Group A Question 1: What is Beatty like? Use the text to support your ideas.

Question 2: Does Beatty know Montag has books? Cite the text.

Question 3: What happened to Clarisse according to Mildred? According to Beatty?

Question 4: What do minorities have to do with books being censored?

Question 1: What else was said about school in last night’s reading? Is it true in today’s world or not? Group B

Question 2: What does Montag mean when he says, “We need to be bothered once in a while” (Bradbury 49)? What do you think about that?

Question 3: What signs are there that this is a disconnected society? Cite evidence from the book.

Question 4: What does Beatty say about censorship? Use textual evidence Is this true today?

Books are burned in Fahrenheit 451 because: 1. “The world got full of eyes and elbows and mouths” (Bradbury 52). Minorities become offended. Political correctness. 2. Twentieth century. Speed up your camera. Books cut shorter. Everything boils down to the snap ending. (Bradbury 52) People are too busy/lazy. 3. “People want to be happy” (Bradbury 56). Thinking opens people up to emotions. Emotions can cause discomfort/unhappiness.