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Why does Montag continue to worry about Mildred even after she betrayed him? What do you feel the relationship between Mildred and Montag was? Did he love her? Did she love him?

Montag was empathetic. He realized how society had messed up his wife turning her cold and distant. He worried like anyone would do. He watched her connect more with the walls then with him and even try to kill herself.
In their society, Mildred and Montag were a normal married couple. The man works while the wife sits at home. Though I think it’s more simple. They’re just co-existing. There is no real bond between the two. Their co-existence is like two frogs. They tolerate each other and do what they have to do.
I think Montag may have loved Mildred at some point. Probably in the past but they drifted because the two were so different there was nothing to connect on. The lived separate lives with separate interests. They say opposites attract but not when it’s this bad.
Mildred didn’t love Montag. She is passive towards him almost always having the seashell radio. She puts herself before their marriage ratting out Montag when he tries to share his knowledge with her.

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Why does Montag remember where he met Mildred at the end of the book? Does it make it more/less significant? Does it mock their marriage?

At the time he remembered meeting Mildred in Chicago bombs were falling. I almost think it’s a literal life flashing before your eyes moment. Earlier in the book he is racking his brain to remember and in the moment he could possibly die he remembers.
It makes it more significant because when he was talking to the others he said he felt nothing for Mildred. But in his possibly last moments he thinks about her.
I think it does mock their marriage. Mildred didn’t care for him anymore and they both let their marriage go past the point of saving. And when Montag is about to be possibly blown to bits he thinks of the Mildred he did love. The Mildred he met in Chicago he loved but not the distant, electronic junky he slept in the same bed with for years.

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Do you think Clarisse was a trap/set up for Montag, or was she just an odd person?  Do you think she died...?

I don’t see how she could be a trap sent by the government. They would have sent someone who listened to all the rules and acted like a perfect member of society who pushed those rules on Montag. Clarisse was odd and opened Montag’s eyes to everything else.
Although I don’t think she was a trap, I think she was killed. She was different and when the government found someone different they had to be removed from society so that person couldn’t influence anyone.

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What is the meaning of life in this book? Is it valued?

Life is just going day by day depending on technology to do everything.
They don’t value their life. Mildred tried to kill herself and people all play a game where they go speeding and kill anything in their path.

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Are there any circumstances where censorship might play a beneficial role in society? Are there some books that should be banned?

There is no reason we should censor anything. It’s all knowledge that people are trying to hide. There are books like on how to build a deadly weapon that should be banned from the general public to keep terroism away but if your going into a career that requires that book then you should be able to read it.

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One suicide and one near-suicide occur in this book. Why would two people who seem to be so different from each other try to take their own lives? Why does suicide happen so frequently in Montag's society?"

Both people tried to take their own life because they weren’t happy or knew they wouldn’t be happy. Mildred wasn’t truly happy in the life she lived day by day and the old lady burned with her books because she knew she didn’t want to be without them.
Suicide happens so frequently because the people are just mindless robots going day by day rather then learning and exploring.

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Montag turns to books to rescue him; instead they help demolish his life- -he loses his wife, job and home; he kills a man and is forced to be a nomad. Does he gain any benefits from books? If so, what are they?

Yes, he gains knowledge and memories. The boos open up his eyes to the boring life he lives.

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The Captain says about the Mechanical Hound, “‘It doesn't think anything we don't want it to think,' " and Montag says, “‘that’s sad . . . because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing' " (Bradbury 27). How does this reflect the society in the book, especially the Firemen? Is the society as adept at "programming" its members as programming the dog?

Everybody just does as they’re told. They don’t break or bend rules or go the other way. Yes.

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Clarisse describes why she does not go to school: “‘Being with people is nice. But I don't think it's social to get a bunch of people together and not let them talk, do you?' " (Bradbury 29). Do modern schools hinder social behavior? Can Clarisse really be more social than someone who goes to school?

Yes, we’re all put in the same room without chances to really learn who you sit beside unless you talk outside of classes. Yes, she is social enough to talk to a complete stranger and walk with him. Most people wouldn’t do that. And she clearly speaks with a lot of her family from the stories she can tel.

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Montag says, “‘We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you [Mildred] were really bothered?' “(Bradbury 52). What are some ways by which being "really bothered" can make a person better? Does being bothered help you, personally, put things into perspective?

Being bothered can reel people back to reality or become aware of things and change their ways if they learn that it bothers them too. Yes.

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Why do the characters say they have TV parlor "families"?

They say that because the screens in the room are people talking. Mildred even mentions it and in the book the walls argue as if they were family you were raised with.

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What do you think Faber could have meant when he said that watching television feels more "real" than reading a book?

To me, I think he means having a visual with the story. Apparently some people are able to picture what they’re reading but others can’t. When watching a TV show/ movie the character has a set design and it’s not up to you to choose how they really look. So getting to be able to see the story and experience like that might make it feel more realistic.

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What exactly do you think Faber meant when he said, "I feel alive for the first time in years". What did he mean by he "felt alive"?

Faber had his own opinions that were against the normal of their society. He broke free from the metaphorical cocoon that was their society.

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How do you think the survivors of the destroyed city will live with the homeless men and Montag to guide them? How will their lives be different than they were before? Do you think their opinions on books and reading can be changed? (All one general topic)

I think the survivors will follow whatever the homeless men have to say. These people lived with no independent thought so when their leaders are destroyed they’ll look for new ones.
They will be taught to think for themselves and appreciate books. Rather then sit around they’ll have to work.
I think their opinions will be changed once they see independent survivors and when they’re able to read again.

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What is the significance of Montag having a book for himself? Would you have seen him doing this at earlier parts in the book seeming his job is to burn the books?

The significance of his own book is that he will be able to help the homeless men in memorizing a book. He will also be able to help in rebuilding the city.
No I thought he enjoyed burning the books.

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What evidence is there to support the possibility of a dystopia such as Fahrenheit 451?

In some cultures learning and reading are prohibited. Hitler had the Nazis burned books to destroy knowledge and keep people in the dark and people also destroyed the library of Alexandria for the same reason.

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What impact does Clarisse's death have on the story? Do you think there was love in the relationship between Millie and Montage?
Why do you think the novel ended the way it did?

Her death is what really disturbed Montag because it was so mysterious and she opened up a whole new way of thinking to him. This all made Montag do the things he did.
After Montag came to the realization that he was married to a dissociative woman I think all love was lost at that point.
I think the novel ended in a bomb destroying the city so there was potential for anything that anyone wanted. A blank slate.

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If Benjamin Franklin established the Firemen of America in 1790 to burn English-influenced books, then why was it okay for the two firefighters to pull out a book to show Montag that?

Because they had control over the book and what it said. Like censorship and have a rule book to fall on Incase anyone did argue.

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Why was Beatty not in trouble for admitting he has read book in the past if the books are illegal?

Because every fireman had done it. They all had to burn the book within 24 hours though so they wouldn’t get in trouble.

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In what ways is use of technology in Fahrenheit 451 similar in today's society?

Technology is starting to do everything for us and people don’t realize it. Even just between the age gap of me and my 9-year old brother, is really different when it come to technology. When I was his age I didn’t have a phone or a laptop to play on. I’d spend a lot of time outdoors. The technology we do have is weeding itself into everyone of all ages sucking out creativity and imagination.

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If you had to memorize a single book or risk its extinction, which book would you choose?

I would memorize a history book. In the book they changed the past without anyone knowing because they didn’t learn about it.

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“IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN“

“Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame.

He knew that when he returned to the firehouse, he might wink at himself, a minstrel man, burnt- corked, in the mirror. Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away, that. smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered”

“”It's fine work. Monday bum Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then bum the ashes. That's our official slogan."”

“He pulled out his igniter, felt the salamander etched on its silver disc, gave it a flick....”

I think the chapter gets its title from when Montag enjoyed burning the books and the official symbol of the firefighter being the salamander.

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This comes from Montag’s memory about the sand spilling out of the sieve no matter how hard he tried. That story could also be metaphorical of his difficulty in remembering specific things like where he met Mildred or his attempts at understanding the books.

“I've heard rumours; the world is starving, but we're well-fed. Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much? I've heard the rumours about hate, too, once in a long while, over the years. Do you know why? I don't, that's sure! Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. “

“Once as a child he had sat upon a yellow dune by the sea in the middle of the blue and hot summer day, trying to fill a sieve with sand, because some cruel cousin had said, “fill this sieve and you’ll get a dime!” And the faster he poured, the faster it sifted through with a hot whispering. His hands were tired, the sand was boiling, the sieve was empty. Seated there in the midst of July, without a sound, he felt the tears move down his cheeks.”

“I’m numb, he thought. When did the numbness really begin in my face?”

“he remembered the terrible logic of that sieve, and he looked down and saw that he was carrying the Bible open. There were people in the suction train but he held the book in his hands and the silly thought came to him, if you read fast and read all, maybe some of the sand will stay in the sieve. But he read and the words fell through, and he thought, in a few hours, there will be Beatty, and here will be me handing this over, so no phrase must escape me, each line must be memorized. I will myself to do it.”

“"Would you like me to read? I'll read so you can remember. I go to bed only five hours a night. Nothing to do. So if you like; I'll read you to sleep nights. They say you retain knowledge even when you're sleeping, if someone whispers it in your ear."”

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I think this refers to when the city was blown up by bombs. Maybe his sudden remembering?

“I remember. Montag clung to the earth. I remember. Chicago. Chicago, a long time ago. Millie and I. That's where we met! I remember now. Chicago. A long time ago. The concussion knocked the air across and down the river, turned the men over like dominoes in a line, blew the water in lifting sprays, and blew the dust and made the trees above them mourn with a great wind passing away south. Montag crushed himself down, squeezing himself small, eyes tight. He blinked once. And in that instant saw the city, instead of the bombs, in the air. They had displaced each other. For another of those impossible instants the city stood, rebuilt and unrecognizable, taller than it had ever hoped or strived to be, taller than man had built it, erected at last in gouts of shattered concrete and sparkles of torn metal into a mural hung like a reversed avalanche, a million colours, a million oddities, a door where a window should be, a top for a bottom, a side for a back, and then the city rolled over and fell down dead.

Montag, lying there, eyes gritted shut with dust, a fine wet cement of dust in his now shut mouth, gasping and crying, now thought again, I remember, I remember, I remember something else. What is it? Yes, yes, part of the Ecclesiastes and Revelation. Part of that book, part of it, quick now, quick, before it gets away, before the shock wears off, before the wind dies. Book of Ecclesiastes. Here. He said it over to himself silently, lying flat to the trembling earth, he said the words of it many times and they were perfect without trying and there was no Denham's Dentifrice anywhere, it was just the Preacher by himself, standing there in his mind, looking at him ....”

“The sun was touching the black horizon with a faint red tip.”

“men slowly turned from looking up river and were drawn to the fire, awkwardly, with nothing to say, and the sun coloured the backs of their necks as they bent down.”