Character
Futilely tries to memorize a passage from the Bible while on a high-speed subway.
Who is Guy Montag
Montag wonders when he will start to have original thoughts; hopes that one day he (fire) and Faber (water) will fuse together to one day create something new, that thing being....
what is "wine"
"I don’t talk things, sir. I talk the meanings of things. I sit here and know I’m alive."
Who is Faber?
This fine specimen of advanced robotics represents the possibilities of technological advancement that has been misapplied, misdirected, and mirrors the worst of humanity. As Montag says: "that's sad...because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know"
An old English Professor who views himself as a coward for not speaking up sooner.
Who is Faber
Believes that society can only be healed by 3 things: Quality content, Leisure time and this third thing
What is: the Freedom to act on the combination of the first two
"Books aren’t people. You read them and I look all around, but there isn’t anybody!"
Who is Mildred?
The jingle for this brand prevents Montag from focusing when he reads. Hey...who doesn't love a catchy toothpaste commercial?
Denham's Dentrifice
Refers to the actors on the parlor walls as her "family" and ignores her husband's distress.
Who is Mildred Montag
Mildred tries to play off Montag’s action as something that Firemen do yearly to show how ridiculous and confusing writing is
What is "Reading the poem"
"Oh you were scared silly... for I was doing a terrible thing in using the very books you clung to, to rebut you on every hand, on every point!"
Who is Captain Beatty?
These TWO things symbolize the futility of trying to retain a detail when you don't have the correct equipment to do so.
Quotes a massive barrage of literature to Montag to prove that books are traitorous and confusing.
Who is Captain Beatty
Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles are subjected to a poem. This is the emotional effect it has on Mrs. Phelps.
"Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you've had...go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it? Go home, go home!"
Who is Montag?
These two candidates represent the illusion of democracy and the superficial ways in which people base their opinions
Winston Noble and Hubert Hoag
Discusses her children with total detachment, saying she only sees them three days a month.
An alarm is called on at the end of the section. Where are the firemen directed in order to burn books?
Montag's house.
"I'm not worried...I'll let Pete do all the worrying...I'll let old Pete do all the worrying. Not me. I'm not worried"
Who is Mrs. Phelps?
These killer comedy figures would shock many (they hack each other to pieces!) but Mildred and her friends find this the peak of comedy!
What are the White Clowns?