Symbols CharactersPlot Montag’s Thoughts Objects

Where Kerosene comes from

Fire hose

A mythical creature that spontaneously combusts and resurrects itself from its ashes.

The Phoenix

Symbol worn on the firemen’s coats

The Salamander and/or The Phoenix

Object which is programmed to hunt its prey

The Mechanical Hound

Term Montag uses to describe his bedroom

Mausoleum

Character who realizes he/herself is “unhappy.”

Montag

Person who is wise beyond his/her years

Clarisse

Person who is afraid to feel anything but happiness and acts robotic

Mildred

Person who calls the firemen the “Happiness Boys”

Captain Beatty

Person who knows that there were once front porches

Clarisse’s uncle

What does Mildred find under Montag’s pillow while he and Beatty are talking?

A book

What is the last thing Clarisse says to Montag on the first night they met?

“Are you happy?”

How does Beatty describe the society in which he lives?

Instant gratification: people want everything to be given to them now; everything is shortened and everyone wants to be happy.

What does Montag do after Beatty leaves?

He decides he is going to read the books he stole with Mildred.

How have Montag’s opinions changed by the end of Part 1?

At the beginning, he does not think for himself and has a love of burning, but at the end of this part, Montag is sickened from burning and questions his own society and its rules.

With the first sentence of the novel, what does Montag tell us, the reader?

“It was a pleasure to burn.”

What does Montag think about the Mechanical Hound?

It’s out to get him.

What does Montag think about the service men who help Mildred?

They are strangers who have somewhat violated his wife; they are not professional health care providers.

What does Montag think about his wife?

She is robotic and dull. She is more concerned about the Family than him, and she can’t remember where they first met.

What does Montag think about Clarisse?

She is strange to him at first, but he is drawn to her and eventually looks forward to their conversations. He learns a lot from her.

How Montag gets from up and downstairs in the firehouse

Fire pole

What the old woman uses to end her life

Match/fire

How Montag gets into his house

The hand scanner

Shows that Mildred doesn’t have to do anything for herself

The spider toaster

What Mildred is most close to

The Family