| What do “firemen” do in the novel? why is this ironic? | they burn things & because they put out fires in our society now |
| who does montag meet on his way home? what do they talk about? how does montag feel about this conversation? | Clarisse, they talk about books, life and firemen. |
| what does montag find when he walks into his house? who responds for help? | Mildred has overdosed on sleeping pills, the operators come for help |
| what does mildred do all day? | watch tv |
| what kind of girl is Clarisse? | weird, she likes to think a lot, she goes out for walks |
| what is the mechanical hound? what does montag think is the reason for the attack in the firehouse? | a dog that smells people that go against the govt. particularly people with books, and Montag thinks it has a glitch |
| what does the old lady do when the firemen put kerosene on her books? | she lights a match and burns herself along with her books |
| how does Beatty describe to society in which they live? | different and he thinks people don’t want books because of the developed technology now |
| who is mildreds family? | the people on tv |
| what does mildred find under montags pillow? | a book |
| what are beattys main points of his speech to montag? | books are stupid, we all have temptations, you better give the book back |
| what does montag do after beatty leaves? how does mildred react? | he shows mildred his book stash and she is scared, and she freaks out |
| instead of going to work, where does montag go? | Faber’s house |
| what happens with montag on the subway? | he gets distracted by a ad and freaks out and throws the book up in the air |
| why is faber hesitant to trust montag at first? | because he’s a fireman |
| what do faber and montag talk about? | copying the bible and getting it republished |
| according to faber, what 3 things are missing from society? | 1. pure knowledge/ quality of info.2.the right to digest the info and learn from it3. to carry out what was learned in the book |
| what does montag do to mildreds friends? how do they react? | reads them poetry, one of them cries, on of them gets angry and screams and she calls the firemen |
| when montag gets to the firehouse, what do him & beatty talk about? | montag coming back to work and Beatty says quotes from books and makes montag flustered |
| where does montag go to their next fire call? | His home |
| who turned in the alarm against montag? | Mildred |
| what does montag do to his house? why? | he burns it, bc beatty told him to |
| what does montag do next? where does he run? | he kills Beatty with a flamethrower, he runs to the river |
| who is chasing montag and why? | the hound, bc he killed Beatty |
| how does faber help montag? | he tells him to go to the RR and find Granger and the homeless people who remember the books. |
| how does montag escape the hound? where does he hide? | he gets to the river and jumps in |
| who does montag meet while walking on the RR tracks? what do they talk about? | Granger |
| who do the police catch? | a scape goat ( a random man walking down the street) |
| granger says their main job Is remembering, why? | to pass on the information they learn from the books |
| why does granger want to build a mirror factory? | so people can look and reflect on themselves |
| what are the implications of the last few pages? | that society will rise from their ashes and rebuild itself. |
Fahrenheit 451 part 1,2,3
February 6, 2020