Thursday, March 16, 2017

Fahrenheit 451 Chapter 1 questions

1) Ray Bradbury starts the novel with "It was pleasure to burn" to give the reader some clues what the book will be about, To burn a books seems more pleasurable than to read it because the book sparkles when it is being burn

2) The book is compared to the bird as a sign of freedom

3) Montag is a 30 years old fireman who is not happy but when he burns something it makes him happy, Clarissa is a 17 year old who lives happily and has a wide imagination and is very social.

4)The technology from the novel is very similar to the technology we have now

5) The narrator introduces us to when Montag meets Clarissa and to when he finds Mildred's overdosed because maybe that's when Montag feels like his life has changed or that was the beginning when he realized he was not truly happy.

6) The author introduces us to Clarissa before Mildred because Clarissa is one of the main characters and the book will probably be about her.

7) The houses are fireproof because before they would accidentally burn.

8) Mildred requires emergency service because she overdosed. There came 2 operators they are like doctors they brought 2 machines one of the machine was a suction the plumbed and replaced blood.
 
9) The mechanical hound is a robot computer, dog who is supposed to obedient, it has 8 legs and it's purpose is to hunt and kill people.

10) Society considers Clarissa anti social because she does not think and fit in with the rest of her peers.

11)The women couldn't live without books so she decided to die with them.

12) Montag is married to Mildred but is no longer in love with her.