So, we’re reading Fahrenheit 451 in my English class, and we do these reading checks to make sure that people are actually reading. And some of the people who have NOT been reading (either that or they’re drunk) come up with the craziest answers that I have ever heard. Seriously, It just makes me crack up, thinking about them.
Here are some examples:
Q: Who is Mildred?
A: She a women.
Not only is that bad grammar, but it’s also so blatantly obvious-dude, you might as well point out that the sky is blue.
Here’s another one:
Q: What do the firemen do?
A: (Most common one) They put out fires.
Not in this society, they don’t! In fact, they start them!
Q: What does Mildred spend most of her time doing?
A: Reading.
In a society where books are illegal? Really?
Q: What was the machine the two men bring to the house?
A: A machine gun.
There was another part to this, but I’m not sure what it was.
Q: Why doesn’t Montag want to open the window?
There were several hilarious answers to this.
A:He is afraid of: aliens (There are no aliens in this book!), bugs or mosquitos (Seriously?) getting raped (Who isn’t afraid of getting raped these days?) or the hookers outside screaming(This answer officially wins the Most Insane Answer Award!).
Q:Why does Clarisse’s uncle get arrested?
There were also several funny answers to this.
A:Because: he fights the firemen (Okay… no comment on that.), he is a fireman(Why would he get arrested for that?), for drinking alchohol( Once again, no comment), he burns down
houses,(Do these people even read?), or he didn’t agree with the
smart people(I think it’s more accurate to say that he didn’t
agree with the ignorant idiots that society has created… That
still would have been wrong, but at least it’s true.)
Q: What does Fahrenheit 451 mean?
A: It means the degree of the heat.
Did I mention that there’s TWO teachers in my class? Yet people still act like idiots.
