Characters
Montag's 17 year old neighbor who helps him kick off his journey and is static.
Who is Clarisse?
The firemen's primary job, deemed by the citizens and the government.
What is burning books?
There was a rise of this in the 50s, and, in an extreme form of it, is a favorite pastime of teens in Fahrenheit 451.
What is juvenile delinquency?
Montag's Wife who is a static character.
Who is Mildred?
The robotic 'creature' injects morphine into Montag's leg.
What is the mechanical hound?
This advances society, but is shown in Fahrenheit 451 to actively hinder it as well.
What is technology?
Captain of the Fire Department who is a static character
Who is Beatty?
Montag plants a book in this fireman's house and then calls it in.
Who is Mr. Black?
This pervaded the culture of both the 50s and Fahrenheit 451.
What is conformity?
The retired English Professor who changes from being a terrified shut-in, to someone trying to make a change.
Who is Faber?
The firemen's job is to ensure the people keep feeling this.
What is happiness?
The three things Faber says are missing from society.
What is quality of information, the leisure to digest it, and the right to act based on the first two?
He is a firefighter that burns books at the beginning and changes to be against the destruction of knowledge.
Who is Montag?
Change is a long and difficult process.
What does Montag learn at the end of the book?
This ran rampant in both the 1950s and Fahrenheit 451, with the book written in an attempt to warn of the dangers of it.
What is censorship?