Comprehension
What does Montag use to kill Beatty?
He burns him with fire (flamethrower)
What does the river symbolize?
Purification, cleansing, rebirth, etc.
What does the Mechanical Hound use to track and follow Montag?
The Mechanical Hound follows Montag's scent
Is Mildred a static or dynamic character? Explain
Static
What do books represent?
Knowledge, freedom
What does Montag realize about Beatty after he kills him?
He wanted to die
Is Montag a dynamic or static character? Explain.
Dynamic - answers may vary
What is Montag's injury during his escape, and what injures him?
The Mechanical Hound injects his leg making it numb.
What is one of Beatty's main motivations that explains his personality?
Answers may vary
The government controlling the knowledge of its people by destroying books is an example of ______?
Censorship, oppression
What does Montag remember as the city is destroyed by bombs?
Where him and Mildred met (Chicago)
What literary device is used when Granger compares humanity to a phoenix?
Metaphor
What does the government do to cover up Montag's escape?
They kill an innocent man and televise it to make it look like they caught Montag
What is an allegory?
What is dystopia?
an imagined society characterized by extreme human misery, oppression, disease, and totalitarian control
What does Montag realize as him and Beatty respond to the fire call?
It is Montag's house that will be burned
What literary device is used when Montag references the Bible in the last scene?
Allusion
What does Montag touch to confirm it is real?
The river
What is the meaning of the Phoenix metaphor?
It explains humanity's pattern of destroying and rebuilding society
What do the book people represent?
freedom of thought humanity's attempt at preservation, etc.
What is the Book People's plan to preserve books?
They will memorize them and then rewrite them once the war is over.
What is one example of irony in part 3 of Fahrenheit 451?
Montag, a fireman, burning his own house down
What does Montag do in order to escape the Mechanical Hound? Name at least 2 things.
Changes into Faber's clothes, erases his scent with alcohol, lets the river take him away
What Biblical story does Montag recall in the last scene?
Ecclesiastes
What does the ending of Fahrenheit 451 tell us about where we are headed as a society? Explain.
answers may vary