Fahrenheit+451+Allusion+project

=Allusion Web Project= An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. Ray Bradbury is a master of allusions. To illustrate the themes in //Fahrenheit 451// and make his case not only for knowledge but also against censorship and ignorance, he relies on allusions. For students of literature, recognizing the allusion is not sufficient. To uncover the indirect meanings and appreciate the craft of writing, you need to be able to recognize the allusion’s original source and context and explain why the author chose to use it.

The allusions will be split up and analyzed. Each class will consist of groups. Each group will need a group leader. That leader will be responsible for maintaining the group’s Google document and sharing the information on the class wiki. Each group will have to divide up the work amongst itself.


 * Groups **
 * Group 1: Part 1, 1-12 **
 * Group 2: Part 1, 13-16, Part 2, 1-8 **
 * Group 3: Part 2, 9-20 **
 * Group 4: Part 2, 21-32 **
 * Group 5: Part 2, 33-34, Part 3, 1-10 **
 * Group 6: Part 3, 11-22 **
 * Group 7: Part 3, 23-30 **


 * Group Members **
 * Group 1 (4): Nick*, Nolan, Jake, Kevin **
 * Group 2 (4): Lexi*, Aubri, Bernadette, Sydney **
 * Group 3 (4): Janie*, Renny, Jane, Luke **
 * Group 4 (4): Daniela*, Natalia, Zach, Alex **
 * Group 5 (4): G*, Sergio, Marcus, Walker **
 * Group 6 (4): Molly*, Lily, Ashton, Olivia **
 * Group 7 (2): Connor*, Mitch **

All the allusions will be explained and compiled on the class wiki. Please organize your findings for each in the following format in a Google document, then they’ll be copied to the website.

Allusion: Name, book, quote Category (Biblical, Historical, Literary, Mythological): Quote from Fahrenheit 451 (quote the original passage containing the allusion and cite its page number): Original Source or Context (Research the allusion. Explain or summarize the information. Make note of the source, author, and time period. Include any contextual information necessary for the understanding of the allusion.): Citation (Where did you find this information? Use MLA citation-check noodle tools or citation machine for help): Links: Include any website links that include the original source (allusion’s source) or are helpful in describing the allusion. (these can be videos or images as well) Effect/Insight (Explain the effect of the allusion on the passage/novel and the insight the reader gains in understanding the context of the allusion. Consider Bradbury’s purpose in choosing the allusion. Is it effective?


 * Allusions: The allusions go in chronological order.**
 * Part 1 **
 * 1) 1. Juan Ramón Jiménez
 * 2) 2. Millay, Edna St. Vincent
 * 3) 3. Whitman, Walt
 * 4) 4. Faulkner, William
 * 5) 5. Phoenix
 * 6) 6. Benjamin Franklin
 * 7) 7. "Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."
 * 8) 8. Tower of Babel
 * 9) 9. Dante, Alighieri
 * 10) 10. Swift, Jonathan
 * 11) 11. Marcus Aurelius
 * 12) 12. Civil War
 * 13) 13. Constitution
 * 14) 14. __ Little Black Sambo __
 * 15) 15. __ Uncle Tom's Cabin __
 * 16) 16. “It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end”

> Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found” > Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring” > than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school”
 * Part 2 **
 * 1) 1. “That favourite subject, Myself”
 * 2) 2. Plato
 * 3) 3. Shakespeare, William
 * 4) 4. Jefferson, Thomas
 * 5) 5. Thoreau, Henry David
 * 6) 6. “Consider the lilies of the field ...”
 * 7) 7. Hercules
 * 8) 8. Caesar, Gaius Julius
 * 9) 9. "Remember Caesar, thou art mortal"
 * 10) 10. Pirandello, Luigi
 * 11) 11. Shaw, George Bernard
 * 12) 12. John Milton
 * 13) 13. Sophocles
 * 14) 14. Aeschylus
 * 15) 15. O'Neill, Eugene
 * 16) 16. The Book of Job
 * 17) 17. … “their Cheshire cat smiles…”
 * 18) 18. Dover Beach
 * 19) 19. “All //isn't// well with the world”
 * 20) 20. “Who are a little wise, the best fools be”
 * 21) 21. Ruth
 * 22) 22. “We're all sheep who have strayed at times”
 * 23) 23. “Words are like leaves and where they most abound,
 * 1) 24. “A little learning is a dangerous thing
 * 1) 25. Pierian
 * 2) 26. “He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty”
 * 3) 27. “Truth will come to light, murder will not be hid long”
 * 4) 28. “Oh God, he speaks only of his horse”
 * 5) 29. “The Devil can cite Scripture for his Purpose”
 * 6) 30. “This age thinks better of a gilded fool,
 * 1) 31. “The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting”
 * 2) 32. “Knowledge is power”
 * 3) 33. “A kind of excellent dumb discourse”
 * 4) 34. “All's well that is well in the end”


 * Part 3 **
 * 1) 1. Burning bright
 * 2) 2. “Old Montag wanted to fly near the Sun and ... he's burned his wings”
 * 3) 3. “You think you can walk on water”
 * 4) 4. “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats”
 * 5) 5. Keystone Comedy
 * 6) 6. Thomas Hardy
 * 7) 7. U. C. L. A
 * 8) 8. Ortega y Gasset, José
 * 9) 9. Columbia University
 * 10) 10. Ecclesiastes
 * 11) 11. Revelation
 * 12) 12. Plato's __Republic__
 * 13) 13. Jonathan Swift, __Gulliver's Travels__
 * 14) 14. Charles Darwin
 * 15) 15. Schopenhauer, Arthur
 * 16) 16. Einstein, Albert
 * 17) 17. Albert Schweitzer
 * 18) 18. Aristophanes
 * 19) 19. Mahatma Gandhi
 * 20) 20. Gautama Buddha
 * 21) 21. Confucius
 * 22) 22. Thomas Love Peacock
 * 23) 23. Mr. Lincoln
 * 24) 24. Byron, George Gordon Noel Lord
 * 25) 25. Tom Paine (Payne)
 * 26) 26. Machiavelli, Niccolò
 * 27) 27. Thoreau's __Walden or Life in the Woods__
 * 28) 28. Magna Carta
 * 29) 29. “To everything there is a season. Yes. A time to break down, and a time to build up. A time to keep silence and a time to speak”
 * 30) 30. “And on either side of the river was there a tree of life ... And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations”

EXAMPLE of the ALLUSION DEFINED FORMAT Allusion: Phoenix Category: Mythological Quote: (passage with the allusion in F451-include the page number) Context: (This is explaining what the allusion is. For example, the Phoenix is a mythological creature. Write about 5-8 sentences explaining what the allusion is whether it is a person, a book, a place etc.) Citation (Where did you find this information? Use MLA citation-check noodle tools or citation machine for help): Links: Give a website, video, or image that connects with the allusion. Insight: How is this important to F451? Does it offer any insight to the book? Why did Bradbury use it? This should be about 5-8 sentences.