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Fahrenheit 451 Reading Questions Week 3


 * 1) On page 115 there is a paragraph about responsibilities. Would you say that the statements ring true to our society? Did Montag really believe that he wouldn’t be caught? Why or why not?
 * 2) Why/how does Montag burn his house?
 * 3) Why does Beatty know so much about literature? Is he a hypocrite?
 * 4) Why did Beatty want to die? Did this make him similar to or different from Montag?
 * 5) Explain the irony of the car full of children almost hitting Montag. (page 128)
 * 6) What does Faber mean by “Harvard degrees”? (page 132)
 * 7) Why does Montag feel that he was leaving unreality? Hadn’t his experiences been real? Why was leaving the river real and unreal?
 * 8) Why does MOntag say they must stop burning books? What must be started?
 * 9) What is the difference between the fire that Montag sees when he is walking and that which he has known?
 * 10) What has happened with the chase in the city? Why? What was their main goal?
 * 11) What are the “right” kinds of mistakes that Granger’s group and now Montag have made? Who/what are they now?
 * 12) Whose method of revolution is more effective? Why?
 * 13) Why is Granger crying on page 162?
 * 14) Explain the significance of the story of the Phoenix?
 * 15) Why is it important to be “not important”?