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…belongings, she lights her own fire and stays inside, dying a martyr. Montag is touched by this. Almost in protest, he steals a book from the woman's house. Back at home, Montag learns that Clarisse has been killed; her death upsets him greatly. He tries…

…. She, like the victim of a 17th century house fire or the casualty of the lonely war against aging, turns to faith when she has nothing, needs something or anything, and uses this possession for her own needs. This is, nevertheless, a faith in something…

…Set in the 24th century, Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of the protagonist, Guy Montag, who at the start of the story takes pleasure in his profession as a fireman. His job is not to put out fires-houses are now fireproofed-but rather to set fires…

…of the time period and the uneasy peace in the Wingfield house. Just as America stirs restlessly with the uneasy peace before the Second World War, Tom seethes with the need to escape his home and set out into the world<as his father did before him. The fire…

…, when their daughter Joan was born. Shakespeare probably began his education at the age of six or seven at the Stratford grammar school, which is still standing only a short distance from his house on Henley Street and is in the care of the Shakespeare…

…Dorothy Day was no saint. She lived hard, made mistakes, and endured the consequences. But the unquenchable fire burning within her could not be contained. She wanted to make a difference. During the Depression, she vowed to house the homeless, feed…

…Infomercial Sales Person: Would you like to see in the darkness of the night without the use of a candle? Customer: Yes, I guess I would. Sales Person: Are you tried of having the danger of open flame constantly burning in your house with the fear…

…THEY It was a cold dark day upon the hill of the house where he slept in hell and dreamed in fire. But the only relief was the sound of his WWII records. It soothed him. He couldn’t breathe without the sound of the music to his ears, and without…

…We were then Children with nothing but Childhood. We played kiss Tag and suicide which Was merely a game with Throwing, and running, and Touching the side of the School house before the thud Of the ball. You became The rumor of a girl…

…owned the land on which the house was built on. The first performances not known, but some think it was June 21,1599. The first recorded performance was Julius Cesar by Thomas Platter. Some other plays that were probably performed that year are Henry V…