Fahrenheit 451 Allusion Analysis Activity The Sand the

Fahrenheit 451 Allusion Analysis Activity The Sand the Seive Using either your smart phones or the i. Touches, you are to Google the title of the allusion and summary to assist you in determining the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion “The Sand the Sieve. ” You will be working in small groups of no more than three for this discussion.

Page 71 We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over— James Boswell—Life of Sr. Johnson (1791) What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 78 -79 Consider the lilies of the field. They toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 6: 28 -29 What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 93 The Book of Job…Job is tested by God. Job’s struggle with suffering, loss, and temptation allows him to learn to trust Bible—Book of Job What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 86 Mildred ran from the parlor like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius—August 24, 79 AD— buried Pompeii and the people in volcanic ash What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 86 …he saw their Cheshire Cat smiles burning through the walls of the house Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland grinning cat of chapter 6 What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 105 Who are a little wise, the best fools be. John Dunn “The Triple Fool” What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 105 …the crisis has past and all is well, the sheep returns to the fold. We’re all sheep who have strayed at times. Isaiah 53: 6 prophecy “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned ever one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ” What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 105 Truth is truth, to the end of reckoning. Shakespeare Measure for Measure, Act V, Scene i, Line 45 What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 105 They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir Phillip Sidney’s Arcadia What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 105 Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge. Sir Phillip Sidney Defense of Poetry What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 106 Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found Alexander Pope Essay on Criticism— garbled and contradictory piece What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 106 A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. Alexander Pope Essay on Criticism— warns that scholarship requires dedication for maximum effort What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 106 The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene iii, Line 99 What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 107 This age thinks better of a gilded fool, than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school. Thomas Dekker—Old Fortunatus What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 106 The folly of mistaking a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself as an oracle in inborn in us. Paul Valery—Introduction to the Method of Leonardo de Vinci What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?

Page 108 All’s well that is well in the end. Shakespeare—All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene iv, Line 36 What is the author’s purpose in the use of the allusion?