Characters
The Four Main Characters
Who are Guy Montag, Captain Beatty, Mildred Montag, and Clarisse McClellan?
Figurative language used with the Salamander and the Phoenix
What is symbolism?
Clarisse is different from other people because she does these things.
What is asking questions and enjoying spending time with others and outside?
Cause of Clarisse's death
What is being hit by a car?
Montag's reaction to Mildred telling him about Clarisse's death
What is being angry with the wife for not caring and shocked about her death?
Responded to Mildred's emergency about the pills
Figurative language used when describing the Mechanical Hound
What is personification and symbolism?
Difference between Montag and the Old Woman's attitude towards books
What is Montag enjoying the destruction of them while the Old Woman is willing to die for them?
Main Premise of the Story
What is a American society where books are banned and burned by firefighters?
Montag's reaction to Clarisse talking about the history of firefighters
What is Montag denies what Clarisse says and states that firefighters have always started fires/houses have always been fireproof?
Montag's reaction after stealing a book from the Old Woman
What is he felt as if his hands were poisoned by guilt from stealing the book?
Figurative language used with Montag and the vent
What is foreshadowing?
What is Clarisse enjoying the natural world and having awareness while Mildred only enjoys entertainment and is not phased by other events?
Part of History that has been altered by the Government
What is the fact that firefighters used to fight fires instead of starting them? (alternatively, What is the fact that houses have always been fireproof?)
Montag's internal thoughts after talking to Mildred
What is believing that he would not cry if Mildred died?
First firefighter according to the firefighter rulebook
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Bradbury's descriptions of the smell, movement, and heat of the fire
What is sensory imagery?
Montag's changing view of fire before and after the encounter with the Old Woman?
What is seeing fire as beautiful and enjoyable at first but then begins to see fire as negative after the incident with the Old Woman?
Education system in the country according to Clarisse
What are classes revolving around arts, film, and other recreational activities?
Montag's reaction to Clarisse's dandelion saying that he is not in love
What is disbelief?
What is being more nervous at work?
Clarisse is associated with light while Montag's world is associated with darkness
What is symbolism?
Difference between Clarisse and Beatty's view of the world
What is Clarisse is curious and supports questioning while Beatty supports the system and trusts its history?
The effect of Mildred's blood being cleaned, according to the two handymen
What is being hungry?
Montag's tone towards the handymen after cleaning Mildred's blood
What is being irritated and frustrated?