If you're stuck for ideas for posting, below are some discussion questions that relate to life and Fahrenheit 451. Connect them to the book as you choose and expand upon life in general since that is why we study literature: to study humanity.
1. What is reality and how is it constructed? What are the potential conflicts when one person's reality is another person's illusion?
2. What is happiness and what is the degree of importance in one's life?
3. Why does happiness seem to be so elusive for so many people?
4. What color are you? The people in the story are gray; what metapohorical color sums up your personality?
5. What is the relationships between freedom and responsibility? Along those lines, what is freedom and is it ever free? Is restriction on freedom ever a good thing?
6. How does conflict lead to change?
7. How does an individual's point of view affect the way he deals with conflict?
8. What is the relationship between decisions and consequences?
9. How do decisions and actions of characters reveal their personalities?
10. What does it mean to truly live? What kinds of things contribute to the quality of our lives?
11. What did Faber mean when he said, "I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I am alive"?
12.Why do you suppose such a low value is placed on human life in the story? Why is the society so violent in general?
Don't forget! There's a lot of imagery that can be discussed example by example. We are of no shortage for topics this week! Have fun thinking!
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