religion motif

Question 1

mildred’s friends

Answer 1

remind Montag of icons he once saw in a church and didn’t understand

Question 2

faber

Answer 2

invokes the christian value of forgiveness - after Montag turns against society, Faber reminds him that he was once one of the faithful, so should pity

Question 3

references to miracle at cana

Answer 3

Jesus turned water into wine

Faber- Water Montag- Wine

influenced by Jesus’s action, Montag finds his identity through self-transformation

Question 4

Christian image of fire

Answer 4

from the pagan blaze to Mosse’s bush

it symbolises both blatant heresy and divine presence

Question 5

fire in the novel

Answer 5

the vehicle of a restrictive society

Montag also uses it against his oppressor and wins his freedom

Question 6

last line of the book

Answer 6

“when we reach the city”

implies a strong symbolic connection between the atomic holocaust of Montag’s world and the Apocalypse of the Bible