Fahrenheit 451 is based on a short story called "The Fireman" written by Bradbury in 1951 and later expanded into a full novel in 1953. The Fahrenheit 451 study guide contains a biography of Ray Bradbury, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
Question about the BOOK Montag returns to Beatty
Please, someone refresh my memory and correct me if I'm wrong.
The book Montag took with him from the house on fire was the Bible, right?
Did he actually turn it in or did he actually choose another book to give to Captain Beatty?
Posted By eyeseeyou e #96997 at Jun 13, 2009 9:03 AM in Fahrenheit 451 || 0 replies
Fahrenheit 451
What present-day live actors/actresses should play the following characters and why?
Montag
Clarisse
Beatty
Mildred
Faber
Granger
Posted By bryan w #93837 at May 17, 2009 1:42 AM in Fahrenheit 451 || 0 replies
just a few questions
what lie did captain beatty tell montag?
what did montag do in the old ladys attic?
why were the alarms to burn every night?
why did the old woman light the match and commit suicide?
what happend to clarisse? was it an accident?
what was montag afraid captain beatty would discover when he came to visit?
why did captain beatty believe books should be destroyed?
what did montag show mildred after the captain had left the house?
any help would be much appreciated these and about 65 more questions about the book are due tomorow and ive been taking adderall all night and trying to get em done but spark notes can only go so far
Posted By curtis s #92967 at May 11, 2009 1:13 AM in Fahrenheit 451 || 1 reply
Importance of Mildred
Importance of Mildred
Mildred and Montag do not 'love' each other, but Montag still repeats Mildred's name over and over in his head. Why does he do this? Montag says... God Bless you Millie, or something like that. WHY does he say that? She was the reason he is a fugitive, because she called the firemen. Mildred is frightening in a way, she never stops watching the TV and she does not like to talk to Montag about things, like when Montag was reading to her she did not want to engage in the conversations. She even tried to commit suicide. After all this... Montag STILL feels bad for her. He does not 'miss' her, so he says when talking to Granger. WHY does Montag STILL want her to live!?
Posted By delia r #87779 at Apr 07, 2009 4:43 PM in Fahrenheit 451 || 6 replies
