451 questions, 20 answers

1. I believe that Ray Bradbury chose “The Hearth & The Salamander” as a title because it is probably related to the character , Guy Montag & how he or his job creates fires instead of putting them out. 
2. The assumptions as a reader , can make the protagonist think they enjoy to burn their stuff or anything really & how the burning changes to ashes 
3. The imagery is negative , because the firehose is giving out acid like a “python” that is a venomous snake. 
4. F451 is a title of the book but 451 is the temperature that causes books to burn. 
5. What strikes Montag about Clarisse is how she’s able to walk around happily , looking around & having her house lights on and having her family talk to each other because other families in the neighborhood don’t.
6. “Clarisse “ & “Guy “ are significant because the name “Guy “ is the German word for Monday & how it may symbolize his mental position. & “Clarisse “ is from the Latin term “clarus”, meaning “clear”.
7. Clarisse asks Montag , if he’s happy & he responded back saying Yes he was , but didn’t even think about it , he just said it.
8. 3 odd things that we’ve learned were , people or in their life people don’t communicate with each other , they’re always home & don’t walk around. No one has their lights on , the only electricity that they get as a “light “ is their Television. 
9. The 2 similes were “her face bright as snow in the moonlight” & “She had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of a night” 
10. Montag had realized that he wasn’t happy without having her around. 
11. “SeaShells “ are a term of AirPods , EarPhones or any kind of headset. & Mildred , uses them to listen to things. 
12. You can tell that Clarisse is different , she seems more adventurous , she likes to go and explore. Unlike Mildred , she’s all about the electronics & doesn’t really seem to care about her Marriage either. She only worries about herself.
13. The machine that Mildred used was describe has a “black cobra “ as the machine slides like a snake. & basically somehow helped her have an open mind toward herself.
14. He is started to feel negative about himself from what Milred was going through with out telling Montag about it.  
15. The difference is that Clarisse household is more bright , it has more lights , it has people who actually talk compared to Montag’s house , dark. 
16. The reason why Montag is saying that he doesn't know anymore because he began to think & have a open-minded with his thoughts. 
17. Bradbury, characterizes Mildred as a hurt , broken person because the way he describes her it’s like she doesn’t have feelings & has depression & tries to think that her reality is fine when really it isn’t. It shows because when Mildred & Montag spoke it showed that she wasn’t thinking right & isn’t open minded. 
18. Clarisse is sent to a psychiatrist because she enjoys to nature & hiking in nature , she’s happy & she doesn’t watch television & is basically the opposite from everyone else in their society. 
19. A hound is a mechanical machine that is meant to kill people & track down for those who are against their society or having books , whatsoever. Montag is bothered because the hounds don’t like him either. 
20. The reason why the Lady , wanted to stay and die with her books is because she wanted to live in a world where she can enjoy what she does or did , she loved reading & she wanted to show them that she would stand up for how wrong it was to burn books