Divergent Blog Post

Setting

 

     Divergent takes place in the city of Chicago. The time period of this book is in the future after a massive war where the entire world was devastated by the war except for the city of Chicago. Reconstruction is needed to patch holes in streets and to pave roads. The war was not a smooth ride for Chicago because it too suffered some consequences from the war. The main character, Beatrice, lives in a plain village where all the houses are the same. This is because of her faction, Abnegation, where they value selflessness above all else.

 

     I chose this book because everybody was reccomending it saying, "Best series ever" or "Impossible to turn away". I decided to see the movie even though I had absolutely no clue what it was about and ended up really enjoying it. Then I took it apon myself to read the book and have loved it through the first 48 pages that I have read.

 

I cannot make any predictions because I have seen the movie.

 

 

 





Fahrenheit 451 Characterization

Clarisse McClellan. Next door neighbor and seemingly best friend of fireman, Guy Montag.  Clarisse described herself before she died as "seventeen and crazy" (Bradbury 7). Montag stated that he saw himself in Clarisse's eyes. "The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. Her head was half bent to watch her shoes stir the circling leaves. Her face was slender and milk white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity. It was a look, almost of pale surprise; the dark eyes were so fixed to the world that no move escaped them. Her dress was white and it whispered" (Bradbury 5). These thoughts go through Montag's mind when he sees Clarisse for the first time on his way home from work one day.

Clarisse was different than the normal individual. "Clarisse didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why" (Bradbury 60). Clarisse had to discontinue school because she wasn't social, but Clarisse strongly protests against that claim. She was different from many of the people in her society because she had many radical ideas. For example tasting the rain, slowing down in cars to read billboards, and reading books.

Clarisse and Montag have a quality conversation on their way home their first time meeting. Clarisse brings up the point on how she isn't afraid of fireman. She says"You know I'm not afraid of you at all...So many people are. Afraid of fireman, I mean. But your just a man, after all..."(Bradbury 7).

How I picture Clarisse