What does Montag see when he finally stops along the riverbank? Montag finally hobbles to the safety of the river undetected, where he douses himself in whiskey and dresses in Faber’s clothes.
After discarding the suitcase, he plunges into the river and is swept away.
How does Montag get to the river?
Montag finally hobbles to the safety of the river undetected, where he douses himself in whiskey and dresses in Faber’s clothes.
After discarding the suitcase, he plunges into the river and is swept away.
What does Montag see happening in the city?
What guides Montag on his journey when he gets out of the water?
What does Montag find gathered around a fire out in the countryside?
What is different about the fire Montag sees after leaving the river?
The fire Montag saw after leaving the river was different because
it was a warming fire rather than a burning fire
. But the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off. It took the better part of fifteen minutes before he drew very close indeed to it, and then he stood looking at it from cover.
What did Montag do when he got to the river what do you think the river might symbolize?
This lesson can be split into two days if necessary. Both the river and the phoenix symbolize a rebirth for Montag. Rivers often symbolize
a cleansing
. Montag gets in the river and changes clothes and thus goes through a metaphorical rebirth.
What did he think about as he drifted down the river what did the river give to Montag?
List the things Montag thinks about as he drifts down the river? Montag began to think of
all the things he needed, time to think, things to eat, the ways he needed to change his life
. What terrifies Montag as he steps onto land?
Why does the search for Montag veer inland away from the river?
Why does the search for Montag veer inland, away from the river?
They lost his scent, so they look forr an unsuspecting scapegoat so that the public doesn’t think montag got away
.
Why does the chase continue after the hound loses the scent at the river?
Why do the police continue the chase inland, even though they know Montag is not there?
The government wants the news to be like a show, but they know they can only catch their audience’s attention for so long
. If they searched the river for Montag, it would take too long.
What is the landscape like when Montag gets out of the river?
What impresses Montag the most when he leaves the river?
Why does Montag go see Faber?
Searching for meaning in his life, Montag contacts Faber and brings him what is possibly the last existing copy of the Holy Bible. Montag wants Faber
to help him understand it as he is sure that books must be hiding whatever it is Montag is missing in his life
.
What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river quizlet?
8. What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?
It wasn’t burning anything, it was actually helping someone.
Answers 1.
A random pedestrian
who was walking near Montag’s place was killed as a substitute for Montag to make people think Montag was killed.
What happens to Montag at the end of Fahrenheit 451?
Montag is the Jesus figure in the story. He sacrifices his life for the greater good, which is the symbolism lying within the book he will now embody. At the end of the story, we find
Montag peacefully leading a group of people with thoughts of the Tree of Life in his mind
.
Who does Montag meet at the end of the novel?
What does Montag feel certain of as he starts out down the railroad track?
What does the trip down the river symbolize Fahrenheit 451?
In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s escape through the river
svmbolizes his salvation
, along with several other things. . In several other instances besides the river, water is used to contrast fire and to thus show the difference between good and evil.
Why is the river significant in Fahrenheit 451?
What does the river symbolize in the giver?
The river, which runs into the community and out of it to Elsewhere, symbolizes
escape from the confines of the community
.
What does Montag finally remember?
Did Montag lose a leg?
The other firemen do not move, and he knocks them out.
The Mechanical Hound appears and injects Montag’s leg with anesthetic before he manages to destroy it with his flamethrower.
What did Montag hit with his foot?
What did Montag hit with his foot?
An empty bottle of happy/sleeping pills
.
Answers 1. Montag
loves the natural beauty of the countryside
. It is in stark contrast to the sanitized computerized world that he lives in, “The land rushed at him, a tidal wave.
What does the river give Montag time to do?
How do the men Montag meets at the river Preserve literature?
Montag escapes to a local river, floats downstream and meets a group of older men who, to Montag’s astonishment, have memorized entire books,
preserving them orally until the law against books is overturned
.
Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead?
Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?
How many books did Montag uncover from the garden?
What did Montag do with the
four
books he retrieved from his back yard? He placed them in another firemans house so that he would get in trouble and have his house burned.
How does the deer react to Montag?
How does Montag imagine the effects of the war?
Where did Montag hide the books he took from his garden?
Montag takes some of the books and hides them
in the yard
before Mildred can burn them all. Montag leaves and goes to the fire station and gives Beatty a book, who throws it in a trashcan without even looking at it.
What does Montag mean when he says his wife is dying?
He was trying to memorize the bible. Why does Montag tell Faber his wife is “dying”? Explaining why he stoke the book,
He sees Mildred and she doesnt care, she is obssesed with her shows
. How is Christ portrayed in this society? Normal Character, he is in cartoons and shows.
What did Montag do to finally get Faber to consider really helping him?
How did Montag finally get Faber to consider really helping him? He got Faber to help by
tearing out the pages in the bible
.
