Study Questions (Please choose at least 5)
1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot.
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society? How does it connect to today?
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why?
10. What predictions might you make about later events in the story?
Michael DiCenzo
ReplyDelete2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over? First, the bombers provide the characters with a constant reminder that the government has complete control over them, that their every move is being watched, and that the government will not hesitate to take action. The bombers are present to instill a constant fear in the citizens of Montag's society.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance. He was a retired English professor his significance is Montag needed a duplicate copy of the stolen book before he returned the original to Captain Beatty
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
Faber says that books have a "quality" and "texture" that television does not have. Books have "pores" and can examine under a microscope. I think Faber sees these books as like being alive and that's why they're so important.
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot? Faber, has invented a device that is similar to a walkie-talkie, only it is a mere ear-piece. With this device, he can transmit messages and the receiver of these messages can hear him. In this way, Faber protects himself and others who treasure the value of works of history and of literature. This ties into the plot because they plan to do plant books in the firehouse.
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”? Mrs. Phelps cries when Montag reads the poem because she hears the emotion in his words. One of the points made by society in removing all books is that literature is harmful.
Dowol Lee
ReplyDelete1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, Mildred’s first reaction of these books are fear. She is first terrified that her husband had these hidden books that are illegal. It is also unexpected because his job was to burn books for a living. Mildred’s first reaction is saying:’"What's this?" asked Mildred, almost with delight. Montag heaved back against her arms. "What's this here?"’ You can tell her confusion and almost disgust. She then immediately tries to burn them. She becomes upset when they start reading these books. She believes reading is a waste of time and thinks that her television is more entertaining. Montag thinks otherwise. He is up for the challenge. He is in search of knowledge and believes that some important answers are in there.
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of bombers flying over?
The bombers create tension and suspense. It shows something that the people of the city ignore everything that happens in the outside world. None of the citizens have any purpose in the world because they don’t have a sense of reality. It looks like there is constant war but people don’t even notice because the government doesn’t want anyone to know. It contrasts these people to Montag because he actually notices the planes. “"Every hour so many damn things in the sky! How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn't someone want to talk about it?”.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor Faber is one of Montag’s mentors and teaches him life lessons. He is important because he is so old that he’s seen the decline of society. He is gifted with knowledge and somewhat “enlightened”
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life because he realizes the dead and empty society he is a part of. I feel like the loud noise from the speakers of the advertisement while Montag is trying to memorize the passage in the bible is a metaphor to how the government and other things try to drown out things that are actually intellectual and important
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
Faber’s main argument for books are that they have more significance and importance than all of the technology in the world. He says: "Number one: Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores.” I think he means that they have knowledge and there own meaning unlike the television programs people watch everyday.
ReplyDeleteCelia Hoffman
1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
Mildred wanted to watch her TV and missed her TV “family” and is also very concerned that someone will come for the books and burn down the house. Meanwhile, Montag is hoping these books lead to an understanding. He is trying to understand how Clarisse and Farber love books and why the rest of society hates them. Montag reads some of the lines in the books aloud, while Mildred says they should have them burned.
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
When the bombers fly over, Montag goes on a rant about the mystery of the war that they are in and have won, and how it affected the rest of the world. In this scene we learn that the rest of the world is starving whole Montag and his society are comfortably feed. Montag says how the war is never on TV, so people don’t care enough about it, almost saying people only have an interest for TV and are not concerned with what goes on around them, partially because of The White Clown, which is a theme we see a lot in this book.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor Farber is a man Montag had a conversation with a couple years ago in a park. Montag knew that Faber was reading books and Montag didn’t care. Faber gave Montag his address and phone number, and Montag contacted him a year after they met. They started having conversations about the books and philosophies. Faber is so significant because he was basically Montag’s conscience, guiding Montag and also helping him return the stolen book to Captain Beatty.
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
In this scene, Montag is on the subway, trying to memorize a part of the Bible. He gets distracted by a commercial called “Denham's Dentifrice" and tries to block it out. Failing to do so, he starts to get frustrated and begins to argue out loud. Others start to stare at him and some suggest to call a guard. Montag manages to get off the train before that happens. He reacts this way because he realizes how TV and the media is always there and he can’t get away from the world he lives in, and no one seems to care.
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
Faber makes three claims for books. The first is that they have “quality”. He is saying that they speak about the evil parts of humanity while also touching on the good things humans do. But the job of books is to reflect life. The second thing he says is that books require leisure or relaxation. You have to be able to sit down and digest a book and not rush through it or you won’t understand the concept it is trying to convey. Which isn’t really possible in Montag’s society because they live so fast paced. The last thing he says is "the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two." He means that people shouldn’t only take time to read the books that reflect life but should also take it into consideration in their own life, and relate to the book that way as well.
Griffin Littlewood
ReplyDelete1. He digs up the books in his home and Mildred is really nervous because it is against the law. But they both end up reading the books together but they have different reactions. She wants to go watch tv and he wants to keep reading while she wants to also hang with the family
2. When the bombers fly over it reminds everyone of the government's control over them and it adds a little bit of a fear factor to the government. It was kind of like a dictatorship in this place and the government just has complete control.
3.Professor Faber was someone he met a park a few years ago. He was a book reader and that is illegal in this time. He is significant because he is his always in the back of his head.
5. Faber says that the books have a lot of quality and the text within the books are important. Faber makes an argument that they are alive and important for society
6. The piece of technology is a simple ear piece and it transmitted messages for the user. It helps them communicate similar to a walkie talkie.
Yasmiin Ali
ReplyDelete1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
- Montag wants to trust Mildred with the secret that they are keeping books in their house. Mildred is very opposed to the idea and wants the books burned. When they read the books together, all Mildred wants to do is watch her TV. Whereas Montag wants Mildred to understand why books are wonderful and worth learning. “ “Mildred kicked at a book. "Books aren't people. You read and I look around, but there isn't anybody!".”
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
- Montag meets Professor Faber outside of his home. He realizes that he is hiding a book in his coat. This catches Montag's attention and he decides to see him the next day. Professor Faber has seen the changes the world has made in his life. As a teacher, he has seen the way no more books have changed the world. He teaches Montag the history of the book and what they provided to the world. “ "I need you to teach me." "All right, all right.".”
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
- On the subway, a commercial called “Denham’s Dentifrice” while Montag was trying to memorize the Bible. He is trying to focus but the commercial was distracting him. He got up angry and begins to argue out loud to the commercial. The people seated in the subway were stunned at what happened and called the guards. Montag left the subway as soon as possible before anything could happen. The reason why Montag was angry other than the fact that he was trying to focus was that he hated the fact that TV and media were everywhere and you can never get away from it. “ It was a plea, a cry so terrible that Montag found himself on his feet, the shocked inhabitants of the loud car staring, moving back from this man with the insane, gorged face, the gibbering, dry mouth, the flapping book in his fist.”
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
- Faber tells Montag that there are three things that will allow him to understand books. Number one is that he needs to know why books are important and what quality means. Faber explains that you need to know what makes books so important and that is knowledge and the quality that the writer put into the book. Number two is leisure and that basically means that you need to allow yourself to take in the information and digest it. Number three is “the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the inter-action of the first two.” Fager is telling Montag that you can't just want to read a book have the book and digest it. You have to promise that you will carry out what you have learned.
10. What predictions might you make about later events in the story?
- I would predict that Montag will try and get more and more people to join him but have to use violence to get what he wants. Later, he will realize that killing people to get what he wants to send out the right view towards the public. He would want to peacefully try to get people to understand the meaning and value of books and that they can change the world.
Shruthi Saravanan
ReplyDelete1. During the scene where Montage and Mildred are reading the book that Montag had exposed to her, they both had reactions to it, though their reactions compared to each other were the complete opposite. Montag was so enlightened by these books seeing what the people have been missing out on. “Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave”(34). Mildred, on the other hand, felt like this was not only overall confusing but completely useless too, “Why should I read? What for?” (35).
2. The effects of the bombers that were flying over through the two sections of the book made it feel like it was a reminder throughout the whole story. There is this unknown war that is going on and the planes are the only indicator of it. It can be also a little reminder to the people who are living in this controlled environment that other people outside of this area aren’t living a life that is anywhere close to this. “Every hour so many damn things in the sky! How in the hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn't someone want to talk about it”(34). Though even though Montag is beyond frustrated with hearing them it seems like he is the only person throughout the story who even notices them going past them so often.
3. Professor Faber was an English professor though he lost his job with a long of some other professors due to the government and what not. Though he was in the park when Montag came across him, and at first Faber was in utter terror realizing this is a fireman talking with him. “‘I haven't done anything!’ cried the old man trembling”(35), though as time went on he started to gain not only trust with Montage courage as well, he was now stating poem and true forms of literature to Guy, “ [Faber] said something else and that was a poem (35)”. Now in the present day, Montag remembers him and decides to contact him once more to be able to talk to someone who can understand literature and knows it’s unknown importance. Also because he is the only person who Guy knows of who might be able to help him make copies of books.
5. The arguments about the book that Faber makes to Montag is about how he believes that it’s not the fact that people put stuff inside books because they do not want to forget them it’s what the book says is what’s the key. He states that there are three main things missing, one of the things are why books are stated to be important, it’s because they all have some sort of quality “Because they have quality...to me it means texture...book[s] have pores. It has features” (39). He also states why people consider books to being scary, and that’s because the pores that the book contains are pores about the faces of life, but it isn’t always good, it can be showing the bad faces of life as well.
6. The “small green metal object” is a small secret device that Faber has spent his time on inventing. It’s very similar to a spy walkie talkie, it was hidden on Montag so he was easily able to hear Faber talk to him and for Faber to receive the messages that Montag sends back though no one will be able to realize it. They were very careful with the way they treated it, Montag won’t be caught easily and Faber won’t be found and will be able to continue to be hidden.
Dylan Brenner
ReplyDelete4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why? Montag doesn’t really react in a good way to the commercial on the subway. He keeps trying to block out the noise as it keeps going on. He tries to block out the commercial so he can memorize his passage. This lead to him yelling out to himself. Others start to stare at him and worry.
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society? How does it connect to today? The TV show featuring the White Clown is meant to show the society of people to be mindless drones who are easily and cheaply amused. The white clown juggles and does many tricks to entertain the people, it doesn’t take much skill. It connects to today because because find amusement in many things that happen to be skillful, or not and just funny.
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”? Mrs. Phelps starts crying because she has never heard a poem before. She lies when others ask why she was crying, she replies with the poem is bad. When Mrs. Phelps first experiences emotion she is not really sure how to act or deal with it.
9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why? Montag returns to his house. Beatty wants to see Montag’s reaction to the fact that the men plan to burn down Montag’s house tonight. Montag realizes that someone set him up.
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot. The small green metal objects are seashells and people use them to listen to the radio. Montag tell faber that he wants to be part of the underground movement to save the books. So Faber gives him the “small green metal object” which is known as a seashell.
Evan Lin
ReplyDelete1. While Guy understands the importance of books, Mildred does not. She asks Guy "Why should I read? What for?" She compares books to "family", and how "family""tell me things". Guy is affected by the past events, and Mildred's lack of interest in book angers him, and he lashes out at Mildred.
3. Faber was an English Professor who was "thrown out upon the world forty years ago when the last liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage." He helps Guy control his emotions when confronted about books, and teaches him more about the books.
6. The little green thing is an earpiece that allows Faber to talk to Guy. This allows Faber to help Guy with his plan to plant books in the other Firemen's houses. Faber can gather information from Guy's acquaintances and plan in the safety of his hideout.
8. Mrs. Phelps cries when Guy reads "Dover Beach" because of how Guy reads the poem. The tone Guy uses is described as "a low, stumbling voice that grew firmer as he progressed from line to line, and his voice went out across the desert, into the whiteness, and around the three sitting women there in the great hot emptiness". The entertainment in this world isn't very exciting or interesting, and the expression of the poem overwhelms Mrs. Phelps, who starts crying.
10. I predict Guy will run away with Faber and other rebels, far away from the city, and end up overthrowing the government.
Olivia Dionisio
ReplyDelete3. Professor Faber is one of Montag's mentors and teachers. He taught Montag his most important lesson which was it's not about the books.
5. Faber says that the books have a lot of character and that what is inside the books, meaning the text and the story is what is important.
8. Mrs. Phelps cries when Montag reads the poem because she can tell while he was reading how much emotion actually went into it and how much he really cared.
1. Mildred's reaction was that she would only think about her "family" on the interactive televisions in the parlor and believes that reading is a waste of time. On the other hand Montag is more motivated to read and feels the need to go search through the books.
6. The same green little object is a bluetooth earpiece type thing, it is very simple and all it does is transmits messages for the people using it.
Jacob Moore
ReplyDelete2. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
MIldred is pretty nervous because she knows they are doing something illegal and she worries that her house is going to be burned down. Montag on the other hand is more interested in the books and wants to understand them. Montag’s goal was to see why people like Clarisse like to read books and why the rest of the people hate books.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor faber is montag's english teacher who also teaches montag about things in life. His significance is that he is an older man who is very intelligent and he has seen the fall of his community.
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
While montag is trying to read the bible in the subway he is interrupted by a really loud advertisement. This is the turning point for Montag because he can't drown out the sound of the advertisement which is almost trying to have him not learn. Montag doesn't like how the advertisement was so loud and didn't allow him to read so he got off the train
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot.
The small green metal object is an invention that faber had made. It was a device that could transmit messages to an earpiece that a person could listen to. The reason For the ear piece Is so that people can warn each other if people are coming to look for books and other relics that are no longer allowed in society.
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
The reason that Mrs.Phelps cries during montag reading dover beach is that she found it so beautiful. She could see emotion in montag's words as he spoke and was amazed by them. Mrs. Phelps had also never heard a poem before which made her like it even more.
Suhani Karki
ReplyDelete1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, Mildred only thinks about the televisions in her hairdresser, and she feels that reading is useless and takes up her time. Montage, on the other hand, thinks that reading is good and that books will have information that will be useful to him. Mildred thinks that Beatty will come and burn their house once they find out they have books, but Montage continues to read. “Books aren’t people. You read, and I look around, but there isn’t anybody!”
2. The effect of sections I and II of the bombers flying over is too make people fear the bommers where Montag lives. They try to make it so that the readers think that the government is continuously “hovering” over them and watch their every move. “Every hour so many damn things in the sky! How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives! Why doesn’t someone want to talk about it? ... Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we’re hated so much? I’ve heard the rumours about hate, too, once in a long while, over the years. Do you know why? I don’t, that’s sure!”
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life because Montage is noticing how dull his whole life and others have become, and so he questions everything. He had an angry fit in the middle of the subway because television was everywhere that he couldn’t concentrate on memorizing a part of the bible. Now he realizes how much attention society is paying to things that don’t matter, like technology and not becoming educated through reading. “It was a plea, a cry so terrible that Montag found himself on his feet, the shocked inhabitants of the loud car staring, moving back from this man with the insane, gorged face, the gibbering, dry mouth, the flapping book in his fist.”
5. The argument that Faber makes for books is that he says that books have quality and texture that t.v. Does not have. He describes the book as pores “The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet..” I feel like Faber is right books are the only things that offer meaning, and television (in Fahrenheit 451) doesn’t teach you anything, and you don’t learn anything from TV. Television in Fahrenheit is a cheap amusement and not even that entertaining.
7. The White Clown show leads us to believe that people in Fahrenheit 451 are very browning and get amused very easily. This shows that people in the book’s society are not intellectual and are very unsophisticated in the White Clown t.v. The show has cartoon characters who do silly and violent things to one another, such as chop off eachothers limbs. It connects to today by leading me to believe that some people today have the same sense of humor. Where people enjoy violent acts and children are watching these shows.
Nick Entner
ReplyDelete1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
Mildred just wants to watch her TV family because she is afraid someone will come to
burn the house down if they find that they have books.Mildred was so scared she had mentioned the idea of burning the books. Montag is very invested in the books and wants to learn from them and find a better understanding for them. He actually reads each sentence aloud to get a better understanding.
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
The bombers planes going to fight a war but no one knows what the war is and the planes are all the people see from it. The planes also show that there are other people outside of their community who could live a very different life than them. The planes also seem to upset montag because he wants to know why those pilots are up there and how they got up there.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor Faber is a teacher of Montags who teaches him about life lessons. His significance in this story is that he has been around for so long that he has seen the fall of their society. This means that he could probably teach montag the truth about the real world.
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
Montag was trying to read the bible on the subway while there was a really loud commercial playing on the bus so he couldn't focus on the book. The reason that this is the turning point for montag is because he thinks that the society is trying to prevent people to have their own thoughts which Montag dislikes. He actually gets so upset that he leaves the subway to read the book.
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
Faber has three different features of books. First he said they have "quality"Which basically means they show both the good and the bad of the world. Second, books require "leisure."You have to slow down to read a book and understand it to make some sense of it. Lastly, Faber states that the third quality is "the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two." What Faber means is that you should not only analyze the books you are reading but analyze your life. I think that his comments are very true and well thought out.
Jillian Boyer
ReplyDeleteThe same as everything else in there life,
Montag is incredibly invested and sees profit and optimism from the books. Midred is terrified of it, of trying something different and consistently pleads him to stop. The entire time, Mildred was worried about being caught with them, and she didn't want to hear a single word of it. There was someone outside the door, so that’s sort of an acceptable fear, but her fear was also of the ‘nonsense’ that mOntag was telling him about.
3. He was someone that Montag met a long time ago who used to teach English, and had to stop because it became illegal. Because of his profession, he had to read many, many books and that intrigued Montag. Of course Prof. Faber was scared of Montag at first because he was a fireman, but he shortly found out his secret love for books. To Montag, that man wa the only person he could turn to to ask about books or inquire about where to get them.
4. The people were dancing and moving to the music of the commercial, that had a ingle they all knew. He described the people as being “pounded into submission” For him, this might have been an example and a clear one too of how people in his society didn't think. Here he was, with a book, and they didn't even pay him attention until he began reading out loud, because they were so focused on dancing to this jingle they had probably heard 1,000 times prior.
Anthony Dimuzio
ReplyDeleteIn the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, Mildred’s first reaction of these books are fear. She is first terrified that her husband had these hidden books that are illegal. It is also unexpected because his job was to burn books for a living. She believes reading is a waste of time and thinks that her television is better than reading. Montag thinks different.
What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of bombers flying over?
The bombers create tension and suspense. It shows something that the people of the city ignore everything that happens in the outside world. It is like they cant even see them. Monaque can see the planes and actually wonder what is out there.
Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor Faber is one of Montag’s mentors and teaches him life lessons. He is important because he is so old he has seen society fall from what is was once before. He is the only enlightened person there.
Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a change in his life because he finally realizes the dead society that he lives in.
What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
Faber argues that books are the best thing that the people could read because books would be able to bring society back together."Number one: Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores.” I think he means that they have better things to learn out of them than the television has.
Xingyun Pan
ReplyDelete1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
Montage is calm when he is reading but Mildred is scared and angry. Montag wants to read as much as necessary before returning the books. But Mildred thinks reading will destroy everything and lead them to death.2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
He began to rethink whether to return the book and after a fierce ideological struggle.
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot?
The small green metal object is an earbud which Faber gave to Montag. It is the evidence that Montag and Faber are reading books.
9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why?
Montage’s destination at the end of section II is his own house, someone reports him and the whole fire brigade came to his house.
10. What predictions might you make about later events in the story?
I think Montag will burn his house to cover up the evidence but Captain Beatty still find some books and catch Montag.