1. Welcome Back!! I hope you had an outstanding break!
BE HONEST WITH YOUR ANSWERS. THIS IS A JUDGEMENT-FREE ZONE.
Opener Questions:
What page are you on?
What is the LAST box you have completed on your Fahrenheit chart? (section 2, pages xxx-xxx)
Did you conduct your parent interviews?
Are your interview questions/responses typed?

2. Objectives
1. Differentiate between round, flat, static and dynamic characters in Fahrenheit 451.
2. Apply major plot terms to Sections one and two of Fahrenheit 451.
3. summarize sections of part two of Fahrenheit 451; pick out 4-5 essential quotes for part two
4. Read pages of Fahrenheit 451.

3. Upcoming highlights
Wednesday-Friday: Work on finishing Fahrenheit 451. YOU MAY QUIZ EARLY ON SECTION THREE IF YOU ARE READY. YOU MAY TEST EARLY SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE!!
Next Monday: Typed interview questions are due (for chapters 1-4); review Fahrenheit 451.
Next Tuesday: Fahrenheit 451 Test (Charts due)
Next Wednesday: Exam Review
Next Friday: Final exam (no essay; just using clickers on Fahrenheit 451 and 1984)

4. Characterization: The way an author builds a character
There are different categories/ways to describe characters:
Round/Flat
Static/Dynamic

5. Round vs. Flat Characters
More fully developed and described
Have multiple sides to their character (can be complicated)
Realistic and life-like
Not easily defined because we know so many details about the character.
“capable of surprising the audience in a convincing way” (E.M. Forster)
Not well-developed
Easily defined in a single sentence because we know little about the character
Sometimes stereotyped
Round Characters
Flat Characters

6. Static vs. Dynamic Characters
Dynamic = moving
Experience changes throughout the plot of a narrative.
Sometimes change is gradual, sometimes it is sudden.
(Usually round characters)
Static = not moving
Stay the same throughout the course of the narrative
(Usually flat characters)
Dynamic Characters
Static Characters

7. Classify the following characters:
Round/Flat
Static/Dynamic?
Clarisse
Beatty
Millie
Montag
Faber
O’Brien
Winston
Julia
Parsons
Which is easiest to classify? Which is the most difficult?

8. Answers to previous slide
Round/Flat
Static/Dynamic?
Clarisse – Round/Static
Beatty - Round (?)/Static
Millie – Flat/static
Montag – Round/Dynamic
Faber – Flat/Static (?)
O’Brien – Round (?)/Static
Winston – Round/Dynamic
Julia – Round/Dynamic
Parsons – Flat/Static
Easiest candidates: Montag, Winston, Mille
Most difficult candidates: O’Brien, Beatty, Faber

9. Closure: Reading
Pages