Characters
Firefighter, main character, actually likes books and questions his job.
Who tells Clarisse most of the information she has?
Her uncle.
Where was the destination of the alarm the night Montag returned to work at the firehouse?
Montag’s house
Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?
To Faber‘s house.
What does 451 symbolize?
The degree that paper burns.
Montag’s wife, overdosed in the beginning, loves her television “relatives”
Mildred
What did Montag do at the old lady’s house?
Took one of her books.
Why did Montag go see Faber?
Montag wanted to devise a plan to bring books back.
Who turned in Montag and his books?
Mildred and her friends.
What do the Phoenix and the salamander symbolize? 🔥
They symbolize fire.
Old man, professor, knows how to understand books, friend to Montag.
Professor Faber
What are the parlor walls? 🔥
Wall TVs that interact with the viewers.
Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left?
In the bushes outside of his house.
What chased Montag after he killed Beatty and the other firefighters?
The Mechanical Hound.
What do books symbolize in Fahrenheit 451?
They symbolize knowledge and free thought.
Firefighter captain, tricks Montag into confessing that he has books, burns alive.
Captain Beatty
What was Montag afraid of Beatty finding when the captain came to visit?
The books he had hidden.
What did Montag do that convinced Faber to help carry out his plan?
Montag started ripping pages out of the Bible.
Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis?
What does the Mechanical Hound symbolize?
It stands for government control and the evil use of technology.
Friend of Mildred, cries when Montag reads her a line of poetry, had 3 husbands
Mrs. Phelps
What did Montag think had been done to the hound?
Someone programmed it to hunt him.
What is the green device Faber gives Montag to put in his ear?
A listening device so that they can talk to one another.
Why wasn‘t the Mechanical Hound able to find Montag?
Because he covered his scent with whiskey, the river, and new clothes from Faber.
What does the Sieve and the Sand symbolize as the title for part 2? 🔥
Montag trying to gain knowledge but it keeps just going right through him.