Figurative Language
“Fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it”
What is a metaphor?
Burning books is montag occupation in this society.
What is a fireman
Mildred spends most of her time watching Tv and listening to music
What does mildred enjoy doing?
Clarisse is observant and clever.
What is Clarisse’s personality?
Described as *blank* because Clarisse doesn’t participate in the mindless society
What is antisocial?
“His hands had been infected”
What is a metaphor
Montag avoids playing betting games with the Mechanical Hound because of his uneasy feeling.
What is a fear?
Mildred sleeps with small radios in her ears filling her mind with sound and music
What is seashells?
Clarisse notices things other people ignore
What is observant?
Montag feels as is if Beatty is *blank* after he steals the book
What is suspicious?
“Montag felt his hand doing it on its own… stealing the book.”
What is personification?
What is under his pillow?
Montag asks Mildred where they met 10 years ago in Chicago, Mildred responds with emptiness.
What is forgetfulness?
observing the natural world, she questions the governing authority, societal norms instead of absorbing mindless media.
What is something that makes Clarissa different from the others?
Montag feels as if him and Mildred’s marriage is *blank*.
What is emotionally unavailable?
The description of the hound’s needle as a “four inch hollow steel needle” injecting “massive jolts of morphine or procaine”
What is imagery?
What is Montag‘s inner thoughts on his marriage with Mildred?
Mildred wants a new TV installed in their house even though it costs 1/4 of Montag’s yearly salary because she wants to feel a part of this group
What is the family?
Clarissa disappears from Montag’s life
What encourages Montag to question his life?
The Mechanical Hound growls at Montag he is programmed to be *blank*
What is hostile?
“The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live”
What is a paradox?
Clarisse tells Montag he is different from all the other firemen because he actually does this when she speaks with him
What is the importance of listening?
Mildred refuses to discuss about the woman's house burning because she is constantly exposed to a certain media.
What is pro centralized government propaganda?
Clarissa influences Montag to question his happiness
What influence does this make on Montag?
Montag starts to grow suspicion on the government after he realizes that he feels it is *blank* to burn books.