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Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury
What is a dystopia?
What is the role of firemen in the novel?
burn books
What is the significance of the title "Fahrenheit 451"
fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns
What war was this book written during?
WW2/Cold War
she got hit by a speeding car and died
What does Mildred refer to the people on the TV in the parlor as?
her "family"
What weapon in the novel tracks and kills people suspected of having books?
The mechanical hound
What do the firemen spray on things before they burn them?
Kerosene
Who is Montag's boss?
Captain Beatty
What does Faber give Montag to help them with their plan?
an earpiece that allows them to communicate
What does Montag keep hearing that is making loud noises overhead?
Fighter jets
Use 3 words to describe Mildred
-mindless
-brain dead
-easily influenced
-indifferent
Use 2 words to describe Clarisse
-weird
-different
-teenager
-deep thinker
-philosophic
Use 2 words to describe Guy Montag
-curious
-ambitious
-motivated
-passionate
-scared
Where did Faber and Montag FIRST meet?
the park
What book does Montag steal from the burning house?
The Bible
What question does Clarisse ask Montag to get him thinking about his life?
"Are you happy?"
What does this quote mean? "He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back."
-covering up how he really felt with fake happiness
-clarisse's questions exposed him for how he truly felt, he couldnt hide it from her
What was Faber's job before he went into hiding?
English professor
name 2 characteristics of a dystopian society
-excessive violence
-lack of individuality
-government control
-surviellance
-very developed technology
What does Captain Beatty think is "the perfect society"
- no individuality/everyone is the same and forced to act the same= happiness
Why isn't reading books the solution to fixing society according to Faber?
You have to fix society deeper than that, more knowledge, having independent ideas, government has to give people the freedom to learn
Why does Faber consider himself a coward?
He said nothing when he saw bad things happening to society, he hides
What is Montag and Faber's plan for "taking down the system?"
-print books, place them in firehouses, create unrest and blame