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Can you dance faster than the White Clown?
Can you dance faster than the White Clown, shout louder than ‘Mr. Gimmick’ and the parlour ‘families’? If you can, you’ll win your way, Montag. In any event, you’re a fool.
What did Professor Faber think of Montag’s call?
T/F: Professor Faber thought Montag’s call was some sort of trap. True. Professor Faber thought that Montag might be trying to trick him into saying that he books so that Montag could arrest him and burn his books. Why did Faber’s fear dissipate when Montag was standing outside his door?.
What is the volcano’s mouth why would Bradbury call it this?
Bradbury utilizes a simile by comparing Mildred hurrying to the door to a “native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius.” In keeping with the menacing image of eruptions and Vesuvius, Bradbury metaphorically compares the parlor room, where the three massive television screens are located, to a “volcano’s mouth.” This May 13, 2013.
Why is Faber guilty?
Professor Faber feels guilty for not doing anything about the society’s development. In the middle of the novel Fahrenheit 451, Faber says to Montag, “ I am one of the innocents who could have spoken up But did not and thus became guilty myself.” Faber saw in which direction the society was heading.
How old is Clarisse from Fahrenheit 451?
Clarisse McClellan A beautiful seventeen-year-old who introduces Montag to the world’s potential for beauty and meaning with her gentle innocence and curiosity.
What secret does Montag reveal Mildred?
After Beatty leaves, Montag reveals to Mildred that he has hidden several books in the house. They begin reading, but he finds the books hard to understand, and Mildred prefers TV. Montag remembers that he has the phone number and address of a retired English professor, Faber.
What is the queen bee analogy in Fahrenheit 451?
Then, Montag is applied to the analogy by being compared to a worker bee, or drone, who goes about executing the orders of the queen. This is a metaphor, as Professor Faber suggests that he is a Queen Bee and that Montag will be safe as a member of his hive.
Why did architects get rid of front porches?
Here’s an exceprt from “Fahrenheit 451” about the lack of porches in the dystopian, book-burning society: “No front porches. My uncle says the architects got rid of the front porches because they didn’t look well.
Who was the final informant on Montag’s home?
The final informant on Montag’s home comes from within the house itself. It is Mildred, Montag’s wife.
Were all sheep who have strayed at times?
We’re all sheep who have strayed at times Beatty alludes to the prophecy in Isaiah 53:6: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned ever one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” The message implies that Montag has betrayed his fellow firemen.
What does Vesuvius mean in Fahrenheit 451?
He was eating a light supper at nine in the evening when the front door cried out in the hall and Mildred ran from the parlor like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius. This is an allusion to the catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii in AD 79.
What is the volcano mouth that is described as Montag gets home?
Montag walks home. While eating his dinner, Millie, Mrs. Phelps, and Mrs. Bowles came through the front door and vanished into the volcano’s mouth with martinis in their hands; Montag stopped eating. As the metaphor goes, the volcano’s mouth is the door to the parlour room.
What is Montag looking for in books?
Why does Montag want to read books? Montag wants to read books because he believes they might help him understand what’s wrong with society. Following his initial encounter with the free-spirited Clarisse, Montag begins paying attention to his own emotional state and realizes that he is, in fact, quite unhappy.
What does Montag do to Mildred and her friends?
Montag drops the book into the incinerator at Faber’s prompting. He yells at Mrs. Bowles to go home and think about her empty life, and both women leave. Montag feels guilty for upsetting Mildred’s friends and wonders if they are right in focusing only on pleasure.
Why does Montag tell Faber that Mildred is dying?
Montag is trying to explain why he stole the book. He is trying to tell Faber that he did so because he was driven to it by how desolate their society is. That’s why he says Millie is dying. She is dying inside because their society does not want people to think or to have normal human feelings for one another.
How do they fix Montag’s wife?
Two cynical hospital workers arrive with a machine that pumps Mildred’s stomach (Montag later refers to the device as the “Snake”) and another that replaces all her poisoned blood with fresh blood. Montag goes outside and listens to the laughter and the voices coming from the brightly lit McClellan house.
What are parlor walls?
The “parlor walls” in this dystopian society frame conversation based on scripts with the “family” which include distant digital images. The parlor walls exemplified the futuristic technology within the novel, Fahrenheit 451. The parlor walls are effective in symbolizing the distance present in this futuristic society.
What is Montag’s reaction to Clarisse’s death?
Montag is frightened by Mildred’s pill-taking habits, but not because he truly cares whether she lives or dies. His fear actually stems from the fact that he doesn’t really love her and is trying to avoid acknowledging that fact.
What page in Fahrenheit 451 does Mildred overdose?
On page 41, Montag remembers the night that Mildred overdosed on sleeping capsules and she had to have her stomach pumped by the Electronic Eyed Snake.
How did Beatty know Montag would be sick?
Captain Beatty comes by to check on Montag, saying that he guessed Montag would be calling in sick that day. He tells Montag that every fireman runs into the “problem” he has been experiencing sooner or later, and he relates to him the history of their profession.
