Fahrenheit 451 questions

[Nicholas.]

Ok hey, I did not understand most of the questions. I read the book but still couldnt answer them. I have answered some but can not get the rest. If you will, please help me.

[applepie]

Ok hey, I did not understand most of the questions. I read the book but still couldnt answer them. I have answered some but can not get the rest. If you will, please help me.

Let's start small here. Please post what you have answered and any thoughts you have about the others. I can certainly understand being confused by a question, not really getting what is being asked, and I think the best help is often an explanation of what the question is seeking rather than an answer to the question :)

I'll be happy to check back later Nicholas, and try to help where I can.

[Nicholas.]

1. How does Guy Montag feel about his job in the beginning of the novel?

He loves it

2.What is so different about Clarisse and her Family? How does meeting her affect Montag?

Clarisse is different because she has free thought. (don't know :[

3. What Pivotal question does Clarisse ask Montag? How is this important to the plot?

Are you Happy? Because Montag starts to realize how bad his life is

4. What does the term antisocial mean and what does it mean in Montags society? To whom is the term applied?

5. Contrast Clarisse and Mildred, what imagery Is used to stress out their differences?

6. Describe the bedroom Montag enters, whom does the setting characterize? Why is this significant?

7. What happens to Mildred. Why is this significant?

8. Describe Montag and Mildred's relationship. Why does Montag think his feelings would be if his wife were to die? Why is this important?

9. How does Montag change after the fire at the old woman's house?

10. Describe Beatys visit to Montag. What's Beatys rationale for burning books?

11. Compare and Contrast Montag and Beaty

12. What is the meaning of "The Sieve and the Sand"?

13. Why does Montag go to see Faber. Describe their visit.

14. What three things do Faber say are missing from society ? Explain what he means by each

15. Describe Mildred and her friends conversation. What is their view on family, war, and life in general?

16. How do Mildreds friends respond to the poem Montag reads? Why do you think they responded so strongly?

17. Who flipped the alarm at Montag's house and how does he feel about it/burning his house down.


Mildred

18. Would you describe Montags burnng of Beaty as murder? Do you think Beaty wanted him to? Give reasons for your answer.

19. Why do you think Bradbury describes the capture of Montags scapegoat?

20. What are Montags impressions on the land across the river? How do these scenes of nature contrast with the scenes of the novel set in the city?

21. What was Grangers philosophy on life, taught to him by his grandfather and passed to Montag?

22. What do the book people do? How will Montag help them?

They memorize scriptures from the Bible. Montag helps them because he has memorized various scriptures

23. What is the promise at the end of the novel? Does it end in hope or despair? Give reasons for your answer.



I have read the book but can not find any of these answers.

[Scheherazade]

Hi Nicholas,

You might find this discussion thread useful:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115

Good luck! :)

[MarkBastable]

Nicholas -

Have a shot at least at the questions that are simply a question of finding the right page, rather than interpreting the text....

For instance...

6. Describe the bedroom Montag enters, whom does the setting characterize? Why is this significant?


Even if the bits in italics are difficult, the first bit is just a question of looking it up in the book.

There are a lot of questions like that in your list. Have a shot at those and it'll be easier for us to help you with the more interpretative questions...

[papayahed]

This thread kinda makes me want to read the book again.

[Scheherazade]

This thread kinda makes me want to read the book again.Was thinking the same thing... However, it won't be "again" for me... Haven't read it for the first time yet.

Another group reading? :D

[Nicholas.]

I've re-read some of the book but I still couldn't answer more questions. All help or any explanation of the questions is appreciated!!

[qimissung]

It's an excellent book. We read it in my class this year.

Nicholas, MarkBastable has the right idea. Now to expand. The first question asks how Guy Montag feels about his job and you responded "He loves it." How do you know that? What was it in the text that led you to that conclusion? Now, quote that line, along with your answer, and you have the beginning of a more complete answer.

[MarkBastable]

Nicholas - if you can't find the page on which there's a description of the bedroom, either you're not trying very hard or you're taking the wrong class entirely.

If it's the former, we're not inclined to help you, because we won't do all the work for you.

And if it's the latter, we can't help you, short of doing all the work for you.

[Nicholas.]

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And ok, I'm having difficulty figuring them out but if your unwilling to help it's fine and I understand

[applepie]

Nicholas, I'm actually re-reading this to ensure I'm not leading you wrong here, but you are onto something with question 2.

What is so different about Clarisse and her Family? How does meeting her affect Montag?

Here are some hints to get you started...
What does Clarisse say she does differently than other people? What pivotal realization does Montag come to about his life shortly after meeting Clarisse?

This information leads right into the third question you've listed.

[Nicholas.]

Nicholas, I'm actually re-reading this to ensure I'm not leading you wrong here, but you are onto something with question 2.

What is so different about Clarisse and her Family? How does meeting her affect Montag?

Here are some hints to get you started...
What does Clarisse say she does differently than other people? What pivotal realization does Montag come to about his life shortly after meeting Clarisse?

This information leads right into the third question you've listed.

Thanks so much! I've been re-reading also but picked up on as much as you have.

[Nicholas.]

I re-read the book and only picked up in 1 more question. I'm sorry for not being as good at this.

Can you help me find out where it is in the book? Like page numbers or the general vacinity of them? Idk if I can finish this before Monday =[.

[Nicholas.]

I really need help. Please. I keep reading these chapters but i never find the answers. I really need page numbers or something. I
dont want the answers. I just need a hand finding them

[qimissung]

I'm sorry, Nicholas, I don't have a copy of the book. Don't you have a friend at school you can work with?

[Nicholas.]

Yea but my friends decide its funny to watch me fail my first assignment. =[. Its altight. I undrtstand

[qimissung]

Well, it's been awhile since I read this, but Montag does enter his own bedroom in the first few chapters, where his wife Mildred lays dying having taken an overdose. Isn't the room dark? Perhaps the implication is that she has lost her way, which is certainly true.

[Nicholas.]

Oh. Thanks that helped. The detail about her ODing helped my find it. Thanks

[papayahed]

1. How does Guy Montag feel about his job in the beginning of the novel?

He loves it


You might also want to quote the first line of the book, no?



2.What is so different about Clarisse and her Family? How does meeting her affect Montag?

Clarisse is different because she has free thought. (don't know :[

During their first meeting Clarisse says several things that show her differences.

[papayahed]

5. Contrast Clarisse and Mildred, what imagery Is used to stress out their differences?

6. Describe the bedroom Montag enters, whom does the setting characterize? Why is this significant?

7. What happens to Mildred. Why is this significant?


Holy Crap! Check out the first few pages, the first time Montag meets Clarisse and when Montag walks in the bedroom for the first time both scenes are chock full of imagery