Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

1. Summary: In this section of Fahrenheit 451, many interesting things happened. Montag kept bringing up Clarisse and what made her special. Mildred did not want to talk about Clarisse because she was dead and wanted to talk about someone who was alive. Montag wanted to learn why he was reading books and the purpose of them. He then remembered seeing an English professor about one year ago named Faber one day in the park. When Montag went to Faber, he was reading something about poetry. When Faber saw Montag, he started to run away because Montag is a fireman. Then Montag calmed Faber and got his phone number and his address. Montag needed a lot of help from Faber in many different ways, but Faber was not cooperating with him. Montag then

“When do I start working things out on my own?” said Montag. This quote connects with me a lot because I have to start asking this question to myself. This connects with me in some ways. One way is that sometimes I get into friendships that have problems, but I do not work them out myself. I leave it to work itself out and then I sometimes lose friends. One time, I lost a friend due to not trying to fix the problem in our friendship. Losing him was very hard because we were close friends.

3. The most memorable event in the section of the story was when Faber tried to run away from Montag at the park because Montag was a fireman and Faber was reading a book. This was a memorable event because I laughed at trying to imagine one man chasing another in a park.

4. One thing that the author is trying to say in this section of the story is that even people that work for the law will still break some of them. In the story, Montag is supposed to burn books instead of reading them, but he still goes ahead and reads

1. Why did Montag want to plant books in the homes of firemen?

2. Why is Faber afraid of Montag? 8. 1. Cartographer – a person who makes maps

The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. 2. Dictum – saying There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no!

3. Saccharine – sugary

He's a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-crystal and saccharine when he isn't making veiled references to certain commercial products that every worshipper absolutely needs."

4. Harlequin – buffoon

A few bombs and the `families' in the walls of all the houses, like harlequin rats, will shut up!

5. Dentifrice – powder

He tried to piece it all together, to go back to the normal pattern of life a few short days ago before the sieve and the sand, Denham's Dentifrice, moth-voices, fireflies, the alarms and excursions, too much for a few short days, too much, indeed, for a lifetime.

6. Delinquent – out – dated

"Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents."

7. Accompaniment –