Tuesday

Journal Entry 4

Pages 60-79

5 Comments
  • Clarrise parents have been under investigation for breaking laws but have never was found to pocess an book in their home.
  • The firemen are becoming suspicious of clarrise.
  • The Firemen think very small of the McClellans by thinking they are " some crazy ducks".
  • They are lowering the kindergarten age to the point they are snatching them from the cradle.
  • Seems like they are into corrupting the lives of people even in the government.

4 Questions

  • How did they get to the point of lowering the kindergarten age?
  • For what reason?
  • Where is the government on this action?
  • Are the firemen the overnment to thats why they get to make the laws that they do?

3 Literary Techniques

  • Symbolism- " bring on your magicians" (61).
  • Personification- " dont let the torrent... drown our world"(62)
  • Irony- " against the small tide that makes everyone unhappy" (62)

2 Vocabulary Words

  • incombustable (60)-not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof
  • theremin(61)-a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.

1Sentence Summary

The fire department is involved in scadelous actions to benefit themselves.

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