The first pages (3-11) was the main exposition of the story Fahenihiet 451. You met the main character Guy Montag and learn a little bit his job as a fireman. His mind is constantly consumed by the thought of watching things burn and fire. Until his walk home the evening, he meets a odd young girl, Clarisse, who shared her observations of the world around them that Montag hadn't really payed much attention to. She left him with one question that confused him, "Are you happy"

            In the two stories, “Blues Ain’t No Mockingbird” and “The Split Cherry Tree” the two fatherly figures, Granddaddy Cain and Pa resemble each other in the way they take it upon themselves to handle situations.

            Pa (or Luster) Sexton is a father of twelve and his youngest is in the middle of high school. When his son has to stay after school an extra two hours for breaking a cherry tree. As Dave explained the situation to his father, Pa became fierous. “I’ll handle things myself” so the next day he marched into that school with Dave and right into Professor Herbert’s office. “A bullet will go through a schoolteacher same as it will any other man” got the reaction out from the teacher that he want to see.
            Granddaddy Cain was a tall, quiet man. When he came home one day from hunting a chicken hawk he saw two men on his property and Granny inside the house. Obviously something snapped in his mind and dealing with the chicken hawk and its mate, he went directly to the men. Upon reaching them, Granddaddy extended his hand for the camera that was on one of the men’s shoulder. After receiving the camera he broke it in half and handed it back. “This is your own place”. Promptly after that the men left.

            Pa Sexton and Granddaddy Cain may not be the type to sit and talk things out, but they take action whether it’s bringing a gun with them or broking a camera.

In the story Blues ain't no Mockingbird there were several different story elements used.

Metaphors:

Granny making the cakes drunk.

"Go tell that man we ain't a bunch of trees."

Smilin man was smilin up a storm.

Allusions:

Bingo,

Goldilocks

Aunty

Similes:

trying to fly up out of her death like it was just a sack flown in to by mistake

...asked Tyrone, like his father when he's being extra nasty plus....

like a king

According to the narrator Granddaddy Cain had shiny black oilskin, tall, quiet, and in his grandchildren's eyes like a king. He had large, strong hands, and was very intimidating not on purpose but as a effect of his built.

The chicken hawks in the story are meant to represent the grandparents in the situation. When Granny (the female hawk) is in trouble, Granddaddy Cain (the male hawk) comes to rescue her, or in this case get Smilin and Camera away form the house and kids.

Kara

            The author believes that there are two kinds of courage: the courage to go to war or to escape to Canada. In my mind, note I have never lived in a time of war like this or had to make this decision, it took more courage to go war than to run.

            In Canada, yes, you were shamed, looked down upon, but you were safe! You were not afraid of being blown to bits or fired on in the night. In the story, Billy Boy Watkins literal dies of fright after having his leg blown off. You could sleep peacefully without the terror of never waking up. Of going home in a crate with the US flag laying on your body, if you were even found! This time of continuous fear, rather than shame, was more courageous than the men that escaped to Canada.