Characters(Not full focused)
What kind of girl is Clarisse? What sets her apart from the other young people at this time?
Clarisse is a 17 year old girl who isn't afraid of the Firemen. This sets her apart from the other girls since she likes to experience life the same way that people did before the government enacted these rules.
What is the mechanical hound to Montag and the guys around him?
A form of entertainment
Whats Montags opinion on his job as a fire man at the beginning of the book?
He feels very passionate about his job
Who is Faber?
Faber is a retired English professor who had been thrown out of the world 40 years ago when the last liberal arts college closed due to the laws enacted by the government.
What type of irony and what is ironic about Faber choosing to read the book of Job to Montag?
The type of Irony is situational irony. It is ironic because Montag is experiencing the same things within the Book of Job. The Book of Job is about righteous people suffer and the limits of human understanding regarding divine justice.
What is education, according to Beatty?
To Captain Beatty education is a system designed to conform people to societal standards and obedience rather than critical thought. He has this idea that true education, intellectual curiosity and deep thinking, is a danger to social stability.
Whats the thing that the men use to help clear mildreds stomach after she overdoses?
They use the snake
Why is Montag uncomfortable when he gets to the women's house and needs to burn it?
Montag feels uncomfortable because this is the first time the person who owns the books actually stays and doesn't get moved away. He also feels uncomfortable because this is the first time he is able to see the human cost of his job since the women decided to stay in her house with her books while it was being burned down.
How did Montag and Faber first meet?
They met in a park a year before the novel begins. Why did Montag decide not to arrest him then, even though he knew Faber had a book.
What type of figure of speech is this quote and what is the significance? "With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history. "(Bradbury,2)
This is a metaphor that compares Montag’s flame igniter to a giant snake spewing a deadly venom that kills history. This also has juxtaposition of Montag's hands to one of a orchestra conductor.
What appalling thing does Mildred like to do to relieve the emptiness and unhappiness she feels?
Mildred likes to watch White Crown and do drugs.
Why is the Bible that Montag has so significant?
Its the only copy left
Why does Montag cry at night?
Montag cries because he of the unhappiness and emptiness he feels in life.
What invention did he create/what was it called? What was it used for?
Faber invented a two way radio device called Green bullet/seashells. It was used for communication to help preserve knowledge from books.
What type of figure of speech is this quote and what is the significance? "He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back."(Bradbury,10)
This is a simile and its significant because when Clarisse tells Montag her ideas about the world and asks him if he is truely happy it makes him realize that he is very unhappy in life and makes him realize that he has been pretending.
Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads aloud the poem?
Mrs. Phelps likely cries when Montag reads aloud the poem “The Sea of Faith” because the society within the poem is a very similar to their own. Mrs. Phelps, like Mildred and Mrs. Bowles, has never actually reflected on how meaningless and unhappy their lives are. Her tears may be a sign of deep sorrow and understanding as she finally sees their society for what it truely is.
Why is the number 451 significant?
Its the temperature that paper and books burn.
What is Montag's reason for wanting to read books?
Montag's reason for wanting to read books is his curiosity of literacy.
Faber says three things are missing. What are they?
The three things are quality information, leisure to digest, and the right to action.
What type of figure of speech and what does it symbolize? "The sieve and the sand" (Bradbury, 71)
This is a metaphor and it symbolizes the difficulty of keeping knowledge (sand) within a mind that is constantly bombarded with information (sieve).
How did the women choose who they would vote for in the last election?
They voted based on appearance.
What happened to the porches and rocking chairs?
How does Montag view his job after part 1?
Montag's view of his job after part 1 is that it is bad because books represent people.
Why does Faber consider himself a coward?
Faber says he is a coward because he “saw the way things were going, a long time back” and yet he “said nothing.” Even though Faber privately rebels against the government by owning books and creating his own technology, he feels that he did not do enough to save society from its ruin. Only with Montag's influence did Faber truely rebel against the government.
What type of imagery is this? "The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers"(Bradbury, 116)
The type of imagery is vivid as it describes the burning of Montag's books.