The ABCs of Fahrenheit 451

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The ABCs of Fahrenheit 451

• Jack Las

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is for Atomic War. In the world of Fahrenheit 451
there were two atomic wars.
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is for Benjamin Franklin. In the book Benjamin
Franklin is the first fireman.
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is for Clarisse. Clarisse is Montags neighbor
who later on gets hit by a car and dies.
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is for Dover Beach. Dover Beach is the poem
that Montag reads to Mildred's friends. The poem
made Mrs. Phelps cry.
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is for English Professor. The English Professor
is Faber, a guy that Montag meets in a park.
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is for Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 is the
temperature at which book paper catches on fire.

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is for Gloria. Gloria is one of Mildreds friends
whose husband jumped off of a building to commit
suicide.
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is for Hound. The Hound is used to track people
that own books the machine injects morphine to
your body.
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is for Igniter. An Igniter is a match. There are
one million lights in one igniter.
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is for Jets. There are jets flying around because
there are always wars going on. The wars are
usually about 2 days long.
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is for Kerosene. Kerosene is a liquid used
instead of gasoline to burn the houses.
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is for Leisure. Leisure is the ability to digest
what people read.
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is for Mildred. Mildred is Montags wife. Mildred
is the one who calls in the alarm about the
possession of the books.
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is for Numbness. Montag feels numb towards
Mildred he feels like he doesnt know her at
all.
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is for Operator.
There were two operators curing Mildred. One was
with a black cobra and the other with a pump
that replaced her blood with new one.
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is for Porches. Porches are not made anymore
because people would sit on them and think, which
is a bad thing to do.
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is for Quality.
The lack of Quality is the number one reason why
books are banned.
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is for Reading. Reading is forbidden because it
makes you smarter and then youre not equal to
others.
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is for Salamander A salamander is a lizard that
can live through fire. It is also one of Montags
symbols.
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is for
TV Wall. TV's are big plasma walls that cost
2000.
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is for Uncle Toms Cabin Uncle Toms Cabin is
banned because it makes white people feel bad.
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is for Vacuum-Underground Vacuum-Underground is a
metaphor used to describe the subway.
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is for White Clown. White Clown is Jesus but
people dont know that because there is no
religion. He also plays on Family.
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is for Exaggerate. When Beatty was talking to
Montag why books are bad he was exaggerating.
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is for Youngstown Youngstown is a town in which a
man named Harris has a book of Ecclesiastes.
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is for Zealous. Montag is zealous to read a book
and see whats in it.
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THE END

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