-literary devices

-figurative language

-character traits

-themes

-evidence/textual support for ideas/claims

-connections

-questions

-significance

-foreshadows/predictions

-syntax

-understandings/realizations

I think kerosene is a motif in the book because it is repeated constantly. It also relates to another motif in the book, fire as it is related to the burning of the books.

"Here" and "Smell" are both described as one-word sentences. These emphasize the main point of the paragraph.

"RULE 1. Answer the alarm quickly.

2. Start the fire swiftly.

3. Burn everything.

4. Report back to firehouse immediately.

5. Stand alert for other Alarms."

   The rules help the reader in understanding the concept of the firemen and their jobs. Putting them in a numbered list is helpful when they are emphasized.

This is personification because she describes the room as roaring with accusation. This helps the reader understand the meaning of the sentence when using non-human like objects.

There are 2 similes in this sentence, "like slaughtered birds" and "like a small girl". These 2 similes allow the reader to understand connections using "like" in better understand the connection Bradbury is trying to explain.

Kerosene is used constantly throughout the book so far. I think this can be used as a motif or symbol because of how much it is used in the book. Kerosene is a big part in the book because it plays a part in the starting of the fires. Fire is the main idea in the book.

Who is Master Ridley? This person is mentioned a few times on this page but I don't quite understand the meaning of this person and why it is significant.

'"The first time we ever met, where was it, and when?"

"Why, it was at-"

She stopped.

"I don't know" she said.'

Mildred doesn't even remember where she first met Montag. This shows that Mildred and Montag are starting to drift away from each other.

I have noticed throughout the book that Montag has these episodes where is goes crazy. He seems to talk fast and lose his mind and think he is going crazy. The episodes started after he met Clarisse and realized she might be right about the world.

The simile "like a man who had been thrown off a cliff" is used in this sentence to allow the reader to understand the connection Bradbury is making.

One thing that I realized is that Montag continues to think about Clarisse and he knows the exact days he hasn't seen her. This shows he has been thinking about their conversation and is starting to really believe her thoughts about the world.

"You must!"

"Don't shout!"

"I wasn't shouting."

These few sentences are Mildred and Montag fighting with each other. I am starting to realize they have been starting to fight more and more. I think this is another sign that they are falling out of love.

"Let me fix your pillow," said Mildred.

"No!" whispered Montag.

At first, I was confused on why he was not allowing Mildred to fix his pillow but then I remembered he was hiding a book behind the pillow. He doesn't want Mildred to see the book or feel it because she would most likely say something and get him in trouble.

Most of pages 50-60 is Beatty trying to convince Montag that his ideas about the world being a bad place are wrong. He continues to explain to Montag that technology is a good thing and burning books is the firemen's only job.

Fire is the main motif used in Fahrenheit 451 because the main idea in the book is burning books. Fire is the only thing that is able to burn the books for them so it is constantly brought up in the book as a reminder as to what the firemen do.

Why did the firemen look at Clarisse's school records? I just don't understand why they would look at her school records. She didn't do anything wrong, I know that she is weird but they didn't have any reason to do that.

What is a spot-wavex-scrambler?

Mildred talks about Beatty to Montag as if she has to obey his orders and do everything he says. She treats Beatty better compared to her own husband.

What are they working on? I know that Montag and Mildred have been looking at books but what is he referring to as "work"?

Montag looks back on a past interaction he had with a professor at the park. Bradbury used this backstory because Montag will then call the professor and talk to him. This story brings an idea to Montag's head that he will use to his advantage later.

Bradbury uses these italicized words to express them more and make the reader recognize them. Italicizing a word is used to make the words "bigger" and more noticeable.

Faber is worried about getting in trouble and getting some of his stuff burnt. He is passionate about the bible and books but he has not yet expressed that he is willing to take that risk with Montag.

What are they fighting for in the war? I know the war has been mentioned a few times in the book but I am curious as to what they are fighting for.

Why are they stuttering so much?

The women in Montag's house (Mrs. Phelps, etc.) are very nervous and I was wondering why they are so nervous.

What is a Caesaren section?

Mrs. Bowles says that she has had a Caesaren section. I am not familiar with that term for having children.

Mrs. Bowles is open up to listening to the poem that Montag wants to read. I found this interesting because most people would be too scared to listen to a book or even look at one.

Kerosene is a motif that shows up constantly throughout the book and here it is referring to the hound sleeping with kerosene.

Beatty talks to Montag and uses this allusion along with others to convince Montag to not read books. This allusion means that the best fools are the ones that have little wisdom.

The Salamander is another motif commonly used in the book. The Salamander represents the firemen and it is on their uniforms.

This is another part in the book where the Salamander is mentioned again. Where now it is described as the firetruck.

Beatty is planning to make Montag burn his own house and the books in it. This is Beatty's way of torturing Montag because he has talked about books nonstop.

Beatty indeed does end up making Montag burn his own house. Not with kerosene but with a flame thrower.

I think this is a paradox because it uses the term "senseless scream" which isn't normal because you normally scream for a reason. I think this is a great example of a paradox.

The autumn leaves are related to the hound. It is sort of the sign that the hound will come, when the leaves blow.

This simile is describing Montag after he has killed Beatty by emotion. He can't believe what he has done and now has to live with it the rest of his life.

Montag got injured from the hound and now has a paralyzed leg and this simile is describing his pain in that leg.

This metaphor describes the helicopters as they were flying further and further away from the city.

There is a clear message in here where Montag doesn't know his current relationship with his wife and isn't too worried about her.

Why does Montag want Faber's old clothes? You would think that Montag would want nice clothes to last him awhile.

This is another connection from the hound and autumn. In this sentence, the hound is described as "cold and dry" and he could feel its presence.

Montag wanted the dirty clothes because he was going into the river. He didn't want to use his own clothes because they were newer clothes and didn't want to ruin them.

Why do they remember books? They remember all of the characters and books that they have read but why?

They remember books because the people want to remember knowledge that they think they will need in life.

Montag continues to show that his love for Mildred is becoming slim to none. This quote is very clear that Montag does not love her anymore, at this point in the book.

The personification in this quote is "the scream of the jets". Which connects a scream to an object.

The syntax is describing Montag's thoughts and how everything is starting to come back to him. He is beginning to remember everything, the part of the book.