She doesn't even go here..? Characters
"Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now..."
Who is Mildred
When Montag is riding the Subway, he can't get the tune of this commerical out of his head....
Denham's Dentrifice
The two wars that F451 is based off of ...
The Cold War and WWII
Why is Fahrenheit 451....titled....Fahrenheit 451?
temp at which paper burns
"I feel alive for the first time in years, I feel I'm doing what I should've done a lifetime ago. For a little while I'm not afraid"
Who is Faber
"This isn't good, but your husband did it to others and never asked and never wondered and never worried."
Who is Mrs. Black?
The name of the book that Montag "Becomes"
Ecclesiastes
"Thousands on the roads, the abandoned railtracks, tonight, bums on the outside, libraries inside. It wasn't planned, at first. Each man had a book he wanted to remember, and did. Then, over a period of twenty years or so, we met each other, traveling, and got the loose network together and set out a plan." (146)
Ray Bradbury wanted to stay alive through the stories he told in books after he died- what was his goal then with writing F451?
"What a dreadful surprise,""For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to me. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there are. But let's not talk about them, eh? By the time the consequences catch up with you, it's too late, isn't it?"
Who is Beatty
"Myself: I wrote a book called The Fingers in the Glove; the Proper Relationship between the Individual and Society, and here I am! Welcome, Montag! "
Who is Granger?
The name of the woman's house that Montag breaks into and plants books in while her husband is away at the fire station.
Mrs. Black
A Phoenix is a symbol of....
Rebirth- and being born again from ashes to create new life.
Montag becoming the book of Ecclesiastes is a symbol of:
This book is about the journey of humankind- "Ecclesiastes shows us a man who lived through this process and came out on the other side with a wiser, more seasoned perspective" - much like the symbol of Montag becoming a wiser, more empathetic individual through books and knowledge.
"How many times can a man go down and still be alive? I can't breathe."
Who is Montag
"Now, let's get on upstream, and hold onto one thought: you're not important. You're not anything. Some day the load we're carrying with us may help someone"
- Granger
When Montag is riding the Subway, he can't get the tune of this commercial out of his head....
What is Denham's Dentrifice
Come on now, we're going to go build a mirror-factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them."
- What IS a mirror factory?
This means they are going to rebuild their society- the survivors must take a long, hard look at themselves and think about their faults and mistakes in order to grow and learn from their history.
The last allusion of the novel references which book of the bible...
Revelation 22.2
"At least you were a fool about the right things,"
Who is Faber?
"The innocent man stood bewildered, a cigarette burning in his hand. He stared at the Hound, not knowing what it was. He probably never knew."
Fake Montag AKA Innocent Man
When the nuclear bomb goes off, Montag finally remembers where Mildred and him met: Where did they meet?
Chicago
What Book was Granger assigned? Why? What did this book mean in history?
Plato's Republic- it was a novel that centers on a simple question: is it always better to be just than unjust?
True or false.....Ray Bradury's greatest passion wasn’t writing — it was magic.
"He shaped the world. He did things to the world. The world was bankrupted of ten million fine actions the night he passed on."
Who is Granger?