Main Characters Plot Who said It Literature Terms

Main Characters Plot Who said It? Literature Terms Fahrenheit 451 1 pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 5 pt 5 pt

Who is Guy Montag?

Our protagonist, a fireman who burns books.

Who is Mildred?

Mildred is Montag’s wife

Who is Beatty?

He is the chief of the firemen, and Montag’s boss

Who is Faber?

Faber is a retired English Professor, an elderly man who (with a little convincing) decides to help Montag.

Who is Granger

Granger is one of the hobos, the one who seems to be in charge, who was a scholar. He explains their way of life to Montag and makes him feel welcome.

What part of plot are these events from? Meeting Clarisse, Giving us our setting, and introduction to Montag’s profession.

The Exposition

What part of plot are these events from? Montag arrives at his own house to burn it after being reported by Mildred, and kills Beatty

The climax or turning point

What part of plot are these events from? Montag escaping the city, meeting the hobos and beginning to learn their way of life.

The falling action

What part of plot are these events from? Montag begins to start reading books and questioning society, he goes as far as to read the books to Mildred and her friends

The Rising Action

What part of plot are these events from? After the city is destroyed, the hobos and Montag begin to return to the city, and Montag is trying to think of things to say as they return to help in whatever way they can.

The resolution or denouement

Who said the following? “’Oh of course, ’ he said, ‘you’re our new neighbor, aren’t you? ”

Who is Montag

Who said the following? “I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames. ”

Who is Clarisse

Who says the following? "I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive. "

Who is Faber

Who said the following? "Let you alone! That's all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. "

Who is Montag

Who said the following? "What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives. "

Who is Captain Beatty

The following is an example of what literary device? Denham’s Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham’s Dentrifice.

What is alliteration

The following is an example of what literary device? Job of firemen in Montag’s society Montag discovers that the house he is about to burn is his own.

What is Irony

The following is an example of what literary device? He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run across the lawn with the mask.

What is a simile

The following is an example of what literary device? Fire, The Phoenix, the Numbers 451

What is symbolism

The following is an example of what literary device? Violence is self-destructive

What is theme

What were the Parlor Walls?

They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact

Who are the protagonist and antagonist in Fahrenheit 451

Protagonist: Montag Antagonist: Captain Beatty or Society/Government

Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by others?

They viewed her as antisocial

Faber felt there were 3 elements missing from life. What are these 3 elements?

1. Quality/texture of information 2. Leisure 3. The right to carry out actions based on the other two items.

What piece of literature did Montag preserve?

Book of Ecclesiastes