The Seashell Radios that Mildred has are very similar to what item we use today?
earbuds
Captain Beatty says, “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Breach man’s mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” (58). This extended metaphor implies that:
Books do more harm than good; they give people ideas, which make them dangerous.
Beatty tells Montag, "At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch. What do the books say, he wonders?" If a fireman gives into that temptation and takes a book, what is the protocol?
He is allowed to keep it for 24 hours.
What realization does Montag come to regarding his wife Mildred?
He doesn't really know her or love her
What is the significance of the salamander?
it renews its skin in fire
What is the significance of the phoenix?
a bird that continually rises from the ashes
The books fell like slaughtered birds
simile
3. When Clarisse asks, Montag says that Fireman have always...
burned books with kerosene
How does Clarisse McClellan describe herself?
17 and crazy
The path of kerosene lay like some evil snail
SIMILE
That’s water under the bridge
IDIOM
What important question does Clarisse ask Montag at the beginning of the novel?
"Are you happy?"
You’ve been locked up here with a regular Tower of Babel
ALLUSION
"Hell!" The operator's cigarette moved on his lip. "We get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had these special machines built..." (15). Who says this?
Medic
_____ of the walls in the Montag living room are television screens
3
The open door looked at him with its vacant eye
PERSONIFICATION
According to Clarisse, how is Montag "not like the others"?
He looks at her and actually listens
Captain Beatty believes Montag's questions and unhappiness are unexpressed feelings of...
guilt
Mildred overdoses on:
sleeping pills
Clarisse is killed by _____.
a car
According to the novel, what do the numbers 451 represent?
The temperature at which books burn.
The Mechanical Hound at the fire station is a technological version of which item?
an attack dog
How do the firemen know which houses have books in them?
Neighbors, family members, and friends become informants and tell the authorities
The mind drinks less and less
PERSONIFICATION
We are heading right for the cliff
IDIOM or METAPHOR
What two things make Montag realize that he must change his life?
A woman chooses to burn with her books and Clarisse dies
What happens when the fire team chops into an old woman's home and find her books?
The woman strikes a match on the kerosene-soaked pile of books and dies.
How old is Montag?
30
The Mechanical Hound tracks down its prey by its __________?
chemical complex
What is something strange about the firemen?
They all look exactly like Montag
What happens to Montag as a result of meeting Clarisse?
He starts to notice what's missing in his life
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