F451 #3 - up to pg. 126

Bradbury continually uses similes and metaphors to compare the ear pieces to

• mammals

• insects

• birds

• books

When Montag gets to the fire station

• he plays cards with the other firefighters

• he gets in a fight with another fireman

• he drops the book on the floor accidently

• they get a call about Faber's house

After Beatty confuses Montag with different quotations, Faber says that Beatty

• had actually been one of his students long ago before "the cosmos thrust this inanity upon us"

• was "the most unintelligent man I've heard utter a single syllable"

• was part of "the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority."

• is a meme addict

What happens at Montag's house?

• Mildred yells at Montag and screams that she is leaving him and should have left long ago

• Clarisse appears on his door step

• Montag kills Beatty with fire

• Beatty and Montag get into a fist fight

What happens to Montag's leg?

• It's badly burned

• Beatty breaks it

• The mechanical hound injects it with chemicals

• He breaks it when he falls over the burnt parlor screens

Montag thinks to himself

• "Beatty wanted to die"

• "I never should have started any of this"

• "If only we could recreate libraries"

• "The futility of this is almost laughable"

After leaving his burned house, Montag

• returns to the fire house

• goes to Clarisse's house to search for books

• walks around the neighborhood for hours

• finds a gas station and cleans himself up a bit

Montag hears a radio voice say

• "Captain Beatty has been murdered"

• "War has been declared"

• "All citizens must return to their homes"

• "Alas, the hour has come"

After leaving the gas station

• Beatty almost gets hit by a speeding car

• Montag almost gets hit by a speeding car

• Montag sits down to collect himself and think

• Faber speaks into the ear piece, giving Montag advice

Faber tells Montag

• it was a mistake to kill Beatty

• he feels alive for the first time in years

• he thinks Clarisse is still alive

• he shouldn't have planted books at Mr. Black's house