Reading Assignment #3 Analysis Questions

Fahrenheit 451

Pgs. 67-106
(all of Part II)

Directions: Thoroughly answer the following questions. Please use a different text color for your
answers. Questions with asterisks (**) next to them require text evidence. Follow your teacher’s
directions for submission details.

Pages 67-73

1. **Montag is still a fireman who is supposed to be against reading and

should be following the law, but we know that he has a stash of books and is
starting to read them. Why does Montag begin to care about books so much?
Use evidence from the text to support your response. (look at page 70)

2. Describe the flashback that Montag experiences after talking to Mildred.

3. Who is Faber and why does Montag go to see him?

Pages 74-81
4. What book does Montag have with him on the subway?

5. Faber says he bears some responsibility for the dismal state of the world.
What is the source of Faber’s guilt? Do you share his opinion or think that
he’s being too hard on himself? Explain. (page 78)

6. Faber tries to explain to Montag that it’s not books that society needs, it’s
what is in the books. He then goes on to explain what he feels is missing in
life. Explain the three things that Faber feels are missing from their current
society.
Pages 81-87
7. Explain the plan that Montag and Faber came up with.

8. How did Montag get Faber to agree to the plan that they discussed?

9. What innovation did Faber share with Montag? What are they used for and
what did Faber call them?

Pages 88-106
10. Who does Mildred invite over to their house and why? Then, describe
what these people look like, what they act like, and what they talk about.

11. Based on what Mildred and her friends say about politics, why did
Winston Noble win the presidency? Do you think voters in our world today
focus on this same criteria? Explain.

12. After Montag’s disastrous attempt to enlighten the women with his
reading of “The Sea of Faith,” he tells Faber, “I made them unhappier than
they have been in years, I think...Maybe they’re right, maybe it’s best not to
face things, to run, have fun. I don’t know...” What do you think? Is
ignorance really bliss? Explain.
13. The title of this section of the novel is “The Sieve and the Sand.” “Sieve”
is another word for strainer or colander. In this story, what does the sieve
symbolically represent? What does the sand represent?