She doesn't even go here..? Characters
Who is the captain of the fire department?
Beatty
The temperature at which book paper burns.
What is Fahrenheit 451.
"Well, I'm seventeen and I'm crazy"
Who is Clarisse McClellan
"Her hair burnt by chemicals to a brittle straw, her eyes with a kind of cataract unseen but suspect far behind the pupils, the reddened pouting lips..."
Who is Mildred?
What question does Clarisse ask Montag that changes his entire life for the rest of the novel?
Joseph McCarthy was a Wisconsin Republican senator. He charged many as being communists in American organizations and his accusations were often baseless & ruined careers. This practice became incredibly widespread during McCarthy’s time. McCarthyism led to questions about the integrity of the government
Ray Bradbury went to Harvard University. True or false?
False- he didn't go to college.
"Do you notice how people hurt each other nowadays?"
Who is Clarisse McClellan
"Once he saw her shaking a walnut tree, once he saw her sitting on the lawn knitting a blue sweater, three or four times he found a bouquet of late flowers on his porch..."
Who is Clarisse?
Why does Montag think people always seem to report others for books to the firemen at night?
Because fire at night draws more attention and attracts more people to watch things burn like a show or production.
The Cold War was a period of time in America where a fear of ________________________ was created and nationalism was increased.
communism
A Salamander is a symbol of....
the firemen because they are known to survive fires.
"We're the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others"
Who is Captain Beatty
"Dead beast, the living beast."
The Mechanical hound
Three arguments that Beatty makes in his speech:
VARIED ANSWERS - MS NUMZ JUDGES
A Wisconsin Republican Senator who charged many as being communists in American organizations and his accusations were often baseless & ruined careers
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
"I hate her. She's got you going and the next thing you know we'll be out, no house, no job, nothing"
Who is Mildred?
"The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag"
The Old Woman who is burned alive
The four elements of dystopian literature are:
1. Dehumanization
2. Totalitarian governments
3. Environmental disaster, and/or
4. Other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society.
The amount of money it cost Ray Bradury to write his first copy of Fahrenheit 451 at the Library:
Who does Mildred's family consist of?
$9.80
The parlor is her family- they are TV characters that she calls her "family"
"What- was it always like this? The firehouse, our work? I mean, well, once upon a time..."
Who is Montag?