The Hearth and
the Salamander
the Salamander
This is Montag’s job at the start of the novel.
Fireman who burns books
This retired professor helps Montag understand books.
Faber
Montag kills this character during a confrontation.
Captain Beatty
The name they call the tiny radios/ earbuds that are used in their ears for entertainment
Seashells
The main character who begins questioning society.
Guy Montag
Montag meets this curious teenage girl on his walk home.
Clarisse McClellan
Faber gives Montag this device so they can communicate secretly.
Green bullet (earpiece radio)
This machine hunts Montag after he escapes the city.
The Mechanical Hound
animal-like machine used by the fire department hunts people using chemical scent tracking.
Mechanical Hound
Montag’s wife who is obsessed with the parlor walls.
Mildred Montag
This machine saves Mildred after her overdose.
Montag remembers trying to fill this object with sand as a child.
A Sieve
Montag meets a group of men who memorize books in this setting.
The countryside/riverbank
In the novels society, this job doesn't mean putting out fires- it means someone who burns books
Fireman
The intelligent but manipulative fire captain.
Captain Beatty
Captain Beatty explains the history of book burning in this scene.
Montag’s house conversation with Beatty?
Montag reads this poetry book to Mildred’s friends.
Dover Beach
This city is destroyed near the end of the novel.
The unnamed futuristic city.
These giant walls in living rooms are large interactive television screens.
Parlor walls
The thoughtful leader of the book memorizing group.
This object Clarisse asks Montag about makes him question his happiness.
The dandelion test
Montag hides books in this location inside his house.
The ventilator/grille
Granger compares humanity to this mythical bird that rises from ashes.
The Phoenix.
This mythical bird mentioned by Granger that symbolizes how humanity destroys itself but can rise again and rebuild.
Pheonix
The girl whose curiosity sparks Montag’s transformation.
Clarisse McClellan