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What does Montag do at the blacks House Why?
Black’s house, his fellow fireman. Montag then plants the books in his kitchen, exits the house and then called in the alarm from a distance for the house to be burnt down. He frames the Black family so that their house can be torched as payback for the innumerable times Mr.
What does Montag hide in Fireman Black’s home?
Why does Montag hide books in Mrs. Black’s house? He wants to frame Fireman Black.
What did Montag have hidden in his house?
Montag has hidden a small collection of books behind the ventilator grill in his home. Books are illegal to own in Bradbury’s dystopian society, which is why Montag is forced to hide the novels behind his ventilator grill.
What does Montag do to his house?
Beatty orders Montag to burn the house by himself with his flamethrower and warns that the Hound is on the watch for him if he tries to escape. Montag burns everything, and when he is finished, Beatty places him under arrest.
Who turned in Montag?
Actually, several people call Captain Beatty to turn in Montag for having books hidden. The first is the group of Mildred’s friends who Montag reads poetry to while they were all gathered together at his house. And, of course, Mildred, Montag’s wife turns him in as well.
Why does Montag hide the books in Mr and Mrs Black’s house?
After he is outed as a reader and book-owner, Montag hides his few remaining books in Mrs. Black’s house in order to misdirect his pursuers.
What question did Montag ask Mildred in bed?
As he lays in bed, he faces Mildred, who is zoned out, listening to her Seashell headset on full blast. He begins to view her as a stranger and asks her if she can remember the first time they met, when and where. Mildred says she can’t remember, and laughs it off.
What word becomes a swear in Fahrenheit 451?
He says that the word ‘intellectual’ “became a swear word (and that) it deserved to be. ” (Bradbury 55) The students at school were learning to be anti-intellectual meaning no modern academic, artistic, social, religious, and other theories were learned.
Who are Mr and Mrs Black and why does Montag go to their house?
In the story, Black is the quintessential follower who never questions the actions of his government. He burns houses because it is required of him. By extension, he and Mrs. Black are representative of most of Montag’s neighbors.
How does Montag feel as he burns his own house?
In Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s feelings about burning his own house are conflicted. However, as he directs the flamethrower against his possessions, he feels an overwhelming sense of relief and catharsis in destroying the evidence of a compromised past and an unhappy marriage.
Is Montag’s wife a robot?
Bradbury portrays Mildred as a shell of a human being, devoid of any sincere emotional, intellectual, or spiritual substance. Her only attachment is to the “family” in the soap opera she watches.