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..”
