Name: _________________________________________
Date:
Day/Block: ______
______________
English 1 CAS
Fahrenheit 451 Final Discussion and Exam Preparation
Directions:
Complete the following organizer to prepare for a small group conference and discussion about various
themes in Fahrenheit 451. Your section of this worksheet must be COMPLETE in order to participate in
and receive points for the small group discussion.
Discussion questions include:
1. What does Clarisse represent in Fahrenheit 451? Why must she be silenced or killed based on what you know about the text’s
fictional society? Be specific.
2. How is Montag’s wife Mildred a perfect citizen in the text’s fictional society? What does she represent, and why is this
troubling? Be specific.
3. What does the symbol of fire represent throughout the novel? How does Montag’s interpretation of its meaning change from
the beginning to the end of the text? Be specific.
4. Discuss the irony of Beatty’s character. He is the fire captain, yet he appears to know lots of literary material. Montag kills
him with fire. What does he represent? Be specific.
5. The book “assigned” to Montag at the end of the novel is The Book of Ecclesiastes from the Old Testament of the Bible in
which it is written that all things happen at the appropriate time. How do you apply this to Montag and text events? Be
specific.
PART 1: PRE-DISCUSSION ACTIVITY
Response:
Text support 1:
(Paraphrase or
quotation with
page number)
Text support 2:
(Paraphrase or
quotation with
page number)
Text support 3:
(Paraphrase or
quotation with
page number)
PART 2: DURING DISCUSSION ACTIVITY
Discussion notes
for question 1:
Discussion notes
for question 2:
Discussion notes
for question 3:
Discussion notes
for question 4:
Discussion notes
for question 5:
PART 3: POST-DISCUSSION EXTENSION QUESTIONS
1. Are there any circumstances where censorship might play a beneficial role in society? Are there any books
that should be banned?
2. If books were at risk of distinction, which would you memorize to preserve and why?