Clark Bolding Venghaus English II PreAp/GT-5 16 November 2014 Fahrenheit 451 Allusion Research 1. Allusion/type: The Phoenix/mythology A. Quote from the text: B. Explanation of allusion: The phoenix I a mythical bird that is a spirit of fire that is born from the ashes of its past life. The bird has a 500-1000 year life cycle and towards the end of its life it builds a nest and sets its self on fire leaving only ashes, which will birth a new phoenix. C. Source: https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Phoenix_(mythology).html 2. Allusion/type: Confucius A. Quote from the text: B. Explanation of allusion: Confucius was a well renowned Chinese philosopher political figure, and educator. His …show more content…
Allusion/type: Cassius A. Quote from text: B. Explanation of allusion: C. Source: 4. Allusion/type: Buddha A. Quote from text: B. Explanation of allusion: Ghutama Buddha is the found of the religion Buddhism. Buddhism teaches that to alleviate suffering you must give up material things. C. Source: 5. Allusion/type: Keystone Cops A. Quote from text: “Twenty million Montags running, soon, if the cameras caught him Twenty million Montag’s running, running like the ancient flickery Keystone Comedy, cops, robbers, chasers and the chases hunters and the hunted, he has seen it a thousand times (Bradbury 131) B. Explanation of allusion: Keystone Cops was a series of silent film comedies shown from 1914 to 1920. C. Source: 6. Allusion/type: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden A. Quote from text: B. Explanation of allusion: Walden is a book by Henry David Thoreau describing his life while living at Walden pond for 2 years to connect himself to nature in order to understand the meaning of life. C. Source: 7. Allusion/type: Plato A. Quote from text: B. Explanation of allusion: Plato was a philosopher of Socrates and was the founder of the first college in the Western