Isaiah's Finds of the Week

Montag is ultimately headed for death. He is definitely thinking for himself and people are taking notice. They try and stop him but he keeps going and doing his own thing. I feel like I do the same, they don’t like what I do but it don’t stop me. Others who hate against what I do is a motivation for me, and I love to show that I can do things for myself, by myself and prosper. I feel like this will lead me to success

I think people are afraid to make mistakes because they don’t want to be judged. They want to seem perfect so they have higher self esteem I guess. For me, a mistake is an opportunity to grow in knowledge and learn how to get better. Yesterday, I rehearsed with The Drive In Romeos as a stand in Sax man. They really liked me a lot and even mentioned of keeping me if I collabed with the Tenor player (I’m a Bari.) Point is, I made mistakes but I noticed that as a band we all make mistakes and learn how to be better and play off of our mistakes!

I haven’t been able to read much of part 2 as I’ve been so busy with the car show. However upon learning that Montag turns the flamethrower on Beatty .... I’m VERY curious as what’s to come with Montag! I wonder if it’ll influence society in that way .... I’m not sure but it’s an educated guess

I feel like times cause me to stress and lose focus entirely on my life’s focuses even if it means losing focus on my own future. I’m rather jaded at the idea of people eventually not even being able to think for themselves, it would be such a pity to live in a world were everyone is so bland and monotone. Aside from that, we should focus on raising our young generation to be scholars and thinkers rather than have them rely on technology to do thinking for them. When I think of my future, I plan on doing what I can now to make my future even better and less stressful. Surely by doing good now I feel motivated to keep doing good as I’d hope the outcome of my hard work will pay off with a good life. Like Muhammad Ali once said “Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”

The version of me that shows up during difficult situations is the one that’s got to pray. I find myself being spiritual and relying on god to take my burdens and carry me out through a hard time. I’ve found myself to be quite successful in having his helping hand throughout my darkest days. As the rising action intensifies in Fahrenheit 451, I feel like Montag would feel like he doesn’t want to go on. For some reason, I feel like he sees no point in life with the way the world is, that he can’t change peoples minds and I feel that he may commit suicide.

As far as remembering goes, I can name diction, syntax, ethos, pathos and logos. The problem with me is that I know I know more - but I just need a refresher. I need to be reminded of it to most times remember what it is I’m thinking of. Maybe that’s a literary element too!

i had absolutely NO time to read this weekend. The little time I had at home was spent resting and sleeping. I went to a good size car show, got 8 clubs involved and made new friends which in turn brought in other business connections. It’s going great