Fahrenheit 451 – pp.81-101 Name Date
Identify the speaker and context for the following quotes. Explain the quote’s significance in complete sentences. Then, provide a reaction to the quote by explaining how you feel or what you think about what is being said. How does it apply to your own life?
1.) “’My wife’s dying. A friend of mine’s already dead. Someone who may have been a friend was burnt less than twenty-four hours ago. You’re the only one I know might help me. To see. To see…’” (83)
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2.) “’Lord, there were a lot of lovely books once, before we let them go…Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the “guilty,” but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.’” (81)
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3.) “’Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.’” (83)
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4.) “’That’s the good part of dying; when you’ve nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.’” (85)
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5.) “’Those who don’t build must burn.’”
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6.) “’I’ve never known any dead man killed in a war. Killed jumping off buildings, yes, like Gloria’s husband last week, but from wars? No.’” (94)
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7.) “’No one in his right mind, the good lord knows, would have children!’” (96)
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Fahrenheit 451 – pp.81-101 Name Date
8.) In your own words, identify the three important things Faber claims we need to get out of books. (83)
9.) When Montag is looking for the important things books provide, what is Faber’s advice? Use a blended quote to support your response. (86)
10.) At the top of page 87, what is a main reason that Faber identifies as the main cause of all of the changes and book burning happening in their society? Use a blended quote to support your response.
11.) What are Mildred’s friends’ opinions about children? How is this different from the way people feel about children today? Use a blended quote to support your response. (96)
12.) Explain the reaction Mildred’s friends have when Montag pulls out a book? Use a blended quote to support your response. (98)
13.) Read the excerpt from Dover Beach that Montag reads aloud to Mildred and her friends. Why do you think the author chose to include this quote here? (100)
14.) What is Clara Phelps’s reaction after listening to Montag read the excerpt on page 100? Why do you think this is so?
15.) What do we learn about Mrs. Bowles and why is it significant? Why is Montag so upset with her? (101)