Show:
Montag
Technology
Censorship
Knowledge
Quotes
100
Montag was a firemen, this is ironic because instead of putting out fires, he set things on fire.
What was Montag's job and why is this ironic?
100
It is used to set fire to smaller books. Books that fit in this slot will be "toasted" as they would do to toast.
What does Montag's toaster do?
100
The first amendment.
What is broken in Fahrenheit 451?
100
Fahrenheit 451 reminds us that it’s the process of independent thought that matters, more than the knowledge itself.
What does this book tell us about knowledge?
100
Captain Beatty.
Who says this quote? "We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon."
200
Clarisse shows him a whole new way of thinking.
What or who changes Montag's mindset when it comes to books?
200
TV represents the enemy. It’s responsible for replacing literature, intellectualism, and curiosity.
What does TV represent?
200
People burn books in this novel, because the government is afraid that the people will gain too much knowledge and overpower them, therefore, they are censoring what the people are allowed to learn from.
Why do they burn books in Fahrenheit 451?
200
For Montag, books are more about communication than anything else. Montag thinks books are amazing and powerful and full of knowledge.
What are books to Montag? What does he think about them?
200
Faber. Faber tells Montag that it’s not the books themselves that Montag is looking for, but the meaning they contain. The same meaning could be included in existing media like television and radio, but people no longer demand it.
Who says this quote and why? "Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores."
300
Montag almost gets hit by a car.
What happens after Montag plants a book at a fellow firemen's house?
300
Two technicians arrive with machines—one to pump out Mildred's stomach, the other to replace her blood with fresh, clean blood. The pump is also equipped with an Eye, a device that allows the machine's operator to clean out of the melancholy from a patient.
What happens to Mildred after she over doses?
300
Front porches, gardens, and rocking chairs are all things associated with a home and family. They are ways to relax and enjoy life. By removing these items from society, they are essentially taking away what makes life enjoyable and pleasant.
What, apart from books, are not allowed in society and why?
300
For Faber, books hold value only in so far as they apply to life. He’s not a pedant by any stretch of the imagination.
What does Faber think about books.
300
Beatty speaks these lines to Montag outside Montag’s home in “Burning Bright,” right before Montag burns him to death with the flamethrower.
Who says this and what event is it said right before? "It’s perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did. . . . It’s a mystery. . . . Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences . . . clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic, practical."
400
Montag kills him. Montag says that Beatty wanted to die.
How does Beatty die? What is said after his death?
400
The Hound represents government control and manipulation of technology.
What does the mechanical hound represent?
400
Because they want everyone to be the same and not question the government and just believe whatever they are told.
Why does the government want to censor society?
400
Granger says that his group is waiting for humanity to become ready for books again so that they can be of some use to the world. He says that the most important thing they have to remember is that they are not important in themselves, but only as repositories of knowledge. He is confident about man’s determination to save what is worth saving
Why do the "book people" introduce themselves as books?
400
Granger. This quote is advice that Granger gives to Montag as the city is burning. It means that you should avoid the ordinary.
Who says this quote and when? What does it mean? "Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories."
500
Montag ditches his own gear, bathes, and puts on Faber’s clothes.
What does Montag do at the river?
500
The Mechanical Hound is a slick electronic hit man formed of copper wire and storage batteries and smelling of blue electricity.
What does the mechanical hound look and smell like?
500
The government kills a random civilian and tells the public that it was Montag who has been killed. By doing so, they want to let the society know that the Government is always right and that the Government never lets anyone get away with non-conformity.
How does the government censor people from thinking the government is unbeatable?
500
Granger is the leader of the"book people" he introduces himself as the book, Plato's Republic.
Who is Granger and what book is he?
500
Montag. Here, Montag realizes the relative insignificance of his own life compared to that of the world. Montag believes that a new revolution of peoples' minds can indeed occur.
Who says this quote? What does this mean? "That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want."