The ABCs of Fahrenheit 451

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The ABCs of Fahrenheit 451

• By. Jason Nagel

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is for

Alarm Mildred and her friends called in the
alarm on Montag after he read the poem to them.
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is for
Beatty Beatty is the fire chief that Montag
later sets on fire.
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Clarisse Clarisse is the girl that Montag meets
at night. Clarisse is the girl that makes Montag
start thinking about the meaning of books.
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Dover Beach Dover Beach is the name of the
poem that Montag reads to the women that gets him
in a lot of trouble.
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is for Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes is a book from
the bible that Montag memorizes and tells
Granger.
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is for Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is the
temperature in which books burn. 451 is one of
three symbols of the firemen.
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is for Guy Montag Guy Montag is the protagonist
who burned books but later was chased for saving
books.
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is for Hound The hound is robot dog that chases
people down and injects them with poison.
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is for Igniter The igniter is the device in
which the firemen used to start the fires. Montag
had an igniter with the salamander engraved on it.
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is for Jonathan Swift Granger wanted to
introduce Montag to Jonathan Swift, the author of
the evil political book called Guillivers
Travels.
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is for Kerosene Kerosene is the flammable fluid
that Montag used to start the fires and he always
smelled of it.
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is for Leisure to digest the information The
leisure to digest the information is the second
quality that books need to be important.
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is for Mildred Mildred, Montags wife, tells
Beatty about the books he was hiding. In the end
Mildred leaves Montag and goes to the city.
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is for Noble Noble is the president that won the
election because of his looks. The women voted
for him because he looked better than the other
person running for the election.
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is for Old man Faber Faber is the ex-English
professor that helps Montag. He gave Montag an
ear piece so the two of them can communicate when
he went and saw Beatty.
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is for Portable TV The portable TV is the device
Montag used to watch the chase when he was with
Granger and the others.
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is for Quality of information The quality of
information is the first of the three qualities
that books need to be important.
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is for Right to carry out actions The right to
carry out actions is the third of the three
qualities that books need to be important.
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is for Salamander The salamander is one of the
symbols of the firemen. The salamander is to be
able to live in fire.
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is for Thousands The thousands of houses and
books that Montag burned before he found out the
meaning of books.
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is for U.C.L.A Granger wanted Montag to meet Dr.
Simmons from U.C.L.A. He is a specialist in
Ortega y Gasset.
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is for V-2 rocket films Grangers grandfather
showed him some V-2 rocket films of an atom-bomb
mushroom two hundred miles up.
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is for White Clown The White Clown is a TV show
that Mildred and her friends watched on her TV
walls.
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is for Ex-fireman Montag became an ex-fireman
when he went from burning books to saving books
in the end.
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is for Y couldnt the people just read the
books? If the people would have read the books
in the beginning, the firemen would never have
had to burn them.
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is for Zipper The zipper displaces the button
and a man lacks just that much time to think
while dressing at dawn.
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THE END

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