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THE HEARTH AND THE SALAMANDER PART 1 - THE HEARTH AND THE
SALAMANDER
PART 1
Describe Clarisse McClellan. - Clarisse McClellan is a young girl who walks with Montag
to the corner of the street. She is called anti-social and doesn't attend school
Identify Guy Montag and describe his job. - Guy Montag is a fireman, but his job isn't to
put out fires, it's to set fire to books.
What smelled like perfume to Montag? - Kerosene
Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. Was he? - No, Montag was not truly happy
Who is Mildred, and what happened to her? - Mildred was Montag's wife, she attempted
suicide, by taking too many sleeping pills
Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of doctors to treat Mildred? - this
kind of thing happened so often that they had it down to a science and a machine could complete
the procedure
What are parlor-walls? - whole wall TVs that allow you to interact with the people on the
TV. Montag and Mildred have 3
, Describe the mechanical hound. - The mechanical hound is a robot dog that hates Montag
with a burning passion
What did Montag believe had been done to the hound? - He believes it has been
programmed to kill/hate him
Why was Clarisse considered anti-social? - Clarisse likes to talk to people instead of play
sports and activities
Who gave Clarisse most of her information about the way life used to be? - her uncle
What Information does Clarisse share about the way life used to be? - she tells Montag
about how firemen would put out fires instead of start them
THE HEARTH AND THE SALAMANDER PART 2 - THE HEARTH AND THE
SALAMANDER PART 2
Who was Captain Beatty? - Another one of the Firemen. Montag's boss.
How did the firemen know which houses had books? - An alarm went off in the firehouse.
Most ofter, neighbors turned each other in
THE HEARTH AND THE SALAMANDER PART 1 - THE HEARTH AND THE
SALAMANDER
PART 1
Describe Clarisse McClellan. - Clarisse McClellan is a young girl who walks with Montag
to the corner of the street. She is called anti-social and doesn't attend school
Identify Guy Montag and describe his job. - Guy Montag is a fireman, but his job isn't to
put out fires, it's to set fire to books.
What smelled like perfume to Montag? - Kerosene
Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. Was he? - No, Montag was not truly happy
Who is Mildred, and what happened to her? - Mildred was Montag's wife, she attempted
suicide, by taking too many sleeping pills
Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of doctors to treat Mildred? - this
kind of thing happened so often that they had it down to a science and a machine could complete
the procedure
What are parlor-walls? - whole wall TVs that allow you to interact with the people on the
TV. Montag and Mildred have 3
, Describe the mechanical hound. - The mechanical hound is a robot dog that hates Montag
with a burning passion
What did Montag believe had been done to the hound? - He believes it has been
programmed to kill/hate him
Why was Clarisse considered anti-social? - Clarisse likes to talk to people instead of play
sports and activities
Who gave Clarisse most of her information about the way life used to be? - her uncle
What Information does Clarisse share about the way life used to be? - she tells Montag
about how firemen would put out fires instead of start them
THE HEARTH AND THE SALAMANDER PART 2 - THE HEARTH AND THE
SALAMANDER PART 2
Who was Captain Beatty? - Another one of the Firemen. Montag's boss.
How did the firemen know which houses had books? - An alarm went off in the firehouse.
Most ofter, neighbors turned each other in
