Thursday, September 10, 2009

Fahrenheit 451 Essay

The students completed the following essay in class today:



30pts

A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning.

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

You MUST choose one of the following works:

Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 154


If you are absent, you are expected to make every effort to complete this task.

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