she watches television all day
Mildred spends her days watching interactive TV shows called "parlor walls" and interacting with her "family" of characters, neglecting real human connection. She is immersed in a shallow and superficial world, disconnected from her own emotions and from those around her.
It is explained in Bradbury's introduction to the novel. A literary license was taken by Ray Bradbury when he named "Fahrenheit 451" (novel, 1953) after the temperature at which paper ignites (the range is about 218°-246°C or 424-474°F).
In the book "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, several characters die, including Clarisse McClellan, who is hit by a speeding car, and Mildred Montag's friends who are killed in the nuclear bombing. Captain Beatty is killed by Montag, and it is implied that many other people die in the war that occurs towards the end of the story.
Mildred has seashell ear-thimbles in her ears in Fahrenheit 451. These thimbles are like small radios that allow her to listen to music and other entertainment all day long, shutting out the world around her.
The final informant on Montag's home in "Fahrenheit 451" was Captain Beatty, his boss at the fire station. Beatty had grown suspicious of Montag's growing interest in books and ultimately turned him in for possessing illegal literature.
Mildred says to Montag, "I don't want to change. I want to be happy. Don't you see, I don't want anything to change?"
451 is the temperature at which paper self-ignites, more specifically books that are being burned. This is also the number on the character Montag's helmet. *Ray Bradbury named "Fahrenheit 451" (novel, 1953) after the temperature at which paper ignites (the range is about 218°-246°C or 424-474°F).Fahrenheit 451 is the degrees in which books burn
The great python in Fahrenheit 451 is a metaphor for the power and danger of technology, specifically the destructive potential of surveillance and control. It represents the all-seeing, all-knowing nature of technology in the novel and the societal consequences of allowing technology to dictate and restrict human behavior.
In Fahrenheit 451, kerosene is a flammable liquid used by firefighters to start fires instead of putting them out. The government in the novel has turned books into forbidden items, so firemen are tasked with burning all books they find.
In the book Fahrenheit 451, Montag's wife Mildred is being treated by two machines: the Snake machine, which injects her with a procaine solution to help her sleep, and the new Mechanical Hound, which is a robotic dog used for hunting down illegal books.
The characters in "Fahrenheit 451" can read, but the state doesn't approve of the permanence of books, which inspire people to think about things other that those the state provides. By making all information transient, the state can change its teaching without people objecting to the conflict with previous teaching.
Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" is mentioned in Fahrenheit 451 because it contains the line "All that glisters is not gold," which is a key theme in the novel. The quote serves as a reminder to look beyond surface appearances and question the true value of things in a society obsessed with materialism.
The salamander in Fahrenheit 451 represents the fire truck used to burn books by the firemen. It is also the symbol of the firemen themselves, as well as the oppressive government that controls society. The salamander's ability to survive in fire symbolizes the resilience of knowledge and rebellion against censorship.