Symbols | Characters | Quote ID | Technology | Miscellaneous |
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Books
Symbolizes enlightenment through reading, lost freedoms
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Clarisse
Her name means "Brightest"
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Clarisse
Asks "are you happy"
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The mechanical hound
Findsn paralyzes, and sometimes kills those who go against societies values
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Antisocial
Term can be applied to those who go against societies values
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Captain Beatty
Symbolized by a black beatle-covered helmet
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Captain Beatty
Knows a large amount of historical data and quotations
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Guy Montag
Says "we need to be really bothered one in a while"
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TV's
lines the walls of most peoples homes
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TV
This piece of technology symbolizes life controll
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Salamander
Can endure flames without burning
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Granger
Wants to build a factory of mirrors
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Mildred
Says "she' nothing to me; she shouldn't have read books... i hate her"
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Seashells
Allows users to block out sounds and listen to other things
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Granger
Name of the leader of the group whose job it is to remember the contents of books
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Fire
Symbolizes cleansing, purification, and destruction
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Faber
A person that is uncorrupted by technology
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Faber
Says "the salamander devours its own tail"
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"The suction snake"
Can see into the stomache, and also the soul of those it enters
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The mechanical hound
This piece of technology that symbolizes the threat of technology
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The River
Symbolizes renewal and rebirth
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Guy Montag
The most dynamic character in the story
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Captain Beatty
Asks "why don't you belch shakespere at me, you fumbling snob"
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The bomb
Destroys the city instantly
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The city
Montag and his book friends are heading where at the end of the book
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