Quotations
While reading a book, this character identifies with the following quote: "That favorite subject, Myself."
Who is Mildred?
What did Faber invent?
A green-bullet in-ear monitor used for two-way communication.
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Where are the firemen going at the end of Part 2?
Montag's own house.
Who are Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?
Mildred's friends who have come over to watch television with her.
How many atomic wars has America won since 2022?
America has won two atomic wars.
"Books aren't people. You read and I look around, but there isn't anybody!"
Mildred
What is Guy and Faber's plan?
To plant books in firemen's houses.
What advertisement distracts Montag while riding the train?
Denhams Dentriface
What is Mildred's friends reaction to their husbands going off to war?
They don't care if their husbands die as they can always get another one.
What does the mechanical hound symbolize?
The perfect person for this society. Something that always does what it is told without question.
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"Consider the lilies of the field"
Montag
Why does Montag begin ripping pages from the Bible?
To force and persuade Faber to teach Montag.
Why does Montag wash his hands at the firehouse?
He feels dirty and wrong for all his book stealing and planning with Faber.
What poem does Montag read aloud to Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?
"Dover Beach"
How is a sieve and sand used symbolically in Fahrenheit 451?
They symbolize the attempt to retain information in a world meant to distract you.
"You see? I knew it, that's what I wanted to prove! I knew it would happen! I've always said, poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness; all that mush! Now I've had it proved to me. You're nasty, Mr. Montag, you're nasty!"
Mrs. Bowles
Why does Faber consider himself a coward?
Why does Beatty make Montag confused at the firehouse?
Beatty recites contradictory literary passages at Montag while playing cards.
How is the religious figure "Jesus Christ" used in this society?
As an advertising tool for the TV Parlors.
What do the parlor walls symbolize in Part 2?
Technology replacing real thought/connection
Purposeful distraction to prevent thinking
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." Which character is this quote in reference to?
Clarisse
What are 3 things Faber says is missing from society?
1. The information found in books 2. The time and leisure to absorb that information 3. The freedom to act on that information.
What action does Montag compare trying to change Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles to?
He thinks it is like trying to put out a fire with water pistols.
What political party did presidential candidate Mr. Hoag belong to?
"The Outs"
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What personal memory does Montag think of when looking at Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?
Having entered a church as a child and encountered statues of saints which he couldn’t understand.