Fahrenheit 451 Pages 100-110

After reading books to the parlor walls Montag returns to work and is then called on duty to burn a house, unfortunately, the firetruck halts outside of Montag's house.

Allusions: Dover Beach

Metaphors: The ferret of Montag's fingers

Characters: Montag, Beatty, Mrs. Phelps

Bradbury Dover Beach

He uses Dover Beach to explain how the world is currently in a state of negativity and not being able to cause happiness. It is also a fairly accurate synonym of horrible things happening to the entire planet. It resembles horrible things such as grief, loneliness, and depression occurring all around them. Because without books almost no one has their own opinion or idea, as if books were the shore of the beach and everyone else, such as the firefighters and civilians who wanted to destroy books, were the kerosene shore of destruction.

fahrenheit 451 Pages 60-70

After Beatty retreated to the fire hall, Montag opened the grille of his air book and suddenly, several twenty books came plummeting down. Mildred observed this, and immediately ran towards the kitchen incinerator  but thankfully, Montag grabbed hold of her, and she did not make it. Someone arrived at the door, knocked, while the books still lay on the ground, then receded back where they came.

Vocabulary 4th

• 1.) Pedantry- Noun- Someone being excessively concerned with minor details and rules displaying with academic learning. The meeting included various pedantry of churches.

2.) Odious Adjective- Extremely unpleasant- The odious woman ate babies.
3.) Luxuriant- Adjective- Rich and profuse in growth. The snobby luxurious boy requested the butler at once.
4.) Dictum- Noun- A former pronouncement from a authoritative sort. The dictum of George Bush was rather negative.
5.) Cacophony- Noun- a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. Jade's cacophony became more and more obnoxious.
6.) Proclivity- Noun- a tendency to choose or do something regularly.
7.) Proboscis- Noun- The nose of a mammal. The animal's proboscis began to smell of foul odor, and was soon forced outside.
8.) Stratum- Noun- a layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground. The unsuspecting man had encountered a human body in the stratum beneath the ground.
9.) Mausoleum- Noun- a large or stately building. Several Al Queda rushed into the mausoleum unwary about the events about to take place.
10.) Marionette- Noun- A puppet worked from above by strings attached to its limbs. The child obeyed his parents like a marionette obeyed its handler.
11.) Phoenix- Noun- In classical mythology  a unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. The phoenix ascended into the sky only to plummet back down towards the earth.

Fahrenheit 451 Pages 50-60

Captain Beatty of the fire team arrives at Montag's house to learn why he had not attended work, they then share an exceptionally long discussion about censorship and why it is no longer present. The conversation continued for a long time and Beatty seemed to have proved to Montag it is needed.

Fahrenheit 451 Pages 40-50

Montag returns home from work and places a book under his pillow. He lies, sick for several hours then vomits on the rug. Mildred shared with him that she believed the young girl, Clarisse Mclillen, was ran over and killed by a automobile. Montag then rests and falls asleep, waking the next day and not wanting to attend work.
Characters: Montag, Beatty, Stoneman, and Black.

Fahrenheit 451 Pages 30-40

Montag and the other firefighters search a house for books after being called out, the books are soon found in the attic and the house is filled with kerosene. Once this happens a woman standing is the house refuses to leave, after moments of waiting she lights her own match after reciting a bible verse and ignites the house herself, the men are forced to leave the woman to her fate, then return to the station.

Fahrenheit 451 20-30 Journal entry #3

Montag once again encounters the young woman in the rain who happens to be carrying the last dandelions of the year with her, and explains to Montag how he is not like any of the other firemen, he ponders abut this, then requests she continues on to her appointment. He then arrives at the firestation in which he works and encounters the fire captain who shares with Montag that the cyber-dog that previously snarled at him could be reprogrammed. Once Montag leaves he once again encounters the girl who questions why he has never met a girl like her when he had children, he claims that his wife has never really wanted children. She then explains that she is not in school due to her social skills at school because she felt it was wrong to require a large group of people and then prevent them from talking with one an other.

Fahrenheit 451 Pages 10-20

Montag arrives home and discovers his wife, Mildred, has attempted to overdose on sleeping pills, then brings her to a professional medical building where they calmingly save her by sucking her blood out with a vacuum. She awakes home sharing with Montag that she is hungry, and continuously veers away from the topic of digesting so many sleeping pills.

Fahrenheit 451 Pages 1-10

Montag encounters an attractive seventeen year old girl who claims to be insane. Minutes later he arrives at home and she questions him if he is truly happy. After few moments of thinking about this he realizes he is rather depressed than happy.