Fahrenheit 451 20 Questions

1. He chose this title because The Salamander is a symbol of the firemen.

2. The reader can assume that he likes his job as a fireman but also loves to burn books.

3. The hose was meant to be describes as getting rid of books. This is positive because Montag is happy when it comes down to getting rid of books.

4. The number is important because 451 is the temperature of what they use to burn the books.

5. She is first described as a lot different than other people.

6. Those names are significant because it shows how they are living the way they are today.

7. Clarisse questions him in a serious tone and Montag is confused because he doesn't know whether he's happy or sad.

8. Montag learned that Clarisse talks to her family a lot, she rarely uses technology, and she is open minded.

9. "She had a thin face" and "What an incredible power of identification." The comparison he makes is Clarisse being happy even though she has been through certain things.

10. He realizes what was wrong from right about his life when it came down to burning books.

11. She uses them to listen to the waves.

12. The difference is that their both thinking to themselves, "what is happening to the world."

13. The machine that was used on her was for medicine.

14. He starts to have negative thoughts about what he went through compared to what Mildred was going through.

15. The difference is that Clarisse's house is brighter and Montag's is dead and dark

16. Montag says this because he is starting to think more and he's being more open minded.

17. Bradbury characterizes her this way because she won't be sad or depressed.

18. She visits the psychiatrist because she is different from others since she prefers nature more than technology.

19. The Hound is where they build machines or robots.

20. She wants to stay...burn....and die with her books because she would rather do that then surrender because the books is what made her happy.