Symbols
What does the salamander represent?
Dwelling in fire
She overdoses on sleeping medications. She needs to numb feelings and pain.
"Well," she said, "I'm seventeen and I'm crazy."
Clarisse McClellen
Why is it specifically 451?
451 is the temperature in which pages burn without spark or ignition.
Who died because they didn't want to give up there books, so they burned with them?
The old woman
What does Mildred's 'family' represent?
Replacing reality with disillusion
How is Clarisse's death ironic?
Because she tells Montag she's afraid of kids her age killing people and things with fast moving cars, than she dies like this.
"And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books."
Guy Montag
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Death by fire, burned alive by Montag.
Captain Beatty
What does fire represent in the beginning of the book?
Destruction and censorship
What book does Guy start ripping?
The Bible
"Books aren't people. You read and I look all around, but there isn't anybody."
Mildred
After Montag read a book, he read a line about flowers. Finish the quote, "Consider the ..."
Lilies
How did Clarisse die?
She was hit by a fast car.
When Montag sees the fire in the woods at the end, what does that fire represent?
It represents warmth and renewal.
What book of the Bible did Montag have memorized?
Ecclesiastes
"What is there about fire that is so lovely?"
Beatty
Why does Beatty seem well read and educated?
How does one of the Mechanical Hounds die?
Montag burns it
What does the Mechanical Hound represent?
The defiling of nature OR totalitarianism.
What were the names of the two women who came to there house?
Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles
"I don't talk things sir," said (character) "I talk the meaning of things."
Faber
How many walls does Mildred want to be TV?
Who does the government kill to end the chase for Montag?
An innocent bystander