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Fahrenheit 451 Chapter 1 Analysis
âHe was not happy. He was not happy. He said the
words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs. He wore his
happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and
there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it backâ(6).
What simile is Guy making here? Why were Clarisseâs words so powerful?
âthe breath coming out the nostrils was so faint it
stirred only the furthest fringes of life, a small leaf, a black feather, a single fiber
of hairâ(7).
Montagâs wife has taken a whole bottle of sleeping pills and is barely breathing
when he arrives home. Do you think she intended to kill herself?
âWe get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had the special machines builtâ(8).
The men who respond to Montagâs emergency call to save his wife inform him they
have ânine to tenâ drug overdoses a night. What does that say about the general
happiness of society?
Chapter One Part Two Questions:
How did Montagâs wife Mildred recover from her overdose?
Why do you think Montag chooses to let his wife believe she drank too much the
the night before and not tell her the truth?
Montag runs into Clarisse again and she asks him questions that make him start to
question what aspect of his life in particular?
What is the âhoundâ at the fire station?
What does Montag tell Clarisse he feels toward her?
What happens at the book burning that makes Montag sick?