“And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up . . . . It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I come along in two minutes and boom! it's all over."
Who is Guy Montag?
It was suggested that Clarisse died in this manner. (p. 51)
What is get hit by a car?
It smells like perfume to Guy Montag.
What is kerosene?
"Funny, how funny, not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife."
Who is Guy Montag?
After a late-night burning, Montag secretly steals one of these, setting the stage for the novel’s central conflict.
What is a book?
How do the firemen know which houses have books?
Neighbors call in reports to the fire department.
Montag feels disconnected from Mildred as she loses herself in this wall-sized technological form of entertainment.
What are the parlor walls / the interactive TV programs?
Give an example of Mildred's apathetic attitude. (p. 52-56)
She forgot to tell Guy that Clarisse died; She doesn't care that Guy is upset about what happened to the old woman the night before; She tells Guy he's not sick and won't get him an aspiring; She won't turn down the TV
How does Mildred release her anger? (p. 50)
She drives a hundred miles an hour across town
Mildred's uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews that "live in those walls" (p. 48, 52).
What are TV characters?
They were often referred to as a "beetle"?
What is a car?