describe montag’s tv room.
describe the help she receives
did beatty want to die?
disturbing action after the pig hunt.
foolish method the boys use to hunt ralph.
foreshadowing in boys’ behavior.
how are books compared to birds?
how biguns define a proper chief.
how do the wanderers “become” books?
how does faber define the fireman’s job?
how does mildred react when she wakes up?
how does montag escape the city?
how is clarisse different than mildred?
how is montag’s home different from clarisse’s?
hunters’ behavior after success
hypocritical irony in how they treat piggy
importance of rules to ralph.
importance of the dentifrice commercial.
irony of the rescue.
is faber really a coward?
jack
jack’s foolish decision during the hunt.
meaning of faber’s “cage and squirrel” line.
meaning of piggy’s claim about fear.
meaning of the title “the sieve and the sand.”
meaning of “sharpened a stick at both ends.”
meaning of “you never wash it off completely” (kerosene)?
montag remembers clarisse—his comments about her.
montag’s feelings about burning his house.
montag’s thoughts about beatty after killing him.
piggy
piggy’s glasses represent
ralph
ralph & piggy’s view of simon’s death.
significance of the boys’ encounter with the piglet.
significance of the snake-thing/beastie.
simon’s experience + the lord of the flies.
symbolism of the conch.
symbolism of the conch’s destruction.
the “beast” the boys kill.
three things missing from society:
what book of the bible does montag become?
what device does faber give montag?
what do the firemen do for a living?
what does faber say about books?
what does jack’s behavior suggest?
what does mildred do all day?
what happens to montag’s city?
what is its reaction to montag?
what is the mechanical hound?
what is unusual about their behavior
who does montag meet on the way home?
why do police stop chasing montag?
why does mildred need help when montag gets home?
why does mildred turn montag in?
why does montag visit faber?
why hunters paint themselves.
why introduce clarisse before mildred?
why is clarisse considered “anti-social”?
why is mildred scared of the books? what does this show?
why roger pushes the rock.
why some fear the beast and others don’t.
why their attempt to get piggy’s specs back is doomed.
“beast from air” explanation