Show:
Quotes
Plot
Symbolism
Figurative Language
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 does 451 represent?

What is The temperature at which paper burns?

100
“He opened the bedroom door. It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum after the moon has set.”
What is simile?
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
What is the ultimate reason Montag kills Beatty?
What is Beatty was going to track down Faber?
200
What symbol represents “destruction” at first and later “comfort and security”?
What is fire?
200
“‘…but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don’t; they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film teacher.’”
What is onomatopoeia?
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
Why is Montag upset that the woman is still at the house they’re going to burn?
What is she makes it personal?
300

Seashell radios, TV's, Drugs, etc. are all a form of what?

What is Escapism?

300
“‘He says I’m a regular onion! I keep him busy peeling away the layers.’”
What is metaphor?
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

"a book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?"

Who is Beatty?

400

Who or what comes to Montag's house at the start of Part 2 when Guy and Mildred start to read the books from the ventilator grille?

What is The Mechanical Hound?

400

A planted seed.

What is an Idea?

400
“He felt his chest chopped down and split apart [because the sound was so loud].
What is hyperbole?
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
Well, here comes a very strange beast which in all tongues is called a fool."
Who is Beatty?
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
“I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.”
What is irony?
500

Killer tech!: government manipulated technology for the purpose of fear and destruction 

What is The Mechanical Hound?