“The Sieve and the Sand” Journal Writing Assignment:
Instructions: for this prompt, write a journal response that is well-developed paragraph in length.
1. Faber talks about the newspapers “dying like huge moths”. Reread the rest of
this paragraph. Then compare and contrast a daily newspaper with a sensationalistic
tabloid or an advertisement. Which one would exist in the world of Fahrenheit 451? What other
reading materials available today (including internet pieces) would be allowed to remain at the
time of strict censorship?
2. How does Faber define “quality” in a book? How would you define quality?
