Questions Part I Fahrenheit 451

How does Montag feel about his job at the beginning of the novel? How can you tell?

Montag feels that it's normal but when Clarisse began to talk to him, he realized he wasn't happy and he began to unlike his job.

Identify a passage containing imagery (a metaphor) and explain it.

«With the brass nozzle in his fist, with this python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the latters and chacoal ruins of history.»

The metaphor refer to a gas container and the venomous kerosene is gasoline.

Compare and contrast Clarisse and Mildred.

Clarisse and Mildred are both always happy but they don't have the same vision of if books are good or not.

What the does the Hound growling at Montag foretell?

I think that Montag will face the Hound because the Hound doesn't seem to really like him.

Explain why/how the incident in the old woman's house would/could have an impact on Montag.

Montag looks really shocked by what happened to the old woman because she decided to burn herself with her books and always tought that people who owned books were criminals.

Explain the title of part 1.

The heart in the title represents Montag's feelings when he meets Clarisse and he discovers he wasn't happy at all. The salamander represents the firemen.