Characters
Character who overdosed on sleeping pills.
Who is Mildred?
This source of knowledge is banned in this society.
What is a book?
A "perfume" that serves as a symbol of pride in burning things.
What is Kerosene?
"This great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world."
What is a metaphor?
Guy and Mildred's marriage is unhappy.
Why is it that they are entirely disconnected from each other and emotionally numb?
A curious character whose actions make her antisocial to others in society.
Who is Clarisse McClellan?
People who get arrested for being suspicious because they walk outside.
What is a pedestrian?
Symbolizes the threat of war and the oppressive power of the government.
What are Jet Bombers?
"Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but it felt no rain..."
What is a simile?
Hobbies Mildred did other than watching TV.
What is listening to her seashell devices and driving recklessly in the beetle?
Antagonist who is well-read, for someone who burns books.
Who is Captain Beatty?
Because people drove so fast, they were enlarged from 20 feet to 200 feet.
What is an advertisement?
A tube-like stomach pump used by the operators to save Mildred.
What is The Snake?
"She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that hummed the hour away."
What is a metaphor?
Ways Clarisse changes Guy's perspective on his life.
What is transforming him from a numb, book-burning fireman into someone who questions his actions?
A character who is deemed an antihero.
Who is Guy Montag?
This technology distracts people from interacting with others and convinces them they are happy.
What is a Parlor Wall?
Symbolizes the firemen being immune to the flames.
What is The Salamander?
"An electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind."
What is personification?
A reaction that evoked complete denial, disregard, and emotional numbness.
What was Mildred's response to her near-death experience?
Character who is rebellious and defiant through his simple acts, such as walking outside or slowing down while driving.
Who is Clarisse's uncle?
This robotic innovation is used by society to track down those who break the rules.
What is a Mechanical Hound?
Symbolizes rebirth, renewal and the ability to recover from a destruction.
What is The Pheonix?
"And his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal of history."
What is a metaphor that also uses imagery, alliteration, and personification?
What is his desire to find real meaning and truth through reading?