fahrenheit 451 questions/ three

20. Describe the types of activities that are practiced by the young people of the society. What do these activities reveal about the culture?
    
21. What happens to the people the firemen visit as they perform their work?
    
22. The firemen’s book, the brief histories of the Firemen of America is filled with ironies. What is ironic
    about this text?
    
23. As the reader accompanies Montag to his first fire scene, he/she meets an old woman who lights her
    books and her house on fire. Just prior to this act, she says, “‘“Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out”’”(33). Explain Bradbury’s allusion. What is the woman’s intention in burning her own home?
    
24. In this same scene, Bradbury builds a simile in which he compares books to birds. What is the effect of the comparison?
    
25. What crime does Montag commit during this episode? Why does he do it?
    
26. What does the reader learn about the fire captain, Beatty, on the ride back to the fire station?
    
27. Following the death of the old woman, Montag returns home and realizes that Millie “was so strange he
    couldn’t believe he knew her at all” (39). He then wonders how she came to be so empty (41). Why does
    he feel this way?
    
28. Describe the function of the parlor walls. What are the implications if most citizens in F451 possess
    these parlors?
    
29. There are two interesting things about Millie’s announcement of Clarisse McClellan’s death. One is her
    choice of words when telling Montag, and the other is her description of the manner of death. Explain
    why these two elements are significant.
    
30. Describe Millie’s reaction to Montag’s story about the death of the old woman. What does Millie’s
    reaction and Montag’s frustration with it indicate about each character?