Characters
What did Guy Montag do for a career?
fireman
Where did Guy Montag work?
At a fire-station
What did the government see as a problem that created ideas and needed to be taken away from the people?
Books
What did firemen burn?
Books
What did Clarisse do?
Student
How old was Clarisse?
teenage girl; 17
Where did the mechanical hounds live?
The fire-house
What was Montag hiding under his pillow when he was pretending to be sick?
A book
Firemen worked with a "mechanical hound". What was the purpose of the mechanical hound?
To find people who may be reading books or be "free thinkers" and eliminate them.
How did Clarisse die?
Car accident
Who was Mildred?
Montag's wife
Where did the mechanical hounds go when activated?
To a "thinker" who might have a book.
When Mildred found the book under Montag's pillow, how did Montag keep Captain Beatty from seeing it? What did he do?
He yelled at Mildred to "sit down!".
What was the government trying to control by burning books?
Free thinking and people's ideas
Why did the firemen not like Clarisse's family?
One of her family members was a book reader.
Who was Captain Beatty?
A fireman and book burner with a vast amount of knowledge of the fireman's history.
Where did Fahrenheit 451 take place?
In an unknown midwestern city. Probably around Chicago.
What are parlor walls?
the parlor walls are massive, wall-sized television screens which take up entire living rooms. The parlor walls produce realistic, bright images that are extremely distracting and loud, used for brainwashing.
Was a fireman's job to help people? Explain your answer.
In “Fahrenheit 451”, firefighters make fires, burning people and their houses for owning and reading books. Firefighters in the modern world put out fires, saving and helping people. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, firefighters look for people who own books and burn their houses down.
What was Clarisse's favorite subject to talk about?
Not herself, but everyone else. (pg. 72)
Who was Professor Fabor?
Opposite of Captain Beatty. Encourages Montag to think independently.
When did Fahrenheit 451 take place?
Sometime after 2022.
Why did the government want to burn books?
To create a place where the people did not think or have their own ideas.
Why did firemen burn books?
Logical answer