Characters
Montag's job is burning these.
What are books?
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
Who is Montag?
Fire symbolizes both destruction and this opposite force later in the novel.
What is rebirth or renewal?
Montag secretly steals one of these from a fire scene.
What is a book?
Bradbury frequently uses this device comparing unlike things without “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This curious teenage girl changes Montag's thinking early in the novel.
Who is Clarisse?
“Are you happy?”
Who is Clarisse (to Montag)?
The Mechanical Hound mainly represents this.
What is government control or surveillance?
An old woman chooses to do this rather than leave her books behind.
What is die/burn with her books?
The novel’s society is an example of this type of fictional setting.
What is a dystopia?
This captain often manipulates Montag with powerful speeches about society and books.
“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while.”
Who is Faber?
Seashell radios symbolize society’s addiction to this.
What is technology/distraction?
Montag does this shocking act to Beatty.
What is killing him with the flamethrower?
“The books leapt and danced like roasted birds” is this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
This former professor secretly helps Montag understand literature.
Who is Faber?
“A book is a loaded gun.”
Who is Captain Beatty?
Censorship of books, manipulation of media, and fear tactics are all examples of this.
What is brainwashing/propaganda?
Montag escapes the city by following this natural feature.
What is the river?
The fact that firemen start fires instead of stopping them is an example of this.
What is irony?
Montag’s wife is obsessed with interactive TV walls and seashell radios.
“There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine…”
Who is Montag?
One major theme of the novel is the danger of this when people stop thinking critically.
What is censorship/conformity/control?
At the end of the novel, the city is destroyed by these.
What are bombs/jets?
Repeated references to mirrors, fire, and the phoenix are examples of this literary element.
What is motif/symbolism?