Table of Contents
- 1 What does Mildred say happened to Clarisse?
- 2 What does Mildred say about Clarisse to Montag?
- 3 What does Mildred say when Guy tells her what happened?
- 4 Does Mildred hate Clarisse?
- 5 What does Mildred say she remembers about when she first met her husband?
- 6 What does Montag ask Mildred to do for him?
- 7 How did Mildred tell Montag that Clarisse died?
- 8 What was the connection between Montag and Mildred?
- 9 What happens to Montag and Mildred in Fahrenheit 451?
What does Mildred say happened to Clarisse?
Mildred later tells Montag that Clarisse was run over and killed by a car and that her family moved away. Clarisse’s death could have been an accident by the joyriding teenagers Clarisse admitted she was scared of.
What does Mildred say about Clarisse to Montag?
what does Mildred say about Clarisse to Montag? she said that Clarisse’s family has moved away because Clarisse has been killed in a traffic accident. what did Montag imagine being outside his window? he imagined the Mechanical Hound outside his window.
What does Mildred say when Guy tells her what happened?
He realizes that no one is actually “happy” because they are all medicated. How does Mildred respond when Guy tells her what she did? “Why would I do a silly thing like that?” She doesn’t believe him.
What question does Montag ask Mildred when he finally talks with her?
What question does Montag ask his wife when he finally talks to her? He asks her where and when they first met. Neither of them could remember.
What word becomes a swear in Fahrenheit 451?
intellectual
“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word “intellectual”, of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.
Does Mildred hate Clarisse?
Mildred says no. However, she also says that Clarisse’s family has moved away and that she believes Clarisse is dead. Mildred states that she thinks Clarisse was run over by a car. Beatty tells Montag that Clarisse is better off dead because she was such an oddity, but Montag is upset by her death.
What does Mildred say she remembers about when she first met her husband?
Mildred says she can’t remember, and laughs it off. She says, “Funny, how funny, not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife.” (Bradbury 40) Mildred dismisses Montag’s question and casually walks to the bathroom to take more sleeping pills.
What does Montag ask Mildred to do for him?
He tells Mildred about burning the old woman and asks her if she would mind if he gave up his job for a while. He tries to make her understand his feelings of guilt at burning the woman and at burning the books, which represent so many people’s lives and work, but she will not listen.
What question does Montag ask Mildred to make him want to cry?
What question does Montag ask Mildred? He asks her if the white clown loves her. While Montag is on the train what does he remember about when he was a child? His cousin told him to fill a sieve with sand.
What did Mildred have in her ears?
In addition to taking sleeping pills, Mildred wears Seashell thimble radios in her ears, which replicate the sounds of ocean waves and play meaningless talk radio. Mildred’s Seashell radios also block out sounds, and Montag has difficulty speaking to her while she is listening to them.
How did Mildred tell Montag that Clarisse died?
Mildred casually tells Montag that she forgot to tell him that Clarisse died after being hit by a car. Montag is shocked and asks why Mildred didn’t tell him sooner. What does Mildred do all day?
What was the connection between Montag and Mildred?
She and Montag have lost whatever connection they once had. Mildred is a hollow person—she doesn’t seem to have a real connection to anyone. Instead, she’s devoted to her interactive TV shows.
What happens to Montag and Mildred in Fahrenheit 451?
…night, Montag hides the book he took from the old woman’s house under his pillow. Mildred talks to Montag for a while but it seems to him that she is saying… (full context) Montag realizes he’s not in love with Mildred anymore. He feels like he’s lost her to high-speed driving, the Seashells that are always… (full context)
What does Clarisse say at the beginning of Fahrenheit 451?
You laugh when I haven’t been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I’ve asked you. When Clarisse and Montag first meet, she mentions she heard that firemen used to put out fires instead of set them.