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Study Guide: Fahrenheit 451: American Literature, Mrs. Johnson
FORMAT:
i. MULTIPLE CHOICE
ii. TRUE / FALSE
iii. Quote Matching: who said what
iv. ONE SHORT RESPONSE QUESTION
v. VOCABULARY BANK AND MATCH TO A SENTENCE
Concepts to study…
• What symbol does Bradbury often use to personify the books? Phoenix
• Describe Mildred: what she does, her personality, her priorities. Obsessive with technology and entertainment and she is emotionally disconnected from society.
• What does Montag’s fire hose spray kerosine
• What symbols are on Montag’s uniform? Salamander and the phoenix
• Describe details about Clarisse, her family, her typical day at school, her importance to Montag, and her death. Day for her is engaging in thoughtful things, she is different then the others. Instead of watching tv or using technology. Her importance to montag is because clarisse becomes his spark to start expanding to starts his adventure towards self awareness and censorship. But later leads to her death by getting hit by a car.
• Describe the Mechanical Hound and what it can do. What is its role in the book? It is a robot hound that is able to track and kill people, who are hiding books from the government. Symbolizes that the government is in full control and is trying to scare the society that they have a robot hound.
• According to Beatty, who was the first fireman? Benjamin franklin
• How does Beatty explain the government policy regarding books that they should all be destroyed and not to be seen by the public. Believes they have bad conflict in side of the books. Letting the government know they are in control
• How does Faber describe himself? How does Faber describe books and society? How does he help Montag and why? What is Montag and Faber’s plan? cowardly , says the books have rich information in side and will challenge the society for the truth. He provides montag with valuable knowledge and gives him a seashell to communicate to faber. They both try to spread the work and plan to subvert censorship and by spreading awareness to society people may listen.
• What is Granger’s role in the book? Describe his ideas and character. Leader of a group of intellectuals, helps montag and is his mentor.
• Describe the use of symbolism in the novel, and how it connects to the bigger themes fire in the novel represents both destruction and a symbol of cleansing.
• What are the themes in Fahrenheit 451? Dangers of censorship, importance of knowledge, government power.
• You will be given key quotes from the novel and asked to identify: simile, metaphor, personification and oxymoron.
• Which literature does Montag read to the Mildred’s friends and how do they react? Poem, mildred's friends acted in disbelief and disgusted.
• Describe the use of technology in the novel and how it connects to the bigger themes. Technology has taken over the society where the government has full control of everyone. Connects to the bigger theme by causing destruction by burning all the books in the world.
• How does the government respond to Montag’s disobedience and what ends up happening in the chase? They send a hound to kill Montag but, later fake his death by killing an innocent man on camera to pretend it was montag.
• How does Beatty die? Why? What was he threatening to do when he dies? Beatty was killed by Montag with a flamethrower. He did it in an act of self-defense. Beatty was threatening Montag to pull the trigger and was pushing Montag around. Beatty was almost mocking his own death.
• Does the general public know why there is a war going on? No, because society is distracted by entertainment.
Who says:
• “You laugh when I haven’t been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I’ve asked you” (8). Clarisse
• “What is fire . . . Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences. A problem gets too burden some, then into the furnace with it” (115). Captain beatty
• “We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered About something important, about something real” (52) Faber
• “That’s the good part of dying; when you’ve nothing to lose, you run any risk you want” montag
• “I am Plato’s Republic” Granger
• “She’s nothing to me; she shouldn’t have had books. It was her responsibility, she should’ve thought of that. I hate her” Mildred
• “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal” (58). beatty
Vocabulary Definitions
1. Phoenix: A mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes.
2. Dystopia: An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice.
3. Censorship: The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.
4. Conformity: Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards. 5. Paradox: A statement or situation that appears self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
6. Metamorphosis: A change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one. 7. Nihilism: The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless. 8. Tactile: Connected with the sense of touch.
9. Pedestrian: (1) Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull. (2) A person walking along a developed area. 10. Pulverize: Reduce to fine particles or powder by crushing or other mechanical means. 11. Antiquity: The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.
12. Insidious: Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
13. Procure: Obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
14. Subversive: Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
15. Incinerator: An apparatus for burning waste material, especially industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash.
16. Oblivion: The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.
17. Cacophony: A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
18. Seashell (as used in the novel): Small radio-like devices worn in the ear.
19. Parlor (as used in the novel): A room with wall-sized interactive screens used for entertainment. 20. Kerosene: A light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heaters.