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5108671828montagthe main character, has a change of heart once he meets clarisse, finds ideas in books, meets faber, kills beatty, escapes hound, will reach the city0
5108675757faberthe old man that assists montag in his plan to frame the firemen of keeping books1
5108682828clarisse mccellanmontag's teenage neighbor who opens his eyes to the ideas of individuality2
5108688725mildredmontag's wife who is addicted to television and attempts suicide and ends up pulling the alarm on their own house, dies in the bombing3
5108700375beattycaptain of the firemen, is against books, forces montag to burn his home and to kill him4
5108706287grangerring leader of the gang of hobos at the end, uses the symbol of the phoenix, will help montag rebuild the city, memorizes then burns the books5
5108711856clara phelpsmildred's friend, cries during montag's poetry reading, almost sees the beauty6
5108715619mrs. bowlesmildred's friend, husband is in the military, has had multiple divorces7
5108723363fireman blackthe victim of montag and faber's plan to sabotage firemen, the only successful attempt at framing the firemen8
5108728774clementthe other main hobo, will help rebuild the city, memorizes then burns the books9
5108737373harristhe book printer who is an old friend of faber, faber attempts to find him in the end10
5108743373old womankeeps a secret library of books, commits suicide by dying with her burning books, quotes a speech, burns her own books with a match instead of the kerosene11
5108755770old woman says while dying..."play the man master ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in england, as i trust shall never be put out."12
5108771287montag's realization"...for the first time i realized that a man was behind each one of the books. a man had to think them up. a man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. and i'd never even thought that thought before."13
5109671479beatty attempting to convince montag"once, books to a few people, here, there everywhere. they could afford to be different. the world was roomy."14
5109671480clarisse talking to montag about true socializing"no front porches. my uncle says there used to be front porches. and people sat there sometimes at night, talking when they wanted to talk, rocking, and not talking when they didn't want to talk. sometimes they just sat there and thought about things..."15
5109671481mildred trying to keep montag calm"the keys to the beetle are on the night table. i always like to drive fast when I feel that way... it's fun out in the country. you hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs. go take the beetle."16
5109671482beatty teaching montag about firemen"we must all be alike. not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal. each man the image of every other; then all are happy..."17
5109671483faber about good literature"the good writers touch life often. the mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. the bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies."18
5109671484faber about his fear and designing the ear bullet"my cowardice is of such passion, contemplating the revolutionary spirit that lives in its shadow, i was forced to design this."19
5109790401mrs. bowles on her children" i plunk the children in school nine days out of ten... they'd just as soon kick me as kiss me. thank God, i can kick back!"20
5109790402granger about legacy"everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. a child or a book or a painting or a house... something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die..."21
5109790403granger on learning from our past"there was a silly damn bird called a phoenix back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself up. he must have been first cousin to man. but every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes... it looks like we're doing the same..."22
5109790404clement on burning books after memorization"it's fine work. monday burn millay, wednesday whitman, friday faulkner, burn 'me to ashes, then burn the ashes."23
5109790405on the way home from workmontag first meets clarisse24
5109790406at work after sliding down the polemontag's first interaction with the hound25
5109868818sleeping pills and new bloodmildred's suicide attempt and fixing her26
5109868819only fulfilled suicide, teaches montagold lady burning with books27
5109868820all in the walls, the air conditioning, under his pillow, and later in the backyard bushesmontag's book stealing addiction28
5109868821needs a friend who understandsmontag meets faber29
5109868822montag fakes illness because he realizes that he is the bad guybeatty visits montag's home30
5109868823utilizing faber's invention for the planusing the little green ear bullets to communicate31
5109868824montag unplugs the wall tv, mrs. phelps crysdramatic reading of dover beach32
5109868825beatty forces montag to burn his home and booksmontag uses a flamethrower and burns his house and murders beatty33
5109868826montag gets injected, runs away, goes into the rivermontag is chased by mechanical hound34
5109868827drinks chemical serum, meets hobosmontag escapes35
5109868828montag learns about the hobo lifestylemontag sees that they are intellectual and memorize novels36
5109868829mildred dies, everything is ashes, they will have to rebuild, the war endsthe bombing of the city37
5109868830they will reach the city and use their memories of bookspeople are like books38
5109868831salamander and the hearthassociation with fire, worn by firemen, surviving39
5109868832sieve and the sandhuman mind analogy, filling up with ideas, truth cannot be grasped40
5109884052burning brightthe end of montag's old life41
5109884053phoenixcycle of mankind42
5109884054mirrorshonest self-reflection, society avoids this43

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