Transcript 1. Describe Mildred’s appearance.

Fahrenheit 451
1. Describe Mildred’s appearance.
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Pg 48
Hair burnt by chemicals
Cataract eyes- cloudy
Reddened pouting lips
Thin as praying mantis
Flesh like white bacon
2. What made Montag sick to his stomach?
How does this contrast with his feelings
at the beginning of the book?
• Pg 49- Kerosene
• At the beginning he compares the smell of
kerosene to perfume
3. What does Montag think about the
old woman and all the books he
has destroyed?
• Pg 51-- “There must be something in books,
things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay
in a burning house; there must be something
there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
• Pg 51-52– “And I thought about books. And for
the first time I realized that a man was behind
each one of the books. A man had to think them
up. A man had to take a long time to put them
down on paper”
4. How did Mildred react when Montag
told her about the old woman
burning alive with her books?
• Pg 51– “She was simple minded”, “That’s
water under the bridge”
5. What 2 situations make Montag
think that there is something
significant within the books?
• Pg 51-- “There must be something in
books, things we can’t imagine, to make a
woman stay in a burning house; there
must be something there. You don’t stay
for nothing.”– woman willing to die for
them.
• Pg 67- “Men like Beatty are afraid of
(Clairsse). I can’t understand it.”
6. Summarize Beatty’s explanation
of how the need for fireman
arose.
• Pg. 54-62
• People changed their values and decided
that books were not important– and the
government just followed their lead
7. How did the ever-increasing
speed of society affect books
according to Beatty?
• Pg 55
• “Speed up the film…
one column, two sentences, a headline…
whirl a man’s mind around (until it) flings
off all unneccessary time-wasting thought!”
8. How did the objections of all
minority groups affect books?
• Pg 57, 59
• Get rid of any books that offend any
minority
9. What publications are left for
people to read?
• Comic books (57)
• Sex magazines (58)
• Trade manuals (like the fireman’s
handbook)
10. What did Beatty say about
Clarisse?
• That she’s better off dead-- pg 60
11. What did Montag have hidden
in the house? Why did he
reveal his secret?
• Pg 66
• 20 books
• Because he felt like he needed to be fair to
Mildred since it’s her house too
12. What is your reaction to Beatty’s statement
that everyone must be made alike- not born
free and equal but made equal?
• Pg 58
• Your opinion!
13. What unspoken “deal” did Beatty make
with Montag about the books?
• He has 24 hours to burn the books or the
firemen will come burn them for him
• Pg 62
14. What does Montag ask Mildred to do
once he reveals his secret? How does
she respond?
• pg 67-68
• To allow 24/48 hours to read and look at
the books and they’d burn them after that
if they really are as dumb as Beatty said
• At first she was totally against it, but he
convinced her to read them with him
15. What are possible themes
within the book?
• THOUGHT CONTROL
• HERETICS & MARTYRS
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MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE
FUN & HAPPINESS
Political Correctness
CONTRADICTION IN BOOKS
CENSORSHIP
16. What similarities do you see
between the society in F451 and
our own society?
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Dependence on machines
Loss of pedestrians
Fascination with TV
Loss of real relationships