Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide Flashcards
List at least 2 behaviors Montag exhibits to show that he is very comfortable with his job.
Montag grins, and he doesn’t think about what he does, he just follows the motions.
What is unusual about Clarisse? (3 things)
She asks a lot of questions and talks about the past; she walks alone; she likes to watch people
What is ironic about Montag’s job? What kind of irony?
Montag is a fireman but he starts the fires instead of puts them out. dramatic irony
Who comes to the house to help Mildred and what do they do?
The emergency hospital, and they suck the medicine out of her.
Clarisse’s uncle is the voice of reason, what is the point of his comment that Montag hears outside the window?
makes Montag believe that people use others for their own benefit, and then throw them away like a disposable tissue.
How are Mildred and Montag’s attitudes about the overdose different?
Mildred doesn’t think she did it, and that she has a hangover; Montag knows she did it and is upset
How is television different in this future time?
they are “walls” and they are interactive
Why is the scene about the dandelion in the novel?
it makes Montag start to question if he is in love, and it makes him wonder about his feelings
How can we tell that Montag isn’t like all the other firemen?
he questions the hound and thinks it hates him, and that someone programmed it against him
What is the mechanical hound and how does it kill its victims?
it is a hunting dog that kills rats and seeks books, it kills with a needle and posion
How does the hound act toward Montag?
it acts like it hates montag; it growls and acts like it is about to kill him
Why does Montag feel guilt at this fire when he hasn’t felt it before?
he feels guilty bc he burned a woman along with a house, and it makes him question why someone would die for books.
Why does Beatty say books were shortened and then finally destroyed?
bc life passed too fast to have time to read. you could be doing happier things instead
What is the allusion of the salamander?
it is an allusion to greek mythology bc a salamander “lives in fire” like the firetruck
What is the allusion of the phoenix?
it is an allusion to greek mythology and how a phoenix is born out of the ashes
simile
“He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace”
metaphor
“…his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies”
alliteration
“He hung up his black beetle helmet…”
personification
“the flapping pigeon winged books died on the porch..”
allusion
idk
symbolism
Cheshire Cat (idk what for)
define seive
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter.
define censorship
act or practice of censoring
define blacklisting
people under suspicion
what do the sieve and the sand symbolize?
sand: books and the knowledge Montag is trying to learn
sieve: his memory
what seemingly cruel trick does montag do to convince faber to help him?
he tore pages out of the bible until Faber agreed.
What does Montag read to the women?
Dover Beach and the Sea of Faith
How is it ironic that montag chooses that poem to read?
it talks about a perfect world and happiness and then it goes to reality like montage world
What does Beatty do on the salamander that he doesn’t usually do?
he drives it
What mythical allusion is Beatty making on page 113?
he alludes to Cassius and how he and montag speak empty threats
what conclusion does montag reach about Beatty’s death?
beatty wanted to died bc he never stopped him
where are faber and montag going to go?
Faber going to St. Louis and Montag to the other side of the river
What is going on in the world that is being ignored bc of montag’s chase?
the war
What metaphor is used to describe Montag’s chase?
He left the great seance and the murmuring ghosts. “unreality to unreal reality”
Or
“It was actually his own chess game he was witnessing, move by move”
What trail does Faber need to get rid of, and what are the steps he will take to do it?
get rid of Montag’s trail; burn bed spread, burn living room chair, wipe furniture, burn throw rug, turn AC on high and spray moth spray, turn on lawn sprinklers
What is government’s plan to catch montag, since the hound is having trouble?
Everyone has to open their door on the count of 10.
How does Montag finally escape the chase?
he puts on faber’s clothes and floats in the river
What does montag use as a path, and what unproven fact comes to him there?
he follows the railroad, and he realizes the Clarisse walked the same path long ago.
What does Montag see in the forest?
a bonfire
List as many ways as you can that the title of this section applies
- Beatty being burned
- Montag placing the book in the house incinerator
- world blowing up
- bonfire
What new identities do the men adopt? who is Montag? why do they do this?
Montag is book of Ecclesiastes, they do this bc they can read and memorize the books
Why are the men searched but never arrested?
they burn the books so there isn’t evidence
How is their plan for changing society different from the one Montag tried to start?
There are there if anyone needs them, and to help keep books safe and intact. Montag just wants to go against society.
who does granger look up to?
his grandpa
What does the “coming rain” symbolize?
the baptism into their new life and the bringing back of books
What metaphor does Granger make about man and why does he make that negative comparison?
idk
What kind of factory does Granger want to build and why?
a mirror factory so everyone can see themselves
What direction are the men walking and why is it symbolic?
north, the start of a new beginning
