F451 page 1 Think/Write What does the pronoun “his” replace? Clues? Circle the metaphor for the brass nozzle. What is the significance? Why did Bradbury use “pounded”? What might that suggest? Circle the metaphor for hands. What is the significance? What is ironic about the helmet to be numbered 451? “…and the house jumped up”-What is the literary device? What elaborative technique is used at the end of page 1?
F451- page 2 What is confusing about saying a “fierce grin”? Make an inference about “It never went away, that smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered.” The semi-colon denotes a shift-”his flameproof jacket neatly; he showered…” What is the shift? Can you visualize “the subway where the silent air-propelled train…”? Are you able to make a connection? What is the significance of “however, he slowed….”? What literary device is used at the end of page 2? (most uncertain feeling)
F451 page 3 “The air seemed charged with a special calm;” what is the significance of the word “charged”? What literary device is apparent in the first several lines? (appeals to the senses) What do we call “But now tonight,…”? What do the words “atmosphere compressed” make us feel? What do we learn through indirect characterization about the girl? Write it in the margin. What is the literary device: “Her dress was white and whispered”? What do we learn about Montag via the description of the girl? What is the organizational format/structure of the novel thus far?
F451 page 4 Why does he feel as though he has said something wonderful? What do we learn about Clarisse through, “He felt she was walking…without once moving herself”? Why would kerosene be perfume to Montag? What literary device is “her face as bright as snow in the moonlight”? What is the significance of making this comparison?
F451 –page 5 What mode of characterization is this, “I’m seventeen and I’m crazy”? What do we learn about Clarisse in the first paragraph on page 5? What do we learn about the exchange that begins, “They walked…I’m not afraid of you at all”? Find a metaphor on page 5. Explain its significance. What is the anecdote about? What do we learn? Why would it be against the law to read?
Page 6 What literary device: “Millay, Wednesday Whitman..”? Why is Montag laughing? Why did Bradbury italicize: always, stop, are and anything? Is it possible to think “too many things”? Why would Montag respond “uneasily”?
Page 7 What are the parlor walls? What is Burma Shave? What can we infer about Clarisse? (There is dew on the grass in the morning.) Why would Montag become irritable? How is Clarisse’s house different from the others? Why? What is going on do you suppose? Who is Clarisse’s uncle? Why would Montag respond, “Am I what”?
Page 8 “He put his hand into the glove hole….” What is this in reference to? Literary device: “…something that seemed to peer down at him now.” What is the significance? “they” had talked…significance? Literary device: “a very thin face like the dial of a small clock.” What is the significance? Symbol: What does “…moving toward a new sun” represent? “How like a mirror, too, her face-” what does this mean? How might Montag feel at the end of page 8? Why?
Page 9 What does the word “identification” mean here? Why would the author use this word? Find a simile? What is the significance? What is a “marionette”? What trait based on information in the first paragraph does Clarisse possess? What does the setting change to? What does “cold marbled room of a mausoleum” suggest? Find an example of technology. What does the simile suggest about his smile? Why is “Darkness” capitalized? What does that mean “he wore his happiness like a mask”?
Page 10 What does “invisible threads of steel, immovable” refer to? What does “unsleeping mind” suggest? What does it mean “The room was indeed empty”? What do we learn about Mildred from the first paragraph? Why would Montag feel “he could not breathe”? What can we infer the small object is? Why would Montag know “he would hit such an object”? What doe the 3 dots at the end of page 10 suggest?