happened, he also met a professor that knew about the books.  And, at the end, he had to leave the city he lived in, and met other people who also read books.
This book is kind of similar to Animal Farm, being that in this book, the government doesn't want any other ideas coming for the people in the city.  In Animal Farm, Napoleon doesn't want any ideas from the other farm animals.  Even if they want to contribute an idea, Napoleon's guard dogs will scare their thoughts away.  Also in the short story "Harrison Bergeron", one of the main character, George, everytime he thinks of a thought in his head, there will be a sound in this head that will make his thoughts disappear.  The government also doesn't want any thoughts from the people in their city.

One thing I am confused about in this book, Ray Bradbury wrote this 50 - 60 years ago because this is what he thinks about whats going to be the future.  Why would he think burning books will be in one of the laws by now?  Could he possibly think that most people in his time don't read much books and one of the leaders would banned
reading books?  Could the technology be growing and they're not getting more time for reading books?  I think these thoughts could happen to our world on the future years, technologies are growing and people are starting to read less often.

Author and Me Question

Animal Farm


"Why didn't Jones care about the Manor Farm being controlled by the animals after he failed to take it back?  Why did he just forget all about it?"

Author and Me Question

Fahrenheit 451

"Why does the author, Ray Bradbury, think that the future laws will have burning books in one of the rules?"