Study Questions (Please choose at least 5)
1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot.
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society? How does it connect to today?
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why?
10. What predictions might you make about later events in the story?
Rene Roustand
ReplyDeleteQuestion 3: Professor Faber is a retired English professor who had been thrown out upon the world forty years ago when the last liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage.
Question 5: Books show the pores in the face of life. I do agree with this statement.
Question 6: The green object is probably a poison
Question 9: Montag's destination is the city
Question 10: Montag will escape his "society" and see what life was like before.
Drew Wachtel
ReplyDeleteMontag's reaction to them reading the books is that he thinks that every book to read is a new challenge and it is worth the wait. Mildred’s reaction to reading the books is she gets angry and starts kicking the books and says that books aren't people.
3) Professor Faber is a old retired english teacher who was alive when the last college with books in them was burned and shutdown. He also keeps books at his home to remember how great books were.
5) Faber says that books have a "quality" and "texture" that television does not offer. Books have "pores" and can examined under a microscope. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet. This has a effect on the plot of the story because it enlightens Montag on why books are so important in the world.
9) Montag’s final destination is his own home. He does this because he feels guilty about reading all of those books aloud to other people like his own wife and friends. The firefighters burn all of Montag’s books and make fun of him because of his bad hobby.
10) I think that Montag will be depressed about not being able to read all of his books anymore. I also think that he will stay in his new home for most of the day because of how depressed he might become.
Sophia Lakos
ReplyDelete3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor Faber is one of Montag's mentors/teachers. Faber is important because he is someone that Montag learns to look up to and admire his intelligence. He is one of the few who thinks that their society needs changing. Faber is also one of the only people that still have books and reads them, which is the reason Montag visits him in the first place. Montag is curious about books but does not really know how to read them and understand them, and Faber is someone who can teach him how to comprehend.
“I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’”
5. What argument does Faber make for books? How do you feel about his comments?
Faber says the books give people more realness, especially compared to TV because there are parts of books you can explore and they are real things with real lessons. Also, he believes books are leisure and more enjoyable to learn from. I think his accusations are accurate, books are a better way to learn and preserve information.
“It’s not the books you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books.”
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot?
The small green object they find is thought of as a bullet. It ends up being a way that Montag and Faber can communicate, they are able to hear each other through it.
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
She cries because she sees how much emotion is behind what he is saying. She has never really had a poem read to her before so it was very moving.
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society? How does it connect to today?
The White Clown show makes people think that they should follow all the rules and believe everything they are told. Which basically means they are turning people into to people who are not allowed to have opinions about anything.
Abhi Sharma
ReplyDelete1. Mildred is afraid that someone will come to burn down the house once they find books in their possession. While Montag is hoping these books to an understanding. He wants to understand why people hate books in his society.
3. Professor Faber is a man that Montag met in a park a couple of years ago. Montag figured out that Faber had been illegally reading books, but he didn't mind and they started talking. Faber gave Montag his phone number and address and he didn't contact him until a year later after Montag also started to read books.
6. This green metal object is a seashell it's a way where Montag an Faber can communicate to save books.
9. Montag's destination is his home because he reads all the book aloud to other people like his wife and close friends. Then the firefighters came and burned all of his books and then makes fun of him.
7. The TV show featuring the White Clown is meant to show the society of people to be mindless drones who are easily and cheaply amused. Clowns are associated with little children and simple amusements.
Julia Campbell
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3: Professor Faber is a retired English teacher. Montag looks up to him because he is like Clarisse in the way that he thinks their society needs changing; also because Faber knows how to read books and as a society most people have been deprived of that privilege. Faber collects and reads books. Montag believes that Faber is a coward because he is willing to do nothing to show that books are important and help us think.
5: Faber says that books give people a chance to think and understand for themselves and that not everything is so black and white. You are able to think for yourself and make your own about what happens in a book. I think that what he says is true because I, too believe that books give you a better perspective on information, also because you can interpret that information in your own way.
6: The small green metal object is probably a seashell or some type of telephone because Montag can hear him out of it. It could tie into the plot because someone else might find it.
7: I think that the white clown show demonstrates the mindlessness of their society. The society cannot think to have opinions on the show but they watch it because what else is there to do? They don’t try to change it because they cannot imagine anything better. I think It connects to our society because of the cartoons we watch as kids and how they all tend to show the same message.
9: Montag ends up at his house after he reads his books to people. He feels like he shouldn't have and was ridiculed for it, although it is his friends and family that should be ridiculed because they can’t comprehend the power of books because they've succumbed to the lazy environment they've been a part of for years.
Evan Brenner
ReplyDelete1. In the scene where Mildred and Montag read books together, what are their separate reactions?
Mildred can’t sit still and read the book. She thinks books are a waste of time and gets frustrated while reading. She says, “Books aren’t people”.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Faber is a retired English professor who has been hiding in his home. He was someone he met a park a few years ago. He was a book reader and that is illegal in this time. He is significant because he helped Montague return the stolen books.
4. Montag’s reaction to the commercial on the subway is a turning point in his life. How does he react and why?
Montag tries to block out the noise as he reads from the Bible in his lap. He begins to try and fight out the commercial in his mind so he can memorize the passage, but it's too difficult, so he begins to argue out loud and others begin staring at him. "Shut up, thought Montag. Consider the lilies of the field”.
7. What does the White Clown show lead you to believe about television programming in this society? How does it connect to today?
The White Clown is meant to show the society of people to be mindless and amused easily. Clowns are associated with little children. Clowns are not associated with older kids. He is showing the reader that these people in the book's society are not very and have the intellectual level of small children.
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
Mrs. Phelps cries when Montag reads the poem because she hears emotion in his words. One of the points made by society in removing all literature is that literature is harmful. ... She is carried away by the emotion of the poem because she has never heard a poem read before. She begins crying, and she is not sure why.
Jayden Cho
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{Part 1}
1.) After the captain questionably leaves Montag without any more interrogation, Montag and Mildred decided to read the books for the first time, and finally see what it is that makes them so important and valued. However, during this scene, we can tell right away the differences between both of them while they read, even though they are both somewhat curious in the beginning. Montag sees his unanswered questions and confusion through the books and connects them deeply to what Clarrise had always been talking about. Mildred on the other case seems to not understand at all the whole fuss with the books and gets afraid of Captain Beatty and others not finding out they possess books, but the possibility of their “walls” being destroyed and taken away. Whereas Montag becomes excited on the future knowledge he can gain from these books, Mildred as selfish as ever worries about the possibility of them getting caught and doesn’t want any deal with this. Montag also looks for a teacher to help him understand these bold new ideas in the books so he can make sure he’s going on the right path. I think that Mildred will in the end turn over her own husband, for she doesn’t really love him and only worries for herself.
2.) Although the bombers seem to be constantly flying over, Montag only seems to actually realize this in the beginning of the 2nd section. The bombers are a reminder of the continuous war and that however the people and their society think they live in a happy life, they don’t understand that they are in the middle of what seems to be a worldwide/nationwide war. As Montag continues to rant to Mildred about the world they live in and how they don’t realize their own surroundings, he exclaims on how society doesn’t try changing mistakes from the path and continues on in this tunnel - like vision through life. The author seemingly references The Allegory of the Cave in Montag’s spiel, with these lines, “Do you know why? I don't, that's sure! Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damn insane mistakes! I don't hear those idiot bastards in your parlour talking about it.” From these bombings, he also gets the hope that maybe with some time and carefulness he can study these books, but realizes that he must find a teacher to help guide his way. With his very extraordinary memory skills, he somehow remembers Professor Faber being quite unusual at that time and later on goes to him for help.
3.)Montag first met Professor Faber in the park years before he had any idea or enlightening experiences, however remembers to put his name and address down for a future investigation. This is quite lucky for he meets Professor Faber and begs him to be his teacher and partner for his plans. The Professor is an old retired english professor he seems to still remember a time where books, universities, and education in general were still prospering. However, unlike many others who wanted change and were brave enough to rebel, he decided to stray away from this violence and keep his thoughts to himself to stay alive. Together they formulate a bold plan and Montag is bold enough to go out with the plan in imminent danger, with the Professor talking via a 2-way communication device which seems to be like wireless earbuds.
Jayden Cho
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{Part 2}
6.) The small green object is what can be assumed to be as a 2 - way communication device put onto your ear, described similar to like the seashells in the book but can be communicated both ways. They can be compared to our bluetooth earbuds, and is quite fascinating how the author almost seemed to predict bluetooth earbuds so early in the past. It is used to their plan as a way so Faber can talk and help out Montag when he has trouble talking with any authorities. He describes himself using it by saying, “I'm the Queen Bee, safe in the hive. You will be the drone, the travelling ear. Eventually, I could put out ears into all parts of the city, with various men, listening and evaluating. If the drones die, I'm still safe at home, tending my fright with a maximum of comfort and a minimum of chance. See how safe I play it, how contemptible I am?” This technological device really shows the cowardness of Professor Faber still not bold enough to go out and cause change, and tries to fit himself in a safe position while still being heard.
8.) Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
Mrs. Phelps cries when Montag reads “Dover Beach” for one main reason, the fact that it is her first time ever hearing so much emotion the words could possess in the poem, and is too shocked by this new feeling that she fills up with emotion herself. She has never felt any emotion, so she doesn’t know how to react to this sudden emotion and sits in confusion. Their society tries their hardest removing any types of emotion except for humor, for doing this prevents emotions like anger, sadness, etc that could result in bad consequences. Mrs. Bowles however sees this as an opportunity to strike and gives the blame all to Montag and the books, “"You see? I knew it, that's what I wanted to prove! I knew it would happen! I've always said, poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness; all that mush! Now I've had it proved to me.” These words are a perfect example on how anyone in their society would react to these outlandish concepts, and is shown that society has the belief in why anyone would want to have these pieces of literature that could hurt people. This idea is completely wrong, and they seem to be missing the point on emotions. Emotions are there for you to connect to in a book, and is part of life wherever you go. The loss of emotion will thus result in the loss of humankind.
Lucy Elerath
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1. Montag reads the books to fuel him and to show what they are missing out on through the burning of the books. He likes poetry and accessibility to knowledge. He likes the books so much he got a new-found friend to read to him while he sleeps and free aspects of his day. While Mildred uses it to show the absurdity she sees in it, she sides with the world and she is afraid of having her house burned because montag has been tucking away some books. Mildred asked Montag to read a poem out loud to her friends saying they would not understand it. Once he is done reading the book upsets the women and then they go off talking about things they really are not educated enough to talk fully about.
2. The effect of the bombers flying over is to show that there is constant disorder and to remind the audience what is going on. It’s a symbol of the war that is going on inside of Montag. Somehow the people in this society know there was a change, don’t miss what has been changed and think life is great even though they are not. In section one Montag meets and converses with Clarisse who then dies at the end of the section amidst all the explosions. In section 2 Montag meets Faber who spurs on his confidence and tried to keep him sane.
3. Professor Faber is an old Lit teacher who is pretty well studied with books. To Montag, he is a rebel able to speak his mind while to the rest of the world he is a shy guy who hid behind his two-way headset. He and Montag talk for a long while face to face. Professor Faber uses Montag to not be shy, he becomes his conscience. The Professor has an interesting spin to things.
6. The small green metal object is an ear bug, a device that allows two people to talk to each other. The Professor becomes Montag’s conscious and reads to him. The Professor told Montag he is too chicken to go out into the world alone. Montag does not seem to appreciate the books as much as the Professor. He encourages Montag to be cool yet continue smuggling books. He also admits to Montag that he has a plan to plant more of these devices and listen on the world, he just can’t be out in it ( he is very Desmond in Lost).
9. Montags destination at the end of section II is his own house. We can tell that his smuggling books is found out, yet we don’t know how it was relived. We know that however his house is going to be burned and Montag is so suprised about that whole ordeal. Though it would not be too hard to figure out how it was discovered, towards the end of the chapter he losts his cool towards the ladies over at his house and at his wife. He shows everyone he has books in his house and his wife tries to play it off and he doesn’t seem to care. Also he has the professor in his ear making him feel untouchable, yet he is stopped in his tracks when his wife's worst fears come to life.
frankie huntress
ReplyDelete1. Montag peruses the books to fuel him and to demonstrate what they are passing up through the consuming of the books. He loves verse and availability to learning. He loves the books so much he got a newly discovered companion to peruse to him while he dozes and free parts of his day. While Mildred utilizes it to demonstrate the foolishness she finds in it, she agrees with the world and she fears having her home consumed on the grounds that montag has been hiding a few books. Mildred asked Montag to peruse a ballad for all to hear to her companions saying they would not get it. When he is finished perusing the book agitates the ladies and after that they go off discussing things they truly are not instructed enough to speak completely about.
2. The impact of the planes flying over is to demonstrate that there is consistent issue and to remind the group of spectators what is happening. It's an image of the war that is going on within Montag. By one way or another the general population in this general public know there was a change, don't miss what has been changed and think life is incredible despite the fact that they are most certainly not. In segment one Montag meets and speaks with Clarisse who at that point kicks the bucket toward the finish of the segment in the midst of the considerable number of blasts. In area 2 Montag meets Faber who goads on his certainty and attempted to keep him normal.
3. Educator Faber is an old Lit instructor who is really very much concentrated with books. To Montag, he is an agitator ready to talk his brain while to the remainder of the world he is a timid person who holed up behind his two-way headset. He and Montag talk for quite a while up close and personal. Educator Faber utilizes Montag to not be bashful, he turns into his still, small voice. The Professor has a fascinating twist to things.
6. The little green metal article is an ear bug, a gadget that enables two individuals to converse with one another. The Professor turns into Montag's cognizant and peruses to him. The Professor revealed to Montag he is too chicken to even think about going out into the world alone. Montag does not appear to value the books as much as the Professor. He urges Montag to be cool yet keep pirating books. He likewise admits to Montag that he has an arrangement to plant a greater amount of these gadgets and tune in on the world, he can't be out in it ( he is very Desmond in Lost).
9. Montags goal toward the finish of segment II is his own home. We can tell that his sneaking books is discovered, yet we don't have a clue how it was remembered. We realize that anyway his home will be singed and Montag is so suprised about that entire experience. Despite the fact that it would not be too difficult to even consider figuring out how it was found, towards the finish of the section he losts his cool towards the women over at his home and at his significant other. He indicates everybody he has books in his home and his better half endeavors to play it off and he doesn't appear to mind. Likewise he has the teacher in his ear making him feel unapproachable, yet he is halted in his tracks when his significant other's most exceedingly terrible feelings of trepidation spring up.
Peyton Levental
ReplyDelete2. What is the effect throughout sections I and II, of the bombers flying over?
Throughout sections one and two, when the bombers are flying over, Montag wonders why the war is not discussed among the people in the society, or even on TV. He is also annoyed that they fly overhead constantly, without a moment's rest. But the people of the society believe that the war is nothing to worry about - it will be over shortly after declaration.
3. Who is Professor Faber? Explain his significance.
Professor Faber is a man that Montag met in a park a couple of years ago. Montag figured out that Faber had been illegally reading books, but he didn't mind and they started talking. Faber gave Montag his phone number and address and he didn't contact him until a year later after Montag also started to read books. Willing to read books and discuss philosophies, Faber is reduced to a soothing, insightful voice (serving as Montag's conscience) in Montag's ear; Faber helps Montag give back the book he had stole when he was on duty with Captain Beatty.
9. What is Montag’s destination at the end of section II? Why?
Throughout the ride and when they arrive at their destination, Beatty is unnaturally preoccupied with Montag. At the end he is watching Montag like a hawk —Beatty wants to see how Montag will react to the realization that the house the men plan to burn tonight is Montag's. Montag realizes that someone (Most likely Mildred) turned him in so his books will be set on fire.
6. What is the “small green metal object”? How does it tie into the plot.
Mildred is missing watching her TV family and she is afraid someone will come to
burn the house down once they find books in their possession. Montag is hoping these books will lead to an understanding. An understanding of book lovers like Clarisse and Faber, and why people in the society hate books. In this scene Montag reads over each line aloud, analyzes it (trying to find deeper meaning) while Mildred says they should burn the books.
8. Why does Mrs. Phelps cry when Montag reads “Dover Beach”?
C Mrs. Phelps is carried away by the emotion of the poem because she has never heard a poem read before. She begins crying, and she is not sure why. When the others ask, she responds that the poem is bad, and that's why she was crying. When she describes Montag as "nasty" and says that he has "proven" that poetry is terrible, she is just reacting the way society has told her to react. She has been conditioned to believe that literature is bad, emotion is bad, and in fact all feeling is bad. She is experiencing emotion, and it is a foreign experience for her. She does not know how to react. She responds by attacking Montag, and literature in general.
Davis Blanch
ReplyDeleteMildred is missing watching her TV family and she is afraid someone will come to
burn the house down once they find books in their possession. Montag is hoping these books will lead to an understanding. An understanding of book lovers like Clarisse and Faber, and why people in the society hate books. In this scene Montag reads over each line aloud, analyzes it while Mildred says they should burn the books.
3. Professor Faber is a man that Montag met in a park a couple of years ago. Montag figured out that Faber had been illegally reading books, but he didn't mind and they started talking. Faber gave Montag his phone number and address and he didn't contact him until a year later after Montag also started to read books. Willing to read books and discuss philosophies, Faber is reduced to a soothing, insightful voice (serving as Montag's conscience) in Montag's ear; Faber helps Montag give back the book he had stole when he was on duty with Captain Beatty.
6. People use little seashells to listen to the radio. When Montag finally convinces Faber that he wants to be part of the underground movement to save the books, Faber gives him a special radio that looks like a seashell but is actually his own special invention. Faber is then able to talk in Montag's ear while Montag spies and gets information for him.
8. Mrs. Phelps is carried away by the emotion of the poem because she has never heard a poem read before. She begins crying, and she is not sure why. When the others ask, she responds that the poem is bad, and that's why she was crying. When she describes Montag as "nasty" and says that he has "proven" that poetry is terrible, she is just reacting the way society has told her to react. She has been conditioned to believe that literature is bad, emotion is bad, and in fact all feeling is bad. She is experiencing emotion, and it is a foreign experience for her. She does not know how to react. She responds by attacking Montag, and literature in general.
9. Throughout the ride and when they arrive at their destination, Beatty is unnaturally preoccupied with Montag. At the end he is watching Montag like a hawk —Beatty wants to see how Montag will react to the realization that the house the men plan to burn tonight is Montag's. Montag realizes that someone (Most likely Mildred) turned him in so his books will be set on fire.
Lucas Kaufman (Part I)
ReplyDelete3) The second of the three parts of “Fahrenheit 451” continues Montag’s development as a free thinker and begins his plans to take action against the control of his society. The latter achievement mainly came from Professor Faber, a retired English professor and new character to Part II. The introduction of Faber comes as the intellectually reborn fireman realizes he doesn’t understand what he reads, and wonders, “where do you get help, where do you find a teacher this late?” (34), thinking of the professor as the perfect candidate on the account of the experience where they met a year before. Montag journeys to Faber’s home after making a phone call, bringing a rare copy of the Bible with him, and the two discuss literature and ways they can help to bring back it- and with it, free thought- to the world. As the discussion continues, a plan emerges that books should be planted in the homes of other firemen, and that Faber would hire a printer he had known to make duplicates of the books Montag owns. As Montag leaves, Faber settles in to a mentor role for the fireman, as he gives him an earpiece that would allow them to communicate whenever Montag needs it.
4) Montag first journeys to Faber’s via the subway, reading his Bible as he travels. He reads with the intent of absorbing every word of the text, for he knows that Beatty will be collecting the book, likely that night. At this point, trumpets begin blaring as a commercial for Denham’s Dentifrice begins playing, providing stimulation for those with nothing else to do but serious distraction for Montag. The commercial just drones on, repeating “Denham’s Dentifrice” and taking every possible measure that it can to drag itself on, and Montag’s annoyance slowly grows into pure rage, as he shouts “Shut up!” over and over, scaring people with his “insane, gorged face, the gibbering, dry mouth, the flapping book in his fist.” (37). The noise of the commercial, combined with Montag’s mental state in such a fit of rage, prevent him from having read anything by the time he reaches Faber’s.
7) When Montag returns to his home after the visit to Faber’s, he finds that Mildred has invited some friends over to watch what appears to be her favorite show- a program known to the reader only as “The White Clown Show”. The only description of this specific show we get is “Three White Cartoon Clowns chopped off each other's limbs to the accompaniment of immense incoming tides of laughter. Two minutes more and the room whipped out of town to the jet cars wildly circling an arena, bashing and backing up and bashing each other again. Montag saw a number of bodies fly in the air.” (44). This show also seems to air on only one of the four parlor walls, with other just as mundane programs playing on the other three. The TV these people watch seems to say a lot about their society versus ours, as most of our TV shows are made to tug at the viewer’s heart strings and get them thinking about all the “whys” and the “what ifs”. If such shows aired in Montag’s universe, the average joe would be quite frightened at the prospect of something that challenges the audience, probably taking a very negative stance on it and putting it down for the sake of their own personal comfort. As such, their programs are much more mundane, with people drinking orange juice (while somehow simultaneously smiling) and clowns mutilating each other for laughs seems to be as complex as their TV gets.
Lucas Kaufman (Part II)
ReplyDelete9) Near the end of the reading, Montag returns to the firehouse for the first time since the burning of the woman who stayed with her books. He walks into a game of poker and, still with Faber’s earpiece in his ear, is sent on his first assignment- to his own house. There are plenty of things that could have let Beatty in on the fact that Montag had books, one overlooked possibility being Beatty’s visit to their home near the end of Part I. If he didn’t outright see the book under Montag’s pillow and say nothing, the fact that Montag asked what would happen if a fireman brought a book home could have made him suspicious. In the possibility that Beatty left the Montag home with no idea that Montag had books, it is highly likely that Mildred or a friend of hers, like Mrs. Phelps or Mrs. Bowles, alerted the firemen to the crime after Montag’s disastrous reading of “Dover Beach”. After the passionate hatred for books Mrs. Bowles showed she had after this, demonstrating with her shouting about "Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words," said Mrs. Bowles. "Why do people want to hurt people? Not enough hurt in the world, you've got to tease people with stuff like that!" (48), she clearly had motive to do so.
10) With Part II of “Fahrenheit 451” ending where it has, the beginning of Part III will most likely see Montag reaching the point of no return. He will have to definitively pick a side- Faber or the firemen- that will see him scorned by the other. On the assumption that he chooses to continue his fight against mindlessness, he will have to make his allegiances known to the firehouse by trying to save his books. He will probably end up a known outlaw, losing everything he has worked so hard for in the past years- and maybe even Mildred. I think that once the burning of Montag’s books and home has concluded, he will have nowhere to go but back to Faber’s, and the two will work out a plan that will probably see intellect and creativity restored to the world, or maybe set up a conclusion like that of “Anthem” or “The Giver”- where Montag, maybe alone, maybe with Faber or Mildred, escapes the society to live on his own, isolated but as free as he pleases.
Mitch Keamy
ReplyDelete3. Professor faber is a friend of montag. Montag knew that Professor Faber was reading books in secret and he didn’t care. They exchanged information and a year later they talked again. They start reading books together and discussing ideas. Faber and montag return a stolen book together.
5. Faber says books are good because they mention both the good and bad parts of society. He believes that people can learn from books and it makes them better. Also, books are entertaining and people read them for fun
6. The little green object is an earpiece. The earpiece is disguised to look like a seashell because people use seashells to listen to music, so people won't now that faber is talking into the earpiece.
8. Mrs. Phelps cries because she has ever heard a poem before. The poem was new to her because literature is not allowed in their society. She is so moved by the poem and she didn't know how to deal with her feelings because she has been brainwashed to believe that books are evil. She blamed the tears on the poem being disgusting.
9. Montag's destination at the end of section 2 is his house. He didn't know he was going there, he thought he was just going to a regular house burning. Beatty knew where they were going and he was watching montag to see what he did when he found out he was going to burn his own house.