Main
Characters
Plot
Who said
It?
Literature
Terms
Fahrenheit
451
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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 Dentrifice
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