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Quotes
Plot
Symbolism
Characters
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“People don’t talk about anything . . .They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else.”
Who is Clarisse?
100
What does Clarisse do to determine whether Montag is in love?
What is she rubs a dandelion under his chin?
100
What symbol represents “destruction” at first and later “comfort and security”?
What is fire?
100
The free spirit: the one who follows whims and dreams; the one who questions the way things are done.
Who is Clarisse?
200
“I don’t talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.”
Who is Faber?
200

When Montag escapes the hound and arrives back on land, he sees these objects on the train tacks.

Harvard Degrees

200

Government control and manipulation of technology

What is the Hound?

200
The oblivious one: the one easily persuaded about the way things should be done; the one who doesn’t want to make any trouble.
Who is Mildred?
300
"Thought! Was I given a choice? My grandfather and father were firemen. In my sleep, I ran after them."
Who is Montag?
300
What is the ultimate reason Montag kills Beatty?
What is Beatty was going to track down Faber?
300
What symbol does Bradbury leave the reader with that assures that the city will be rebuilt?
What is a phoenix?
300
The hermit: the one who doesn’t want to get involved; the one who wants to hide out and find his own peace.
Who is Faber?
400
Well, here comes a very strange beast which in all tongues is called a fool."
Who is Beatty?
400

Three of the four ways Faber tries to get rid of Montag's smell.

What are burning the chair and rug, turning on the sprinklers, turning on the air conditioning, rubbing everything down with alcohol?

400
What type of factory does Granger say the society will need to build?
What is a mirror factory?
400
The confused: the one who puzzles over the way things are done; the one who changes by what is presented
Who is Montag?
500
“The world was bankrupted of ten million fine actions the night he passed on.”
Who is Granger?
500
Faber tells Montag that three things are missing concerning citizens’ enjoyment of books. What are they?
What are quality of information, leisure, and the opportunity to act on the first two.
500
An impossible task
What is the sieve and the sand?
500
The savior: the one who wants to resurrect society by remembering the past.
Who is Granger?