Technology
What are Seashells?
Ear buds that play music or talking all the time
Curious, thoughtful, innocent
Clarisse
"Clarisse McClellan? We've a record of her family. We've watched them carefully" (pg. 57)
Constant surveillance
Question that Clarisse asks Montag that changes him.
"Are you happy?"
What is the animal that represents fire and burning (stitched on Montag's uniform)?
Salamander
Which "animal" has a poisonous probosis and is programmed to find people who read books?
Mechanical Hound
Love television, Seashells and driving fast
Mildred
"And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight"(10)
Reliance on technology
What event happens during Montag's job that makes him feel awful / shocks him?
The old woman burning
What represents Montag's attempt to grasp the sands of knowledge?
Sieve
True or false? Montag has to physically climb up and down the fireman's pole at the fire station.
False, it automatically moves up and down
Montag's boss, dedicated to censorship, shrewd
Beatty
"He saw the silver needle extend upon the air an inch, pull back, extend, pull back. The growl simmered in the beast and it looked at him. Montag backed up"
Control through fear tactics
What does Montag discover at his own home in the beginning of the book that upsets him?
Mildred overdoses on sleeping pills.
What is the significance of the title?
Farenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns
What is the function of the "Suction Snake" and what does it show about this society?
Pumps out toxic materials from someone's body and replaces blood. The workers say they get 9 or 10 calls each night so it shows that generally people are unhappy because it is so common to overdose.
Retired professor, intellectual, afraid
Faber
"Not everyone born free and equal... but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other"
Conformity
What is hiding under Montag's pillow when Beatty comes to visit?
A book!
What represents government control AND disconnection from nature and knowledge?
Seashells
Parlor Walls
What are the "parlor walls" and how do they impact Mildred?
Huge TVs. They prevent Mildred from genuinely connecting with real people, including her husband.
Made of metal, has "electric blue steam", has 8 legs
Mechanical Hound
Illusion of utopia/perfect world
Who does Montag seek out to help him understand more?
Faber
What does the dandelion represent?
Innocence
Curiosity
Awareness / attention to details