Name The Device
"One drop of rain. Clarisse. Another drop. Mildred. A third. The uncle. A fourth. The fire tonight. One, Clarisse. Two, Mildred. Three, uncle. Four, fire."
Name the two main literary devices used in this quote.
What is Imagery and syntax
How does the imagery of the rain signifying events tell us about how Montag is feeling? And the syntax?
"I like to watch people."
Who is Clarisse McClellan.
Baseball, Bowling, Soccer
What is Sports.
"Organize and organize and super organize super-super sports. More cartoons in books. More pictures. The mind drinks less and less. Impatience. Highways full of crowds going somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, nowhere. "
The dandelion used by Clarisse while walking with Montag is one type of this songs name.
What is Flowers - Miley Cyrus.
"And that awful flower the other day, the dandelion! It had summed up everything, hadn’t it? “What a shame! You’re not in love with anyone!” And why not?"
The dandelion symbolizes the futility of how Montag has been living and highlights the "identity crisis" he’s been feeling.
"Speed up the film, Montag, quick. Click, Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why, How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang! Smack! Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom!"
What literary devices are used here?
What is diction, syntax, and onomatopoeia.
"We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
Who is Montag.
Snake, Spider, Praying Mantis
What are these all used as a metaphor to describe in the book?
What is technology.
When Mildred gets her stomach pumped, the machine is like a snake. The earpiece she wears at night is like a praying mantis. The helicopters in the chase scene are described as insects. Even the Mechanical Hound has eight legs, like a spider.
The first line of the book, this line's last word is the title of this hit song from 2010.
"It was a pleasure to..."
What is Burn - Ellie Goulding.
"It was a pleasure to burn."
I highlighted this quote because this line introduces us to the feelings of Montag about his job as a firefighter, and the imagery in the paragraph following it vividly describe burning a building full of books. It gains the reader's interests, and presents us to the world of the book.
"As he stood there the sky over the house screamed. There was a tremendous ripping sound as if two giant hands had torn ten thousand miles of black linen down the seam. Montag was cut in half."
Name the literary devices used.
What is Simile, Personification, Imagery, Hyperbole
"Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. "
Who is Beatty.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Funerals, Cigarette health reports
What happens to these in the book?
What is banned.
"People want to be happy, isn’t that right? Haven’t you heard it all your life? I want to be happy, people say. Well, aren’t they? Don’t we keep them moving, don’t we give them fun? That’s all we live for, isn’t it? For pleasure, for titillation?"
The rules of firemen are given, including how they burn books. This is a stark contrast to our world. One could say this song's title is a apt name for this change.
What is New Rules - Dua Lipa.
RULE 1. Answer the alarm quickly. 2. Start the fire swiftly. 3. Burn everything. 4. Report back to firehouse immediately. 5. Stand alert for other Alarms.