He is at war, and he will be back next week. Mrs. Phelps believes that it is always somebody else’s husband that dies in war.
What did Montag say to Mrs Bowles just before she left?
Montag drops the book into the incinerator at Faber’s prompting. He yells at Mrs. Bowles to go home and think about her empty life, and both women leave.
What made Mrs Phelps sobbing?
Mrs. Phelps likely cries when Montag reads aloud the poem “The Sea of Faith” because the poem tells of a dark, ignorant society that is similar to their own.
What is Mrs Phelps reaction to the poem?
Mrs. Phelps is upset. 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.
How did Mildred deal with her feelings after the ladies left?
How did Mildred deal with her feelings after the ladies left? Mildred is taking pills. What bothered Montag about his hands? He feels like his hands have done wrong.
What makes Mrs Bowles become angry with Montag explain?
Mrs. Bowles got angry at Montag for reading it. Why does Montag throw the women out of the house? Montag kicked the women out because their reaction reminded him about how empty their lives were, which made him angry.
page 41
On page 41, Montag remembers the night that Mildred overdosed on sleeping capsules and she had to have her stomach pumped by the Electronic Eyed Snake.
Who killed Clarisse in Fahrenheit 451?
Mildred
If you connect the dots, you will realize that Mildred hit and killed Clarisse with her car, a lot of people do not realize this occurred and simply think of it as two separate events, but they are connected just like everything else in this book.
What does Mrs Phelps symbolize?
Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles are two of Mildred’s friends who visit the same evening that Montag has met with Faber. Like Mildred, they represent the empty, uncaring, and self-serving nature of most of society.
Why does Dover Beach bring Mrs Phelps to tears 97?
In Fahrenheit 451, Mrs. Phelps cries when Montag reads ”Dover Beach” because she is moved. Most people in Montag’s society have not read books in a long time, and poetry is particularly special because it is so emotionally affecting.
Who said I didn’t say a single word about any war I’ll have you know in Fahrenheit 451?
Mrs. Phelps
8 “I didn’t say a single word about any war, I’ll have you know,” said Mrs. Phelps.
Why was Mrs Phelps surprised?
Mrs Phelps was in charge of the library and Matilda asked her if she might sit and read a Page 2 book. Mrs Phelps was surprised as such a tiny girl had come to the library without her parents, but she welcomed her.
Why is Mrs Phelps concerned about Matilda’s safety?
Why is Mrs Phelps concerned about Matilda’s safety? She doesn’t think she should be coming to the library without a parent, particularly as she has to cross a busy road.
What causes Mildred’s death?
After Montag’s encounter with Clarisse, he returns home to find his wife Mildred Montag (Millie) unconscious; she is lying on the bed with her Seashell Radios in her ears and has overdosed on tranquilizers and sleeping pills.
What word becomes a swear in Fahrenheit 451?
What was the language you might wonder? Turns out the challenger happily quoted the uses of the following: “Good Christ”; “goddam”; and “damn.” This language was described as “filth” that children shouldn’t be exposed to.
Is Mildred Montag round or flat?
Mildred Montag is a flat character because she does not change throughout the story. She has the same attitudes about the world and her own life during all of part II.
What was Mrs Bowles reason for having children?
Bowles’s reasons for having children? She said that the world must reproduce.
When the old woman’s house is burned Why does she light the match?
When the woman’s house is raided, why does she light the match? She lights the match because she would rather die as a human being than live as something that is less than human. When the firemen come to destroy the old woman’s books, what they are really going to destroy is her humanity.
What does white symbolize in Fahrenheit 451?
Clarisse McClellan
Page 3 says: “her face was slender and milk-white”. Also, “her dress was white and it whispered.” The white represents purity. Clarisse was pure and knew what was right. She knew the society had been getting the ways of life wrong and she tried to change it.
In bed, Mildred suddenly seems very strange and unfamiliar to him as she babbles on about the TV and her TV “family.” He gets into his own bed, which is separate from his wife’s.
Does Montag have a crush on Clarisse?
The roles that the characters play in the relationship would be love and respect as well as need. Montag grows to love and respect Clarisse and the basis of their relationship stays the same throughout the novel because even though Clarisse was killed Montag still remembered her and loved her.