Figurative Language
Ray Bradbury is known for including metaphors in his stories such as "...This great p͟y͟t͟h͟o͟n͟ spitting its venomous kerosene... " An object is being compared to this.
What is a firehose?
The Mechanical Hound hunts the chickens and rats thrown at it.
What do the firefighters do with the Mechanical Hound?
There is symbolism in the salamander's on the firefighter's uniforms.
What is resillience and the ability to withstand pressure and heat?
The ventilator shafts aren't empty. There is a potential item in them.
What is books?
Montag can be classified into this archetype.
What is antihero?
When the woman quoted a saying by a man called Latimer, a man who isn't present in the story, figurative language is found.
What is an allusion?
When Montag returns from outside, he finds Mildred in a certain state because of a certain item.
What is Mildred was unconcious due to an overdose of sleeping pills?
Ray Bradbury often uses light symbolism in Fahrenheit 451 for literary purposes. One example is "I don't want the light".
What is Montag's guilt towards stealing contraband and burning a woman?
"A simple routine, true, established in a few days , and yet .̲.̲.̲" These ellipses add a new meaning to the sentence.
What is how Montag feels something is missing now in his life?
⭐ Mildred can be classified into the archetype of the Isolationist:a person who completely withdraws from external society through distractions. Name an action that she does to isolate:
What is watching the parlor walls?
Montag's metaphor about the men were all mirror images of himself is describing one of Montag's realizations.
What is Montag realizes how identical everyone in this profession is with the same ideas?
Throughout the text, what event is said to be able to happen at any moment? Hint: Fighter jets
What is war?
The Mechanical Hound scares Montag but it has sybolism to the story.
What is the desensitization towards violence in this dystopian society?
There is an inference supported by the fact that Mildred is known for using her "seashells" and watching the parlor walls instead of having genuine conversation.
What is technology has replaced human connection?
⭐Throughout the beginning of the story, Clarisse sparks Montag to think differently about society. She can be classified into this archetype:
What is the catalyst?
The phrase "...deafening silence" is a type of figurative language.
What is oxymoron?
Clarisse walks outside, one hobby that makes people describe her as...
What is antisocial?
An example of symbolism is when Montag and Clarisse are playing with the dandelions, Montag's doesn't rub off under his chin.
What is Montag isn't in love with Mildred anymore?
"One two three four five six seven days..." is a sentence with special syntax for a specific idea.
What is it represents how Montag feels time is passing by so fast without Clarisse to make his days meaningful?
There is a type of archetype that the woman who burnt herself in her own house represents.
What is the martyr?
When Clarisse describes her school, she uses the metaphor, 'It's a lot of funnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom, and them telling us it's wine when it's not' This metaphor describes something in particular with the school system.
What is the school tries to make their education seem like its valuable when it really is nothing but hollow?
Clarisse mentions that the kids at her school kill each other for a specific reason.
What is constant exposure to fast driving, destruction, and other dopamine activties numb young people to the value of their life?
When Captain Beatty tells the lady in her house that she's "...been locked up here for years with a regular ... Tower of Babel", there is symbolism in his sentence.
What is defiance of government and human pride?
Clarisse's habits that make others describe her as antisocial and the fact that she has to go to psychiatrist support this inference.
What is society views curiousity and free thinking a dangerous illness?
Clarisse is killed off early in Fahrenheit 451. She can't seem to stop lingering in Montag's mind. She...
What is haunts the narrative?