Random Questions
Why do other students think that Clarisse is antisocial, weird and doesn't mix?
She thinks and talks and doesn't like school. Doesn't follow the plan of this society.
Out of what was the Mechanical Hound made?
Brass, copper, steal.
Yesterday I heard the whoops of laughter in the street.
Whoops of laughter - what does it mean?
The burst of laugh. When one can't stop laughing.
You're aggravating all the time!
Aggravate - what does it mean?
To drive nuts
What did Clarisse say about cafes and art galleries?
People just listen to joke-boxes and watch the musical wall with the colours.
Museums are all abstract.
What subjects do students have at school?
What's your point of view on such timetable?
Hour of TV class
Hour of basketball, baseball or running
Hour of transcription history
Hour of painting
What did the firemen do at dull nights? How did they amuse themselves?
Set the ticking combinations of the olfactory system of the Hound and let loose rats, chickens, cats in the firehouse area-way. There would be betting to see which the Hound would seize first.
That calm day was a day like a furnace of summer.
A furnace of summer - what does it mean?
Extra hot day.
Sorry. I just can't get over it!
What does it mean?
Can't understand
What do you think on Montag being suspicious?
Did anyone deliberately set up a particular combination on the Hound's memory? What if someone here in the fire station knew about the ventilator grill and set up the Hound?
Free answer
What do students usually do after school?
Some of them are so run ragged by thier teachers that they come home, flop on the bed and just doze off.
Another ones go on a car races, bully people and crash everything around.
Wht did Montag stay upstairs most of the nights when this went on?
He ignored this, cause there had been a time two years ago when he had bet with the best of them and lost a week's salary and faced Mildred's insane anger.
Don't worry. Have fun at my expense!
What does it mean?
I'll pay for it.
The rain was thinning away.
What does it mean?
Nearly stopped
Why does Clarisse derive pleasure from riding the subway (metro)?
She enjoys watching people, thinking about them.
Clarisse say that children of her age kill each other.
Why does this happen?
Car races, bullies, vandalism. All this leads to victims.
Why Montag's face was green-white and he was trembling?
The Hound was ready to attack him. He even saw the silver niddle extended upon the air.
The teachers run us so ragged by the end of the day we can't do anything but go to bed.
Run ragged - what does it mean?
Squeeze us like lemons
I'm hungry as all-get-out.
What does it mean?
Sooo hungry and can eat an elephant.
People don't talk about anything!
What did Clarisse mean by saying this?
They just repeat the names of the cars, clothes, food, etc. Nobody says anything different from anyone else.
What did the Captain Beatty say about the Hound?
It doesn't like or dislike. It just functions. It's only copper wire, storage batteries and electricity.
I'm responsible. I was spanked when I needed it.
I was spanked - what does it mean?
I was given a good lesson everytime I needed
You look so hot!
What does it mean?
You look great!