Literary Devices
This device is used when Montag’s house is described as “cold” and “dark,” reflecting his emotional state without comparing him to the house directly.
What is symbolism?
“Are you happy?”
Who is Clarisse McLellan?
Captain Beatty says books are dangerous and must be eliminated so that everyone can be "equal", and nobody can judge anyone else.
What is Conformity vs. Individuality?
Mildred Montag overdoses on what drug?
What are sleeping pills?
What is the process if a fireman has taken a book home?
“The books leapt and danced like roasted birds”
What is a simile?
“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while.”
Captain Beatty claims that books lead to unhappiness and conflict, justifying this.
What is censorship?
What is the ventillator grille?
The other two firemen who work with Montag and Captain Beatty?
Who are Stoneman and Black?
“Montag’s hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning.”
What is a metaphor?
“We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal.”
Who is Captain Beatty?
Clarisse McLellan "pulls the [smiling] mask" off of Montag.
What is Happiness/Unhappiness?
They seem to act independently of Montag during the book burning scene.
What are Montag's hands?
Mildred thinks they are her family.
What are the characters in the parlor TV programs?
Montag is a fireman who starts fires.
What is irony?
“Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”
Who is the burned woman OR Who is Hugh Latimer OR Who is Captain Beatty?
Mildred fails to connect with Montag, giving preference to her "escapes".
What is Technology vs. Human Connection?
This moment reminds Montag of the "status quo" and also warns him not to challenge it?
This element of the story suggests that the firemen already suspect Montag has been stealing books.
What is the Mechanical Hound?
"The room was empty. The room was not empty."
What is a paradox?
“We get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had the special machines built.”
Who is the technician / pump operator?
Clarisse and Mildred.
What are Individualism and Conformity?
Clarisse McLellan, the Burned Woman, and _____________.
Who is the Old Man in the Park?
What are the Happiness Boys?