Farenheit 451 Test Flashcards
Whats the setting of f 451
The 21st century in an unspecified city in the united states
What are all yhe characters in the story’s names
Guy montag, Mildred montag, Clarisse McClellan, captain Beatty, professor faber, granger, mrs phelps, mrs Bowles, stoneman and black
What are the motivations ( reasons for inclusion in the story) of all characters
Montag- protagonist, searches for meaning of life
Mildred - Montags shallow sickly wife who is obsessed with watching television
Clarisse- 17 year old outcast whose innocence and curiosity help introduce montag to the worlds beauty
Beatty- Montags fire department captain who hayes books and people who read them
Faber- retired english professor who berates himself for being a coward
Granger- leader of the “book people”
Mrs phelps - does not seem to care about her own miserable life, starts crying during the poem, emotionally disconnected from life
Mrs Bowles- does not seem to care about her own miserable life (or her children)
Stoneman and black - Montags coworkers
What are the symbols and their meanings in the book
Fire - no consequences , destruction
Blood- a humans hidden soul (what they are actually like )
Hearth -the home, has to do with fire, fireplace
Salamander- whats on their uniform, the firetruck, lives in fire and in unaffected by flames
Sieve- the mind trying to seek a difficult to keep truth
Sand- the truth montag seeks the information from the book he wants
Phoenix- rebirth and new life
Whats the plot of farenheit 451
Montag (a fireman) loves his job until he meets Clarisse who makes him question everything he has known, he then begins stealing books, and meets faber and they come up with a plan to bring literacy back, Beatty finds out montag has books and makes him burn his house down, he then kills Beatty and goes on the run and meets the book people and their leader granger , there’s nuclear wars and then they all decide to rebuild and remember and bring books back
Trait for faber
He’s an intellectual who believes in thinking differently, or unique to yourself, choosing carelfully who influences you
Word to describe trait
Intellectual
Page quote(s) are /is on
Pg. 104 (bottom of page), pg. 81 (top) , pertains to thinking for yourself because different people can digest info differently, especially when it’s of quality and they have enough time, then they can show how they digest it through their unique actions toward it
