The ABCs of Fahrenheit 451

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The ABCs of Fahrenheit 451

• By Jose Mata
• Cristina Diaz
• Claudia Morelos
• Araceli Rodriguez

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is for Atomic
The U.S. is using atomic warfare to destroy their
enemies and bomb their major cities.
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is for Benjamin Franklin
In the rules and history of firemen, it says that
Benjamin was the first fireman.
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is for Captain Beatty
Captain Beatty was the antagonist of the story.
He is the one that suspected Montag of having
books.
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is for Denhams Dentifrice
Denhams Dentifrice is the product being
advertised to Montag on the train while he tries
to memorize the Bible.
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is for Emptiness
People have such great emptiness in their heads.
They have no comfortable seats to sit and think.
People dont think anymore.
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is for Flamethrower
The flamethrower is the weapon that Montag used
to burn his house and murder Beatty.
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is for Guy Montag
Guy Montag is the protagonist in the story. He is
a Fireman. Hes married to a woman named Mildred.
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is for Hound
The mechanical Hound is the fire dog. It is what
hunts Montag after he murders Beatty.
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is for Ironic
Its ironic that firemen before used to put out
fires and now they make them.
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is for Jets
The Jets are foreshadowing that a major world
event is about to take place.
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is for Kerosene
Kerosene is what Montag and the other firemen
used to start the fires to burn the books and the
houses.
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is for Law
The police arent the main enforcers of the Law.
The Firemen are.
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is for McClellan
Clarisse McClellan is the 17 yr. old girl that
got Montag thinking that burning books was the
wrong thing to do. Instead they should be reading
and writing them.
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is for Neighbors
Montags neighbors all came out to see the fire
show that they were about to have at Montags
house. (They were really watching Montag burning
his own house.)
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is for Overdose
Mildred overdoses on her medicine and almost dies
and Montag doesnt know if it was suicide or an
accident because she wasnt thinking.
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is for Professor Faber
Professor Faber is the retired English teacher
who was helping Montag get though his problem
with Beatty at the fire house through a
micro-communicator.
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is for Quick
The Major War that was in progress was
predicted to be a quick war, a 72 hour war.
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is for Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury tries to imply that humanity will
soon be so dependant on technology that we wont
be able to live without it. He was criticizing
that the modern American is too lazy.
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is for Snake
The snake is the long black tube that was used to
suck the poison out of Mildreds stomach after
the overdose.
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is for Television
Mildred considers the characters in the
interactive television as her family and cares
more for them than for Montag.
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is for Urbanization
Urbanization is taking place along the abandoned
railroads. Theyre developing communities known
as Hobo camps.
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is for Ventilator
The ventilator is the spot where Montag hid the
books.
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is for Women
The women in Fahrenheit 451 would rather have
c-sections than give actual birth to their
children. Another way they try to make their
lives as simple and plain as possible.
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is for eX-fireman
Montag became an eX-fireman when he was being
hunted as a fugitive.
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is for whY
WhY was the U.S. going to war and what country?
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is for Zipper
The Zipper is a way that Beatty says how lazy the
people of their country have gotten that they
cant even button a shirt they need to use a
zipper.
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THE END

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