Articles for tag: Crocus, Fahrenheit

Karla News

Grow Crocuses Indoors Inside a Crocus Pot

Does the winter weather have you casting forlorn looks at your gardening gloves? Have you already been pouring over gardening catalogs in anticipation of warmer weather? If so, you may want to consider purchasing an indoor crocus pot and planting a few crocus bulbs. In my experience, doing so can help to temporarily satisfy one’s ...

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and the “Phoenix”

Erich Fromm once said, “The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots”. This quote is very appropriate for the novel, Fahrenheit 451, because it illustrates futuristic advances as hazardous to society. If in time technology goes so overboard that our civilization and ...

What Temperature is Considered a Fever?

Most people know a fever is an abnormal rise in body temperature – and that a high temperature can have a variety of causes. On the other hand, there’s confusion as to what temperature is considered to be a fever. Here are some guidelines for understanding an elevated temperature in children and adults. What is ...

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Ranking All Bon Jovi Songs

11 CDs and countless singles. Bon Jovi is one of the biggest bands of our time. Bon Jovi fans span all generations and for three decades they have been selling out concerts all over the world. Their live shows are amazing and Jon’s voice is still one of the greatest rock voices out there. Let’s ...

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20 Coldest American Cities of 2008

Most people find themselves wishing they lived somewhere warmer when the winter months come around. Some have a good reason to wish for warmer weather, but others have it better than they know. While some people can’t even image living somewhere where the temperatures are in the single digits during the winter months, others wouldn’t ...

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FIRE! in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Some symbols are very powerful and can be used in books to represent many things. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book about censorship that uses fire as a symbol. Even the name of the book is meaningful because that is the temperature at which book paper burns. In Fahrenheit 451, fire has multiple ...

Fahrenheit 451 as Science Fiction

According to Isaac Asimov, “Science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance upon human beings.” I strongly agree with Asimov, because I believe he makes an important point. The “big idea” of science fiction writing is not simply to depict the scientific future but to depict the ...