Fahrenheit 451, Burning Bright Assignment #1
Pages: 113-125 old books
Pages: 107-119 Red books
*read to the line, “….continuing their search”
1. This section starts with, “Lights flicked on and house doors opened all down the street, to watch the
carnival set up. Montag and Beatty stared, one with dry satisfaction, the other with disbelief, at the
house before them, this main ring in which torches would be juggled and fire eaten.”
The author uses the metaphor of a carnival to
describe:___________________________________________________________________________
2. Who are Beatty and Montag referring to below? _______________________
Beatty says ‘that little idiot…..Flowers, butterflies, leaves, sunsets, oh, hell! It’s all in her file.’ ‘She
chewed around you didn’t she? One of those damn do-gooders……….”
Montag says” She saw everything. She didn’t do anything to anyone. She just let them alone.”
3. When Beatty directs Montag to burn his own house, Faber tells Montag to run. Montag says he can’t
because of the _________________________________.
4. True or False? Montag burnt his own house.
5. p. 110 red books, 117 older books, “The books leapt like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red
and yellow feathers.’ In this simile, the burning books are compared to roasted birds. The author, Ray
Bradbury uses many metaphors and similes in his writing. *Please look for more similes and metaphors
as you are reading the assigned pages. At the end of this handout, record at least 3 more similes or
metaphors with page numbers.
5. p.110 new books, 117 older books, “And then he came to the parlor where the great idiot monsters
lay asleep in their white thoughts and their snowy dreams.” The idiot monsters is a metaphor for the
__________________________________.
6. Who turned in the alarm for Montag’s house? _________________________________
7. When Beatty discovers the green bullet that Montag uses to communicate with Faber, Beatty
threatens to “trace this and _______________________________________”. What does Montag do to
Beatty?________________________________________________________
8. On p. 122 in older books, p. 116 red books, Montag realizes that Beatty wanted to die. Do you think
this is true? What may be the reason for Beatty wishing to
die?_________________________________________________________________________________
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9. Why can’t Montag feel his leg as he is running
away?________________________________________________________________________________
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10. On p. 117 red books and p. 123 older books, Beatty says he burnt Faber. Did he really burn Faber?
If not, what had actually burnt?_________________________________________
11. At the end of the assigned pages, where is Montag running
to?_____________________________________________________
Similes and Metaphors: List at least 3 similes or metaphors that are in the assigned pages. Include the
page number where it was written.
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Foggy points. Is there anything that is unclear to your that you think should be discussed in
class?________________________________________________________________________________
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