Read the following quotes and use them to answer the prompt below: “With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world...”
“He flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire...”
“Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity.”
When taken together, how do these contrasting images hint at the novel’s central conflict? (Fahrenheit 451)

Now long and short works of fiction have different characteristics beyond simply the length of the work. think of a short story that you like and a longer work (novel or novella) that you like. you can use the story and novella from this unit if no other works come to mind quickly. discuss the elements of each work that made it enjoyable to read. what relationship did the form of the work (short story, novella, or novel) have in making it an enjoyable read? what elements of fiction were strongest in the work, and how did they impact your enjoyment of the story? compare the two works you chose. how are they representative of short fiction versus longer forms of fiction?

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Discuss how social status may align with historical criticism.